Neser’s heroic second-innings 140 helped the Bulls stave off defeat in their recently completed Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales at the new Cricket Central ground at Sydney Olympic Park. Neser’s rich run with the bat, combined with his brilliant bowling, reminds Khawaja of Woakes, who was player of the series in this year’s

The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and will run from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: Markram, van der Dussen and de Kock flay centuries

The Chepauk pitch for Australia’s World Cup opener against India is set to be a black-soil one, which generally offers more purchase to spinners than the red-soil variant. It is in anticipation of such conditions that India have made room for R Ashwin’s return and he may very well be part of the XI on

Stumps Victoria 256 and 64 for 3 (Kellaway 33*, Rocchiccioli 2-6) trail Western Australia 481 (Bancroft 122, Wyllie 94, Goodwin 63, Turner 57, Sutherland 3-66, Boland 3-101) by 161 runs Aaron Hardie continued to elevate his standing with a strong all-round performance on day three as Western Australia closed in on victory against Victoria at

Queensland 179 and 173 for 5 (Peirson 51*, Tremain 3-35) trail New South Wales 446 (Edwards 87, Kerr 86, Hughes 59, Green 50) by 97 runs Late showers and a stonewalling sixth-wicket stand have spared Queensland a three-day defeat but they remain in a scrap for survival in their Sheffield Shield clash with New South

Coach Shelley Nitschke has lauded Darcie Brown‘s bravery in taking the crucial wicket of Hayley Matthews that propelled Australia to a T20I series defeat of West Indies. Matthews’ batting had been the talk of the white-ball series heading into the deciding third match in Brisbane on Thursday night. She scored an unbeaten 99 in a

Western Australia 237 for 2 (Bancroft 121*, Wyllie 94) trail Victoria 256 by 19 runs Former Test opener Cameron Bancroft made an early season statement with a disciplined century to frustrate Victoria’s attack on a sedate WACA pitch to put Western Australia in a strong position in the Sheffield Shield. WA trailed by 19 runs

Marcus Stoinis is doubtful for Australia’s opening match at the 2023 ODI World Cup, against India on October 8 in Chennai, because of a hamstring niggle he picked up in the first ODI against the same opponent in Mohali last month. Stoinis has not played a match since. “He’s got a slight hamstring complaint at

New South Wales 337 for 7 (Edwards 87, Kerr 65*, Hughes 59) lead Queensland 176 (Edwards 6-36) by 161 runs Jack Edwards‘ sparkling start to the summer continued, with the New South Wales allrounder adding a Sheffield Shield half-century to his six-wicket haul against Queensland. NSW went to stumps on day two of their clash

Western Australia 29 for 1 trail Victoria 256 (Dean 87, Hardie 3-29, Rocchiccioli 3-39) by 227 runs One-time Test opener Will Pucovski made an encouraging return to the Sheffield Shield, but Victoria failed to capitalise against a second-string Western Australia attack on day one at the WACA. After losing their last eight wickets for 94

South Australia 307 and 47 for 3 trail Tasmania 381 (Wakim 110, Jewell 87, Webster 62, Buckingham 7-71) by 27 runs South Australia were in the mire against Tasmania despite paceman Jordan Buckingham taking a career-best seven-wicket haul on day two of their Sheffield Shield match. Tasmania, with Charlie Wakim scoring a polished 110, posted

Queensland 159 for 7 (Street 45, Edwards 5-24) for vs New South Wales New South Wales allrounder Jack Edwards continued his fine start to the domestic season, claiming his maiden Sheffield Shield five-wicket haul to leave Queensland in trouble in Sydney. Edwards took all of the first five wickets on the opening day of their Shield

Like a number of teams over the last few weeks, Australia have been trying to reach the start line of the World Cup without any further major setbacks. They have had to manage a lengthy injury list but have just about got there. If a reminder was needed of how seriously to take the last

Tasmania 94 for 1 trail South Australia 307 (Lehmann 115, Manenti 71, Bell 3-78) by 213 runs Stand-in captain Jake Lehmann struck a century to steer South Australia out of strife against Tasmania on the opening day of the Sheffield Shield season. Lehmann, appointed captain while Travis Head is on Australian duties, struck 115 of

