Marnus Labuschagne believes becoming a father has helped him find a better work-life balance as he prepares for a showdown against South Africa, the country of his birth, in his home city of Brisbane. It will be the first time Labuschagne, the world’s No. 1 Test batter, lines up in a Test against South Africa,
After tearing through West Indies with the pink ball under lights, cementing his reputation as a fan favourite, Scott Boland has been assured of a spot in Australia’s star-studded attack for the first Test against South Africa as captain Pat Cummins prepares to return from a quad injury. Playing his first Test match since a
Travis Head hammered three sixes in a row to seal a century and a remarkable victory for the Adelaide Strikers over the Sydney Sixers on New Year’s Eve, 2015
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India pacer Jaydev Unadkat will not be available for the first Test against Bangladesh starting here on Wednesday, as he is yet to arrive in Chattogram due to visa issues. The visa papers of the 31-year-old Unadkat is not yet ready, according to BCCI sources. “Unadkat will not reach here in time before the start
With four wins out of five in this year’s Lanka Premier League, reigning champions Jaffna Kings are once again shaping up as the team to beat. For Thisara Perera his time with the Jaffna outfit has been among the most successful periods of his career, with the side winning back-to-back LPL titles under his leadership.
Naseem Shah has been ruled out of Pakistan’s plans for the third Test in Karachi, after failing to recover from the shoulder niggle that caused him to miss this week’s 26-run defeat in Multan. Naseem was in visible discomfort during the Rawalpindi Test, particularly while throwing the ball in from the outfield. However, he still
World Cups. Selections. Injuries. Series losses. With the red ball in hand, India need to quickly put these things aside and shift focus to the World Test Championship now. India have played only five Tests this year, lost all three that were played away, and now brace themselves for a two-Test series against Bangladesh who
Sam Curran, Ben Stokes and Cameron Green, all of whom could potentially end up as the most expensive buy in the 2023 IPL auction, have been listed in the second set to come up for bidding on December 23. The auction will begin at 2.30pm IST in Kochi with the batters’ set which features Indian
In March, when Rawalpindi hosted the first Test of Australia’s tour of Pakistan, bat dominated ball to the extent that 1187 runs were scored for the loss of only 14 wickets over five days. That pitch had earned a “below average” rating too, with match referee Ranjan Madugalle noting that the Test match did not
New Zealand have included three players with senior caps – Fran Jonas, Georgia Plimmer and Isabella Gaze – in their squad for the inaugural Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup, which is set to be played in South Africa in January 2023. All three were part of New Zealand’s squad at the Commonwealth Games earlier this
Ben Stokes said he felt “very honoured and very privileged” to be leading England’s revival, after a 26-run win over Pakistan in Multan gave them the three-match series with a game to spare, and gave his side their first away Test series win under his captaincy. England arrived in Pakistan at the end of last
Russell Domingo, Bangladesh’s head coach, said the big challenge for Test specialists like Joy, Mominul and Taijul Islam would to find their groove quickly – Bangladesh are playing a Test after six months, which isn’t much longer than India’s hiatus from the longest format. “Mominul and Joy last played international cricket six months ago. That’s
McGrath, who made her T20I debut in October 2021, has already cemented her place in the Australia top order across formats. In T20Is, she has scored 485 runs in ten innings at an average of 121.25 and a strike rate of 149.69 so far. In the first T20I against India in the ongoing series, she
Harry Brook‘s abundant talent and simple technique mean he could be on track to replicate the worldwide, all-format success enjoyed by Virat Kohli. That is the “massive shout” that Ben Stokes, England’s Test captain, made after Brook’s second-innings hundred set up a 26-run win over Pakistan to seal the series with a game to spare
South Africa have identified making Steven Smith play at the ball early as the key to keeping Australia’s most prolific batsman quiet in their three-Test series this summer. They are one of the few countries in the world who can claim to have found an answer for Smith through his career ahead of Saturday’s first
Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head and Alex Carey continued Australia’s run fest against the West Indies with the hosts posting 7dec-511 before recalled quick Michael Neser got the pink ball talking in the evening session. Download our app: https://app.cricket.com.au/ More #AUSvWI videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cricketcomau Follow us on
Watch highlights of Dan Christian’s 4 sixes in a row to swing the game the way of Notts Outlaws in their Vitality Blast semi-final against Lancashire Lightning. Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and Wales Cricket
The likes of Ishant Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane will be keen for one last throw of dice while Tilak Vermas and Yashasvi Jaiswals would like to keep the Gen-Next flag flying high as another season of Ranji Trophy starts with the domestic bulwarks ready to slog it out from Tuesday. Delhi, a team that is
Ollie Pope‘s diving catch down the leg-side to dismiss Pakistan batter Saud Shakeel cost Pakistan and shouldn’t have been given out, according to Pakistan captain Babar Azam. Speaking after Pakistan succumbed to a 26-run defeat in Multan that confirmed a series loss to England, Babar said it appeared as if the ball had touched the
Mayank Agarwal isn’t focusing as much on a Test comeback as he is on emulating the kind of Ranji Trophy season he had in 2017-18, when he topped the charts with 1160 runs in 13 innings. Agarwal isn’t part of India’s Test tour of Bangladesh, having endured a slump in form over the past six
Ashley Noffke, the former Australia allrounder, has won the race to become women’s head coach at London Spirit in the Hundred for the 2023 season. He was among the contenders to replace Lisa Keightley as England women’s coach and is understood to have been interviewed for that position, but was beaten to it by Jon
Taskin Ahmed reckons the Bangladesh bowlers will have to show patience on what is expected to be a flat batting surface at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, in Chattogram- the venue for the first Test against India. The pitch curator, Praveen Hinganikar, has left a bit of grass on all of the centre surfaces two days
Kane Richardson will play county cricket for the first time in 2023 after signing a contract with Kent for the duration of the T20 Blast. Richardson, the death-overs specialist who has been a regular feature of Australia’s white-ball squads, played English domestic cricket for the first time last summer, taking 13 wickets for Birmingham Phoenix
South Africans 347 (Elgar 109, Verreynne 80, Kuhnemann 4-78) and 304 for 8 dec (van der Dussen 95, Verreynne 80, Edwards 3-45) drew with CA XI 226 (Kellaway 105*, Doran 78, Coetzee 3-36) and 184 for 6 (Handscomb 48, Wyllie 44, Rabada 2-22) South Africa pace duo Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi fired a warning
England 281 (Duckett 63, Pope 60, Abrar 7-114) and 275 (Brook 108, Duckett 79, Abrar 4-120) beat Pakistan 202 (Babar 75, Shakeel 63, Leach 4-98) and 328 (Shakeel 94, Imam 60, Wood 4-65) by 26 runs Raw pace in a raw match situation. It’s the weapon for which England have been crying out throughout their
Steve O’Keefe was part of the first BBL and he is now preparing for another season with Sydney Sixers. He joins the Stump Mic podcast to look ahead to the season, talk about his motivation for playing, the changing T20 landscape, his memories of the first final where he opened the batting and how Sixers
Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the opening Test against South Africa due to the side strain he picked up last week but Australia captain Pat Cummins is on track to return at the Gabba. The selectors have named a 14-player squad for the Test which starts on Saturday in Brisbane with uncapped Lance
It was a day of milestones for Australia in Adelaide, with Usman Khawaja passing 1000 runs for the calendar year, Marnus Labuschagne scoring a third-straight century, and local boy Travis Head reaching three figures in front of an adoring home crowd Download our app: https://app.cricket.com.au/ More #AUSvWI videos: https://www.cricket.com.au/video Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow