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With a stint at the Indian Premier League with Sunrisers Hyderabad quickly approaching ahead of a busy international schedule at the backend of the year that includes crucial red-ball series as part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship, Cummins has indicated that he is inching ever so closer to making a comeback to competitive cricket. While Cummins is planning to sit out the start of the IPL that commences on Saturday, the Australia captain believes he will be fit to feature for the Sunrisers towards the middle of the tournament and plans to play the entire second half of…
Invaluable experience for Molineux despite unorthodox role Sophie Molineux’s role across the series raised eyebrows among some media and fans, but Australia had a bigger picture in mind. Molineux was appointed Australia T20I captain in January, before being ruled out midway through the multi-format series against India due to a back complaint. Prior to the squad’s departure for the West Indies, she was cleared to run, field and bat, but time away from bowling – her primary skill – was deemed necessary for her recovery. In ordinary circumstances, this probably would have seen her sit out the Caribbean tour. But…
South Australian coach Ryan Harris says the challenging path his side have had to reach a second successive Sheild final would make a second title even more satisfying Victory in this year’s Sheffield Shield final over Victoria would be especially sweet for South Australia with coach Ryan Harris saying their path to the title decider this time around has been challenging. Play is set to get underway at Melbourne’s Junction Oval on Thursday with South Australia looking for successive Shield titles for the first time in the competition’s history. Last year Harris’s charges were runaway ladder-leaders before chasing down a…
New Zealand capped off a spectacular home campaign by completely outplaying South Africa in the fifth and final T20I at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch to build momentum ahead of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. The hosts secured a resounding 92-run victory on Wednesday to officially wrap up the five-match T20I series with a comprehensive 4-1 margin. After South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl, New Zealand punished the visitors by posting a mammoth 194/6 in their 20 overs, led by skipper Melie Kerr. In response, a clinical and relentless Kiwi bowling attack restricted the Proteas…
Stung by previous Sheffield Shield final failures, Will Sutherland is determined to take Victoria back to the top this season He has represented Australia and remains on the national radar after touring with the ‘A’ side last year, but Will Sutherland says leading Victoria to Sheffield Shield glory is his “main motivator” at this point of his career. Sutherland was part of both Victorian teams that fell short in Sheffield Shield finals to Western Australia in 2021-22 and ’22-23 and was visibly emotional when they were knocked out of the race with a final-round defeat to the same opponent the…
Australia speedster has recovered from back stress fracture after a year on the sidelines, while Shane Warne’s family wins big in IPL sell-off Australia fast bowler Spencer Johnson is set to make his long-awaited return from a back injury after securing a deal with Chennai Super Kings for the forthcoming IPL. Johnson injured his back at last year’s IPL, where he bowled through discomfort in four matches for Kolkata Knight Riders, going for 11.73 runs per over and taking just one wicket. The injury was initially thought to be mild enough that Johnson was named for Australia’s five-match T20 series…
Runner up in this season’s player of the season voting, Mitch Perry has been squeezed out of Victoria’s XI for the Sheffield Shield final Sam Elliott has pipped Mitch Perry for a spot in Victoria’s team for the Sheffield Shield final in what coach Chris Rogers described as one of the hardest conversations of his tenure. The pace pair had been locked in a selection battle for the last spot in the hosts’ XI with Test star Scott Boland available for the decider against South Australia and seamer Fergus O’Neill returning after being rested for their previous match. Captain Will…
Ben Duckett has pulled out of the Indian Premier League in a bid to keep hold of his England place following a dire winter.The left-hander was widely touted as the world’s best all-format opener not so long ago but a nosedive in form towards the end of last summer bled into the winter, where he made just one score north of fifty in 16 innings. A top-score of 42 in the Ashes was compounded by him being unwittingly filmed and seemingly drunk during a mid-series break in Noosa, with the video posted online, while he was an unused squad member…
Ben Duckett has pulled out of the Indian Premier League in a bid to keep hold of his England place following a dire winter.The left-hander was widely touted as the world’s best all-format opener not so long ago but a nosedive in form towards the end of last summer bled into the winter, where he made just one score north of fifty in 16 innings. A top score of 42 in the Ashes was compounded by him being unwittingly filmed and seemingly drunk during a mid-series break in Noosa, with the video posted online, while he was an unused squad…
Former England captain Michael Atherton believes fans will find it ‘extraordinary’ that no jobs were lost for ‘mistakes’ made during their heavy Ashes defeat in Australia. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive Richard Gould confirmed on Monday that the positions of Ben Stokes, managing director Rob Key and head coach Brendon McCullum were safe, despite a resounding 4-1 series loss Down Under. Gould said “a lot of consideration” had been put in to keeping the same personnel – following a “thorough review” into the defeat, despite England’s preparation, selection and behaviour coming under scrutiny. Please use Chrome…