Inside the famed WACA ground, traditionalists like to quip that the cricket season doesn’t really start until the Sheffield Shield gets underway. Their wish will be granted when two-time defending champions Western Australia take on rival Victoria from Wednesday. It is a rematch of the last two Shield finals, where Victoria fell short on both

Peter Handscomb is keen to not be pigeonholed as a subcontinent specialist and be a mainstay in Australia’s Test middle-order in all conditions but understands he will have to bide his time and continue to push his case in the Sheffield Shield for Victoria. Handscomb, 31, will start a new Shield campaign on Wednesday in

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

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

It means that Maxwell and Adam Zampa are Australia’s only genuine spin options among their 14 fit players given that Steven Smith barely bowls anymore and Labuschagne’s legspin has faded in recent years. Should Head recover and be able to bowl, his offspin would provide a valuable option. There is yet to be a specific

Victoria 298 for 7 (Harper 96, Harris 50, Kerr 3-57) beat New South Wales 239 (Hughes 69, Davies 41, Sutherland 3-39) by 59 runs Victoria remained unbeaten in the domestic one-day competition after a comfortable 59-run win over New South Wales. NSW’s chase never got going at the Junction Oval in Melbourne on Friday and

Ellyse Perry‘s knee injury could keep her from bowling for the entire white-ball series against West Indies that kicks off the women’s home summer. Perry hurt her left knee playing the second one-day international of Australia’s series against Ireland in July. The injury forced her out of the final match against the Irish, as well

Australia will carry an injured Travis Head through the first part of the World Cup but have provided themselves with extra batting cover by including Marnus Labuschagne at the expense of Ashton Agar who has been ruled out with a calf injury. Head, who suffered a fractured hand against South Africa, has been included in

Glenn Maxwell‘s successful return to Australia colours with the ball was a timely tonic for a team whose World Cup preparation had hit several glitches in the last few weeks – and an insight into a vital part of their gameplan. Maxwell, who had not featured in any of the preceding matches in South Africa

Toss Australia chose to bat vs India Australia welcomed back big guns Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Starc into the playing XI and elected to bat in the third and final ODI in Rajkot as they look to avoid a clean sweep against India. Also returning to the side was captain Pat Cummins, who sat out

New South Wales 202 for 4 (Edwards 92, Hughes 58) beat Tasmania 198 (Webster 65) by six wickets Allrounder Jack Edwards starred with bat and ball as New South Wales crushed Tasmania by six wickets in the Marsh Cup. Edwards blasted 92 from 63 balls in the run chase after earlier taking two wickets during

England batter Danni Wyatt has withdrawn from the WBBL, where she was set to play for Perth Scorchers, due to fatigue. Wyatt was a gold pick by Scorchers in the draft earlier this month after they had retained Sophie Devine at platinum. She was recently rested from England’s ODI series against Sri Lanka. Scorchers then

Western Australia 371 for 7 (Whiteman 89, Turner 86, Bancroft 66, Hobson 64*) beat South Australia 349 for 8 (Drew 120, McSweeney 51, Short 3-81), South Australia, despite a superb century from Daniel Drew, slipped to a 22-run defeat to reigning champions Western Australia in their high-scoring one-day clash which brought 720 runs. WA, with

Mitchell Starc is in line to return to the Australian side for the third and final ODI against India in Rajkot. The fast bowler has been out of international action since the Ashes in July but hinted his comeback is on track as Australia try to avoid a whitewash. Starc was ruled out of the

Tasmania wicketkeeper Matthew Wade has been suspended after accumulating a third level one code of conduct breach in 18 months during Monday’s Marsh Cup contest with Victoria, which triggered an automatic two-game ban. Wade hit the pitch forcefully with his bat in frustration at facing a dot ball during his innings of 25 in the

Victoria (Handscomb 51, Webster 2-17) beat Tasmania 224 (Webster 83, Boland 2-30) by three wickets An aggressive Peter Handscomb half-century has helped Victoria grind to a three-wicket win against Tasmania in the first round of the Marsh Cup. Chasing 225, Handscomb top-scored with 51 from 42 balls as Victoria reached 229 for 7 with 31