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Ellyse Perry’s prognosis is “looking promising” but Australia will leave it late to see if their star allrounder can get up for the Test match Extra Cover: Inside story of Australia’s Ashes Test dominance Ellyse Perry is looking promising for the day-night Test at the WACA, captain Alyssa Healy says, revealing the quadriceps injury that’s threatening to keep the veteran out of the pink-ball encounter “wasn’t exactly straightforward”. The balance of the Australia XI to take on India will rest on Perry’s availability, but signs were positive as the 35-year-old got through a second training session in Perth on Thursday…

Marnus Labuschagne and Usman Khawaja among Queensland’s big-name batters to fall late on day one as WA’s Cameron Gannon found his groove Queensland v Western Australia | Sheffield Shield | Day One Veteran paceman Cameron Gannon produced an important three-wicket burst to propel Western Australia back into the contest in their Sheffield Shield clash with Queensland at Allan Border Field. Last-placed WA were skittled for 210 before former Bulls speedster Gannon’s 3-26 off six overs left the Bulls struggling at 3-37 at stumps on day one. Queensland opener Hugo Burdon was the first of Gannon’s victims when he edged the…

Despite losing the Australian Test opener on the cusp of stumps, South Australia had the better of New South Wales on day one of their crucial Sheffield Shield clash South Australia v New South Wales | Sheffield Shield | Day One Travis Head (5) fell late on day one of South Australia’s Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales, but the hosts still hold the advantage thanks to a maiden five-wicket haul from fast bowler, Henry Thornton. Opening the batting in the competition for the first time this season, Head was dismissed by fellow Australian T20 World Cup squad member…

Victoria wicketkeeper Sam Harper continued his rich vein of form with the bat on the first day of his side’s Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania Tasmania v Victoria | Sheffield Shield | Day One In-form Sam Harper has fallen just short of a third Sheffield Shield century in as many innings as 14 wickets fell on day one of Victoria’s clash with Tasmania. After losing the toss in Hobart and being sent in, Victoria were all out for 222 in the third session with quick Riley Meredith (4-53) the chief destroyer.  The hosts reached 4-52 in reply at stumps, with…

Queensland captain wins third One-Day Cup player of the tournament award by one vote ahead of Kurtis Patterson The best of Marnus Labuschagne as Bulls skipper joins elite group Marnus Labuschagne was on the outer of both Australia’s Test and ODI teams entering the 2025-26 domestic season. Having been dropped for the three-Test series against West Indies a few months earlier, Labuschagne was soon to be left out of Australia’s one-day squad as well to face India last October (he was later recalled following a side injury to Cameron Green but didn’t play in the three-match series). But back-to-back Sheffield…

MUMBAI: Indian batter Tilak Varma attends a training session at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday. —AFP MUMBAI: England are drawing confidence from a run of tight victories ahead of their Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against India, captain Harry Brook said, adding that his team’s resilience would be a key factor on Thursday at the Wankhede Stadium. England’s route to the last four has not all been smooth sailing, with the two-time champions advancing after wins over Sri Lanka, Pakistan and New Zealand, against whom they needed 43 runs off the final 18 balls to get over the line. “We’ve won…

ISMAILIA: Pakistan captain Ammad Butt in action against Austria during their pool match of the FIH World Cup qualifying event on Wednesday. —Courtesy FIH LAHORE: A brace by Abu Bakr Mahmood helped Pakistan defeat Austria 4-2 on Wednesday as the Green-shirts reached the semi-finals of the FIH Men’s World Cup qualifier in Ismailia, Egypt on Wednesday. Pakistan, by winning this match, also topped Pool ‘B’ of the eight-team contest. Besides Abu Bakr, other two goal scorers for Pakistan were Afraz and Mohammad Sufiyan Khan. For Austria, Kellner Maximilian and Scholz Maximilian scored one apiece. Afraz gave Pakistan an early lead…

While Allen and Seifert will receive the majority of the plaudits for their excellent partnership, New Zealand’s bowlers also made a great impact with Matt Henry, Rachin Ravindra and Cole McConchie each picking up two wickets to ensure South Africa’s highly-rated batting lineup were never able to gather much momentum. Allen praised the Black Caps’ bowlers, believing his job was made much easier courtesy of the plans that were carried out during the Proteas’ innings. “Well we just hoped (Mitch) Santner would win a toss to start and he did that. So that was the first part done. And then…

If Lucy Hamilton is handed her Baggy Green at the WACA Ground on Friday, it will be the latest step in what has been a meteoric rise for the teenage fast bowler – but don’t expect the Queenslander to be overawed by the occasion. The unflappable left-armer immediately looked at home on her ODI debut in Hobart last Sunday, unsettling the India top-order in a spell that, while wicketless, was full of promise.Hamilton was initially drafted into the Test squad as a reserve fast bowler, but Kim Garth’s quad injury has opened the door for a debut, where she is…

“We want to be a great team, and winning one is not a great team.” Those are the words of South Australia coach Ryan Harris, who is eyeing consecutive Sheffield Shield titles with a state that has never achieved that feat. A former SA player, Harris did not win a domestic title during his seven-year playing stint with the men in red. And between his move to Queensland in 2008 to his appointment as South Australia head coach in 2024, the state claimed just one trophy – the 2011-12 One-Day Cup title.  During that period, every other state won the…