Cricket

Netherlands allrounder Bas de Leede is clear about his team’s targets at the World Cup. For starters, they aren’t thinking of themselves as Associates. They want to play as equals with the big boys. For de Leede, there’s no bigger motivation than that. “We want to make the semi-finals,” he announced ahead of their first
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Sam Billings has stepped down as Kent men’s captain after almost six years in the role. Billings, who is contracted with Kent until the end of 2025, had already relinquished the captaincy in red-ball cricket, after averaging 9.20 during a difficult summer, and will now hand over responsibility for the T20 side as well. Following
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England captain Heather Knight will lead Sydney Thunder in this year’s WBBL, taking over from the retired Rachael Haynes. Thunder finished bottom last season but had a strong draft last month where they secured South Africa allrounder Marizanne Kapp and England quick Lauren Bell alongside Knight. It means that Knight will link back up in
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New South Wales Squad Sean Abbott (CA), Jackson Bird, Pat Cummins (CA), Joel Davies (R), Oliver Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green, Ryan Hackney, Ryan Hadley, Liam Hatcher, Josh Hazlewood (CA), Moises Henriques, Baxter Holt, Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon (CA), Blake Macdonald, Blake Nikitaras, Jack Nisbet (R), Kurtis Patterson, Ross
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Match abandoned Australia 166 for 7 (Smith 55, van der Merwe 2-12) vs Netherlands 84 for 6 (Ackermann 31*, Starc 3-18) Steven Smith did the thing he loves most in the world. Mitchell Starc did the thing he can’t help but do. And Australia did the thing they are forever known for. A warm-up game
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