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[ad_1] Western Australia is in the box seat to snare a third-straight Sheffield Shield title after winning hosting rights in a crazy final round which included an upset in Tasmania which cost them home ground advantage. After ladder-leaders Tassie were beaten on their home deck by South Australia early on Wednesday, the WA bowlers rolled … Read more
[ad_1] Twin bowling efforts across two states turned the shape of the Sheffield Shield season on its head on Tuesday as the decision to prepare wickets for results in both Tasmania and Victoria backfired on the hosts. Going into the game needing only a draw against South Australia to host the final, Tasmania, having secured … Read more
[ad_1] Cameron Green’s difficult summer with the bat continued with a single-digit score as pace bowlers ran rampant on the opening day of three Sheffield Shield matches on Friday. The WA all-rounder was trapped LVW for six by Tasmanian debutant Kieran Elliott as 41 wickets tumbled across the three games, with only six batters managing … Read more
[ad_1] Australian fast bowler Lance Morris is at risk of missing this month’s Test tour of New Zealand after sustaining a side strain during Tuesday afternoon’s ODI against the West Indies at Manuka Oval. The 25-year-old limped off the field three balls into his fifth over during the dead rubber in Canberra, not returning for … Read more
[ad_1] Test quick Scott Boland was last to bowl for Victoria and is being managed through South Australia’s second innings of the Sheffield Shield match in Melbourne after being sent for scans on a niggling knee injury. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] And the night sky was dark, for all of the stars were at the Australian Cricket Awards. Looks were served and face cards were certainly not declined as the sport’s best and brightest rocked up for the 2024 gala. See the best photos from the red carpet arrivals below. Watch India v England LIVE … Read more
[ad_1] The Gabba will play host to the second Test between Australia and the West Indies beginning on Thursday, with a couple of Aussie cricketers under a COVID cloud. Travis Head and more recently Cameron Green are expected to play in the day/night Test despite testing positive to COVID in the past week. Head has … Read more
[ad_1] Australian vice-captain Steve Smith is unfazed by the prospect of opening the batting against the pink Kookaburra under lights this week despite lingering uncertainty about the Gabba pitch. The 34-year-old had never opened the batting at first-class level before last week’s series opener against the West Indies in Adelaide, where he scored 12 and … Read more
[ad_1] Test captain Pat Cummins says January 26 is the wrong date to celebrate Australia Day and has urged the government to adopt a “more appropriate date to celebrate”. Cummins declared a view he’s held for “a while” on Tuesday morning hours after Cricket Australia boss Nick Hockley was adamant the sport was not “boycotting … Read more
[ad_1] Cricket Australia boss Nick Hockley has been grilled over the sporting body’s decision to ban the words “Australia Day” during Friday’s Test cricket match. The organisation came under fire this week after it was announced there would be no references made to the national holiday during the Gabba Test match between Australia and the … Read more