Cricket

News The left hander has fallen significantly down the pecking order of Australia’s batters Kurtis Patterson admits he got distracted by trying to push for a Test spot last summer but insists lessons from that can help reignite his push for a place in Australia’s middle order. The fight for Ashes spots will heat up

News Imesha Dulani, Sachini Nisansala complete the trio of teenagers in the 17-member squad Sri Lanka have finalised their 17-member squad for next month’s Women’s ODI World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe, with 16-year-old Vishmi Gunaratne – a surprise inclusion when the squad was first announced earlier this month – retaining her place. Chamari Atapattu (capt)

Report The match was frequently interrupted by rain with the chase eventually trimmed to 27 overs Western Australia 4 for 167 (Marsh 80*) beat South Australia 6 for 193 (Weatherald 60) by six wickets (DLS method) Shaun Marsh struck an unbeaten half-century to guide Western Australia to a six-wicket win over South Australia in a

News The quick bowler’s first delivery set the tone against South Africa in a superb powerplay display After all the talk about which of Australia’s Test match quicks would miss out in their T20 World Cup opener against South Africa, the trio of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins played together in the format

Report Shaheen Shah Afridi set the tone for the night with a fiery opening spell in which he claimed both India openers Pakistan 152 for 0 (Rizwan 79*, Babar 68*) beat India 151 for 7 (Kohli 57, Afridi 3-31) by ten wickets In their 13th attempt in World Cups, Pakistan finally managed to beat India,

News Victorian government has announced further easing of Covid-19 restrictions over the coming months. There are hopes that a crowd of 80,000 could be allowed into the MCG for the Boxing Day Ashes Test after the Victorian government announced further easing of Covid-19 restrictions over the coming months. Melbourne has just emerged from a sixth

News Darcie Brown took the sixth hat-trick in WBBL history but Heat held on in a rain-reduced nail-biter Brisbane Heat 5 for 104 (Voll 31*, Brown 3-28) beat Adelaide Strikers 4 for 99 (Wolvaardt 54, Jonassen 2-17) by five runs (11 overs-a-side) Electrifying innings from Georgia Voll and Georgia Redmayne as well as some disciplined

News “These sorts of games, we just have to bin it and move on. I don’t think any sort of panic will come into the camp.” Kieron Pollard said it was “unacceptable” for an international team to be bowled out for 55 like his West Indies side were in their T20 World Cup opener against

News India captain also believes pitches for T20 World Cup will be better for batting than they were in IPL Hardik Pandya, who didn’t bowl a single ball in IPL 2021 across both legs in India and the UAE, is still not fit enough to bowl. Virat Kohli, however, has said that India value his

News Hurricanes were 5 for 107 when rain ended the match Hobart Hurricanes 5 for 107 (du Preez 39, Wellington 2-16) no result against Adelaide Strikers Rain has ruined the opening match of the WBBL double-header in Launceston with Hobart Hurricanes clash with Adelaide Strikers called off after 16 overs. Strikers started superbly with Darcie

News Max O’Dowd praises “great servant to Dutch cricket” as Netherlands bow out of T20 World Cup Ryan ten Doeschate was left out of Netherlands’ side for their final T20 World Cup 2021 fixture at his own request, according to their head coach, Ryan Campbell. ten Doeschate, 41, announced earlier this year that he would

News Concerts clash causes switch of venues, with Old Trafford hosting South Africa Test instead The postponed fifth Test between England and India will be held at Edgbaston from July 1-5 next summer, instead of its original venue at Emirates Old Trafford, and will also determine the result of the series, with India currently leading

News Some one-on-one sessions with South Australia sports psychologist David Steventon over the last 12 months have helped McGrath simplify her game Tahlia McGrath credits her meteoric rise to being the form allrounder of Australian women’s cricket partly to her sports psychologist. Player of the series against India earlier this month, McGrath has started the

News South Africa’s then-chief selector says such a decision would have been “unethical to the players already selected” AB de Villiers‘ availability for the 2019 World Cup was brought to the attention of South Africa’s then-chief selector Linda Zondi two days before the squad was announced, but was turned down because it would’ve been unfair

Big picture It is the knockout before the knockouts, with the winner of the clash between Namibia and Ireland guaranteed to join Sri Lanka in the Super 12s with the loser set to join Netherlands on the way out. And for both teams, the desperation to progress is immense. Ireland have not qualified for the

News The fast bowler will continue to play state, BBL and perhaps county cricket James Pattinson‘s decision to retire from international cricket did not come as a huge surprise to his Victoria coach, and former Australia team-mate, Chris Rogers who had sensed the fast bowler was struggling for motivation during the longer winter months. Pattinson

Report Openers Hazratullah Zazai and Mohammad Shahzad hit aggressive fifties, while Andre Russell returned to action Afghanistan 189 for 5 (Zazai 56, Shahzad 54, McCoy 2-43) beat West Indies 133 for 5 (Chase 54*, Pooran 35, Nabi 3-2) by 56 runs Afghanistan combined a belligerent batting performance with tight bowling to stomp to a 56-run

News “I still keep in touch with him and will continue to do that during this World Cup,” says Miller Most professional sportspeople consider themselves only as good as their most recent game, but Hashim Amla has taught David Miller to look at that in a slightly different way. “The famous old saying is that