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Travis Head leads the star inclusions for round nine of the Sheffield Shield season as members of Australia’s T20 squad return to domestic cricket following their early exit from the T20 World Cup. Josh Inglis, Cooper Connolly (both Western Australia), Matthew Renshaw (Queensland), Matthew Kuhnemann (Tasmania) and Sean Abbott (NSW) will join Head in turning out for their respective states from Thursday this week.Head’s South Australia are locked in a tight tussle with Queensland in the race to face Victoria in the Shield final later this month. SA are (33.43) less than a point behind the second-placed Bulls (34.38) with…

Australia’s Test opener is set to bat at the top of the order for South Australia for the first time this Sheffield Shield season South Australia coach Ryan Harris has confirmed that Australian star Travis Head will open the batting for the state in their all-important Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales at Karen Rolton Oval.  The 32-year-old is set to replace Mackenzie Harvey at the top of SA’s batting order. While the Test opener batted at No.4 in his last Shield appearance for SA in November, Head hinted that he did have a preferred position in the batting…

KOLKATA: South African captain Aiden Markram on Tuesday said his team’s win over New Zealand in the group phase will count for nothing in the T20 World Cup semi-final, which will be a “completely fresh start”.The two teams clash at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens in the first semi-final on Wednesday, with both having never lifted a cricket World Cup. South Africa are the only unbeaten side in the last four and are trying to rid themselves of a reputation for choking in the final stages at World Cups. They have been the team to beat in this edition and got the…

GETAFE’S Martín Satriano (R) scores past Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois during their La Liga match at Santiago Bernabeu.—AFP MADRID: Real Madrid fell to a damaging 1-0 defeat by Getafe at home in La Liga on Monday, leaving them four points behind leaders Barcelona. Alvaro Arbeloa’s side, beaten by a superb volley from Martin Satriano, suffered a second consecutive loss in the Spanish top flight for the first time since 2020. Real forward Franco Mastantuono was sent off in stoppage time for apparent dissent to make a bad night worse for Los Blancos. “Obviously it’s a match where we could…

A global moment was held on Wednesday to coincide with the 100 days to go landmark, with England stars Nat Sciver-Brunt, Sophia Dunkley and Lauren Filer on hand at the ground that will host the opening game of the tournament in Birmingham to help mark the occasion. The iconic scoreboard at Edgbaston displayed the 100 days to go message, with other host cities across the United Kingdom – including Old Trafford Cricket Ground (Manchester), Headingley (Leeds), Hampshire Bowl (Southampton), Bristol County Ground (Bristol), The Oval (London), and Lord’s Cricket Ground (London) – joining in on the action. Well-known international grounds…

One of New Zealand and South Africa will take a big step to a first white-ball World Cup triumph when they meet in Kolkata tonight New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner wants his team to piece together their first “perfect game” of the T20 ‌World Cup when they face in-form South Africa in the first semi-final at Eden Gardens. South Africa remain the tournament’s only unbeaten team and their seven wins in a row include a seven-wicket thumping of New Zealand in the group stage in Ahmedabad. But neither side are reading too much into that result with Proteas captain Aiden…

Maitlan Brown has joined the Aussie squad in Perth and is dreaming of steaming in with the pink ball at the WACA Ground Maitlan Brown is itching to let loose at the WACA Ground this week, but even if an international debut does not eventuate on Friday, the NSW quick will soak up every moment of a long-awaited return to the Australian set-up. Brown was a late addition to Australia’s squad for the day-night Test against India, drafted in after Kim Garth was ruled out with a quad strain.It is the first time the 28-year-old has been named in an…

Australia’s Test opener has a preferred position but doesn’t want to disrupt the defending champions’ firing batting line up Australian star Travis Head says he will bat wherever South Australia needs him in their crucial Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales beginning on Thursday. In a major boost to SA’s quest for back-to-back Shield titles, Head has returned from Sri Lanka for a rare domestic first-class appearance following Australia’s early elimination from the T20 World Cup.The left-hander will line up for SA in just one Shield match before heading back to the subcontinent to play for Sunrisers Hyderabad in…

The Victorian allrounder was dropped from Australia’s final squad on the eve of the tournament A “shattered” Matt Short has opened up on being dropped from Australia’s T20 World Cup squad on the eve of the global tournament, revealing it’s helped highlight areas of his game he “needs to improve”. Short was named in the Aussies’ preliminary 15-player group for the World Cup on January 1 but was left out of the final squad when it was announced on January 31. Selectors opted to replace Short with Queensland’s Matthew Renshaw, while left-armer Ben Dwarshuis was brought in for injured quick…

England are experiencing a case of T20 World Cup déjà vu. Captivate This content is provided by Captivate, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Captivate cookies or to allow those cookies just once. You can change your settings at any time via the Privacy Options. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Captivate cookies. To view this content you can use the button below to allow Captivate cookies for…