Alyssa Healy will require further assessment before being cleared for the women’s World Twenty20 semi-finals after a collision left her concussed and ended her game early in Australia’s 48-run loss to India.
Kagiso Rabada might be one of the world’s very best, but this was anything but from the South African paceman.
The Big Show bringing it with the ball, not the bat.
Two Test batting spots are up for grabs in today’s fourth round of the Sheffield Shield with a huge group of batsmen in contention to play the first Test against India.
The Australian Women’s Cricket team has one more pool match – against India on Sunday morning at 2am AEST – before they progress to the semi-finals of the ICC Women’s World T20 which is currently being contested in the Caribbean.
“It’s cricket, but not as you know it” reads Foxtel’s summer tagline, and for many fans in the last week, this rang frustratingly true.
Australia’s over-reliance on hitting boundaries was exposed as they lost the ODI series to South Africa 2-1. So which domestic batsmen could potentially improve balance by rotating the strike?
Elite performer Roy ‘Crackling’ Pork and honest man Wayne ‘Spanks’ Spankle sit down and sort it all out.
To pinch Justin Langer’s “elite honesty” quote, the Wallabies are playing crap rugby, and the Australians are playing crap cricket.
It was a familiar tale for the Australian ODI team over the past week, as the men in green and gold slumped to yet another series defeat with a 2-1 loss to South Africa on home soil.
There has been a wealth of speculation on the makeup of the first Test against India, who should come in, possible bolters, players who shouldn’t have been picked in the first place etcetera etcetera.
He was a lucky man, in more ways than one. It seldom happens that a cricketer or a person related to cricket receives affection and love from three different generations.
Justin Langer’s challenge to Sheffield Shield batsmen to score runs and put themselves in the running for Test selection has seemingly paid off.
Shaun and Mitch Marsh fell in consecutive overs in an underwhelming return against South Australia. Fellow middle order Batsman Marnus Labuschagne fared better for Queensland.
Keaton Jennings has taken a stunning catch on Day 4 of the second Test between Sri Lanka and England.
Patto is back doing what he does best!
The Australian womens cricket team celebrated their semifinals berth at the World T20 competition, with a dance at a local school in the West Indies.
After posting the first half-century of his Sheffield Shield campaign, Test batsman Marnus Labuschagne’s innings was brought to a grinding halt by Pat Cummins.
Ben Stokes looked clearly out LBW – but he chose to review it anyway. His teammate Adil Rashid would later regret it.
Will it be another fiery summer of cricket?
Adam Gilchrist’s career was always about being fearless.
Adam Gilchrist’s career was always about being fearless.
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