USA Cricket Vice-Captain Aaron Jones poses next to a giant cricket ball, installed at a marketplace to mark 100 days to go for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, in Miami, Florida, on Feb. 22, 2024. Chandan Khanna | Afp | Getty Images A major cricket world cup is coming to U.S. soil for the … Read more
Former Australian Test cricketer Michael Slater has been remanded in police custody after being charged with more than a dozen offences. Slater, 54, had his case mentioned in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on Monday. He was arrested on 19 charges relating to offences allegedly committed on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast between December 5, 2023 and April 12 … Read more
Nathan Lyon has revealed his disappointment that Cricket Australia bosses have prevented him from playing his first full season of county cricket in England with Lancashire. On the eve of his county championship debut at the start of the English season, the veteran spinning ace said on Thursday his hands had been tied over the … Read more
Australian opener Travis Head has smashed an 18-ball half century for Sunrisers Hyderabad in a record-breaking night for the Indian Premier League which saw the highest-scoring T20 match in history. Sunrisers’ mammoth first innings total of 3-277 was the biggest in IPL history, but Mumbai gave chasing it down a good shake, falling just 31 … Read more
Big Bash League cricket player Nikhil Chaudhary has denied raping a woman in Queensland. Chaudhary, 27, is on trial in the District Court in Townsville on Monday after he pleaded not guilty to raping the woman in his car on Flinders St in the city’s nightlife precinct in May 2021. He met the woman at … Read more
David Warner has been surprisingly overlooked in The Hundred draft as Andrew Flintoff kick-started a West Indies rush by snapping up Nicholas Pooran with his first pick. The Australian left-hander, who recently retired from the Test scene, has travelled the world playing white-ball cricket since 2009 and most recently featured in the UAE for the … Read more
Cricket Australia has called off a series against Afghanistan for the second time in as many years due to “government advice”. Australia’s men were scheduled to face Afghanistan in three Twenty20s this year under the International Cricket Council’s future tours program. But CA has postponed the series that would have been played in the United … Read more
England Women 1st innings Total 160 for –4, from 20 overs. Batting Runs Balls 4s 6s SR Beaumont c Rowe b Jonas; 15 runs, 14 balls, 3 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 107.14 Dunkley c Gaze b Tahuhu; 32 runs, 24 balls, 6 fours, 0 sixes, and a strike rate of 133.33 … Read more
Former Australian Test gloveman Matthew Wade will retire from red-ball cricket after playing the Sheffield Shield final for Tasmania. The 36-year-old has announced the title decider starting on Thursday against Western Australia in Perth will be his 166th and final first-class match. Wade will continue playing white-ball cricket and is likely to be part of … Read more
An image of former Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke has sent fans — and AFL greats — spinning. Clarke is currently a commentator for the Pakistan Super League and has been posting several photos of himself on Instagram during the tournament. The 42-year-old has publicly battled skin cancer over the years and in November last … Read more
