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Sky Sports’ Michael Atherton hailed Joe Root’s 41st Test century as “one of his very best innings”, but could the 35-year-old keep going for another four years for another crack at winning the Ashes in Australia?England’s fourth-Test triumph in Melbourne was Root’s first win in Australia in 18 attempts, the visitors having lost their three prior tours 5-0, 4-0 and 4-0, before also losing the first three this year to see the Ashes again slip away. Quizzed as to whether he could see himself again as part of touring party in four years time, when 39, Root said he’d “love…
Australia v England | Fifth Ashes Test | Day Two Joe Root has defended Jamie Smith’s dismissal to Marnus Labuschagne’s part-time seamers with England’s greatest ever run scorer insisting it was part of a tactical ploy that anticipated difficult batting conditions against a forthcoming second new ball. Perhaps more than any other Bazball-induced strategic misstep this Ashes series, Smith’s exit to a time-filling Labuschagne bouncer clocked at under 130kph infuriated England fans and left pundits in disbelief. Australia captain Steve Smith brought on Labuschagne and Travis Head in a bid to improve his side’s poor over-rate (Labuschagne ran back to…
Australia v England | Fifth Ashes Test | Day Two Joe Root’s bittersweet Australian redemption campaign continued as he equalled Ricky Ponting’s mark of 41 Test hundreds, before the home side’s battering ram Travis Head rounded on his third century of the series as he helped wipe off close to half of England’s advantage in rapid time. Root’s 160 crafted over almost seven hours across the opening two days of Sydney’s dead-rubber fifth Ashes Test could have tallied higher still if not for his teammates’ wasteful approach in arguably the best batting conditions of the series. That was already coming…
Australia v England | Fifth Ashes Test | Day Two The moment, given all else that was happening this morning, seemed to pass by without its usual significance. In the sixth over of day two of this fifth Ashes Test in Sydney, Mitchell Starc approached Ben Stokes from over the wicket. It was the 11th ball Stokes had faced. The sixth from Starc. From the other five – all from 140.8-146kph – the England captain had defended twice, shouldered arms twice, and miscued once. Then came the ball that mattered. Another probing line and length, more good pace at 142.3kph,…
Get all the latest team news and broadcast details as the Strikers host the Thunder at Adelaide Oval Match facts Who: Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder What: Match 25, KFC BBL|15 Where: Adelaide Oval When: Tuesday, January 6. Bat flip at 6pm local (6.30pm AEDT), first ball at 6.45pm local (7.15pm AEDT) How to watch: Channel Seven, 7plus, Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports Listen: ABC, SEN Radio. Listen in standard and real-time with no delay to live play via Cricket Radio on the CA Live app. Find out more here Buy tickets: Tickets are on sale here Live scores: Match Centre Highlights, news and reactions…
The 68,124-strong turnout helped the BBL record its highest ever attendance for a single day The experience of playing in front of a packed MCG was hailed as a “dream come true” for Will Sutherland, who biffed his Melbourne Renegades to a final-over victory against crosstown rivals Melbourne Stars. A crowd of 68,124 meant the famous venue was jumping, and signified the biggest Big Bash attendance since January 1, 2017. Sutherland was the hero of the hour, hitting two sixes off Stars skipper Marcus Stoinis to steal victory at the death. “It’s still pretty surreal at the moment, (I’m) a…
A mid-season pick up has Adelaide fans in a spin after three-wicket haul in Perth. Shamsi whips out the shoe phone celebration South African spinner Tabraiz Shamsi has all the makings of the BBL’s latest cult hero, and don’t be surprised if thousands of fans end up taking off their shoes to answer his call. Shamsi made a stunning BBL debut for the Adelaide Strikers on Sunday night, snaring 3-30 at Optus Stadium in his team’s 33-run loss. The 35-year-old wasn’t meant to link up with the Strikers until January 7, but they rushed him in early with the hope…
Bad light meant the first day of the fifth Ashes Test was truncated before the tea break in Sydney Australia v England | Fifth Ashes Test | Day One Cricket Australia’s frustrated chief executive Todd Greenberg has pledged to lobby the ICC for help to prevent bad light from marring Test cricket as it did on day one at the SCG. Booing rang out around the sold-out Sydney crowd when dark clouds forced the sides off the pitch just before tea on Sunday’s first day of the Ashes series finale. Some rainfall followed, though not the biblical downpour forecast, before…
Big Bash spinners ran riot on the same day Australia left one out of their XI in an SCG Test for the first time in 138 years At a time when much is being made about the future of spin bowling in Australia, one of the country’s most traditionally pace-friendly cities appears to be bucking the trend – at least in the Big Bash. The Scorchers and Strikers sent down a combined 25 overs of spin during last night’s KFC BBL|15 clash, a record for a T20 match (international or domestic) at Optus Stadium.The 11 wickets the two sides’ spinners…
A shambolic collapse late in their batting innings has seen the Adelaide Strikers slip to the Perth Scorchers at Optus Stadium Perth Scorchers v Adelaide Strikers | BBL|15 Veteran paceman Joel Paris has inspired a late fightback as the Perth Scorchers overcame an all-out spin assault to post a fighting 33-run BBL win over the Adelaide Strikers at Optus Stadium. South African spinner Tabraiz Shamsi (3-30) unleashed his trademark shoe celebration and Lloyd Pope (4-23) starred as the Strikers spun a web of magic in Perth to restrict the Scorchers to 8-153. In reply, Adelaide were on track for victory…