Travis Head has returned to the nets for the first time since he suffered a fractured hand in South Africa and is hopeful of being able to fly out to join the World Cup squad in India on Thursday. Head had the cast removed late last week and is now facing throwdowns. Scans have shown
Month: October 2023
South Australia 262 for 8 (McSweeney 64, Bird 3-52) vs New South Wales South Australia’s late collapse on day one appeared to have put New South Wales in control of the Sheffield Shield clash at Adelaide Oval. The Redbacks looked steady at 223 for 5 but lost 3 for 4 late in the final session
Big Picture Even in a tournament with nine group-stage matches which allows room for a slip up or two, you don’t want to be 0-3 early in the competition. But that’s exactly the situation which will confront one of Australia and Sri Lanka after they face off in Lucknow in what already shapes as a
The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and runs from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: Bumrah and spin do the trick as India hand
India 192 for 3 (Rohit 86, Shreyas 53*) beat Pakistan 191 (Babar 50, Rizwan 49, Bumrah 2-19, Kuldeep 2-35, Jadeja 2-38) by seven wickets The game that always promises and rarely delivers came and went once more, promising plenty at various stages, and ultimately delivering what a blue mass of humanity had come to see:
Big Picture Much like gap year students, England left Dharamsala having found themselves, arriving in the sprawling metropolis of Delhi on Wednesday with a self-regard more in step with their white-ball dominance over the last eight years. Their “crisis” lasted all of five days. A nine-wicket battering at the hands of New Zealand led to
How many people were in the crowd on Saturday in Ahmedabad was not made public, but you wouldn’t have struggled to count the number of green shirts in the stands. That number possibly stood at three, all Pakistani-Americans from the United States. The crowd could’ve been anywhere between 115,000 to 125,000, so it was a
Joe Root has slipped back into the rhythms of ODI cricket during the last 10 days. A month ago, he finished a series against New Zealand with 39 runs in four innings but has started this tournament with scores of 77 and 82, becoming England’s leading World Cup run-scorer in the process. Root looked badly
“I think they’ve [India] got all bases covered and I’m looking forward to meeting them in the final again.” But he was frank in his assessment of where Pakistan fell short in Ahmedabad: timid with the bat, and possibly a little intimidated by the occasion that made them retreat “into their shells just a little
Sri Lanka’s team management confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that Kusal Mendis will lead in Shanaka’s stead, as he has served as the team’s vice-captain for the past few months, and in fact led them in one of Sri Lanka’s warm-up matches, which Shanaka had missed. Team manager Mahinda Halangoda also said that despite Shanaka exiting the
Kane Williamson has suffered an “undisplaced fracture” to his left thumb, New Zealand Cricket said on Saturday, a day after Williamson’s left hand was hit by a throw while he was completing a run in the game against Bangladesh in Chennai. An X-ray confirmed the injury, with NZC saying Williamson will remain with the squad
Queensland 26 for 0 trail Victoria 253 (Short 100) by 227 runs Matt Short‘s stellar year continued with a century that roused Victoria from the brink of outright collapse on day one of their Sheffield Shield match with Queensland in Mackay. Victoria threatened to fall in a heap twice after being sent in, first falling
West Indies captain Hayley Matthews was left frustrated after her side was on the wrong end of two tight TV umpire decisions in their eight-wicket loss to Australia, although she did not use it as an excuse for the result conceding that her team had been thoroughly outclassed in the ODI series. West Indies slumped
The quality of Bangladesh’s batting at the start of their World Cup match against New Zealand was almost matched by the awkwardness of the conversations at the end of the day in Chennai. Najmul Hossain Shanto struggled to explain why Bangladesh were unsure about the positions of the batters in the middle order, while assistant
Kim Garth still can’t quite believe she is getting picked to play cricket for Australia, but she had better get used to it. Because after earning player of the match and player of the series honours against the West Indies she is now going to be very hard to leave out. Garth, 27, was not
Australia 106 for 2 (Healy 32, Perry 25*, Connell 1-15) beat West Indies 103 (Williams 25, Sutherland 3-23, McGrath 2-10, Garth 2-14, King 2-20) by eight wickets A clinical bowling performance led by Kim Garth, Annabel Sutherland and Alana King helped Australia romp to a dominant eight-wicket win over West Indies and a 2-0 ODI
The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and runs from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: NZ make it three wins in three, but Williamson
Alastair Cook, England’s leading Test run-scorer and one of the foremost batters of his generation, has announced his retirement from the professional game. Speculation had swirled around the final rounds of this season’s LV= Insurance County Championship that Cook, 38, could be set to call time on his playing career. Essex played down the reports,
A day before a big match against Pakistan can be challenging for the most seasoned of India captains. The match attracts press and attention from everywhere. Rohit Sharma, though, came out of this press conference having proved himself both as a statesman and as a cricketer, who has no time for nonsense. From the sublime
In his absence, Ishan Kishan opened the innings against Australia alongside Rohit. Though India were reduced to 2 for 3 in a chase of 200 – Kishan, Rohit and Shreyas Iyer were dismissed for ducks – they recovered to chase down the target with six wickets in hand and 52 balls to spare. India had
New Zealand 248 for 2 (Conway 89*, Williamson 78, Mustafizur 1-36) beat Bangladesh 245 for 9 (Mushfiqur 66, Shakib 41*, Ferguson 3-49) by eight wickets Kane Williamson resumed international cricket by doing Kane Williamson things, scoring a precise 78 against Bangladesh. He shepherded New Zealand close to the eight-wicket win, but couldn’t quite see the
Kane Williamson‘s return to international cricket after his long knee-injury layoff was a mixed one. He led New Zealand to an eight-wicket win and scored 78 in the chase against Bangladesh, but also picked up a freak left-thumb injury that forced him to retire hurt. “Got a bit fat and colourful straightaway,” Williamson, wearing a
Big Picture – Can the teams shut out the noise? There was thunder and lightning. Rain that began as a passing shower turned into a deluge, sending people scurrying for cover to preserve – guess what? – their physical match ticket so that they could return the next day to watch a game of cricket,
Babar Azam was in for a pleasant surprise when he walked in for the press conference on the eve of the big India-Pakistan match in Ahmedabad. A mild smile escaped his lips when the press officer announced that Shahid Hashmi, who yesterday became the only pressman from Pakistan here till now, would be asking the
As Australia’s World Cup travails dominate the headlines, jockeying for selection amid an expected Test transition this summer is playing out in the sedate surroundings of the Sheffield Shield. With Perth stringing together hot weather, hinting that peak cricket season is nearing, opener Cameron Bancroft last week started his case for a long-awaited Test recall
Between awe at Pakistan’s top three and despair at a non-performing middle order over the last little while there’s only been room for an underwhelming kind of meh for someone who is, by some basic but compelling measures, arguably the world’s best ODI No. 4. Mohammad Rizwan has been hiding in plain sight for much
New South Wales allrounder Jack Edwards has begun this summer as one of the players in eye-catching form and he has praised the impact of pre-season work done with Shane Watson. Edwards has been particularly impactful with the ball, claiming career-best figures in both the Sheffield Shield (6 for 36) and Marsh Cup (4 for
Australia captain Alyssa Healy has backed Alana King to play a significant role in the upcoming tour of India after the legspinner’s sparkling return to the national team. Having been left out of the T20I series and opening one-dayer against the West Indies, King took career-best figures in the latter form, claiming 3 for 16
South Africa 311 for 7(De Kock 109, Markram 56) beat Australia 177 (Labuschagne 46, Rabada 3-33) by 134 runs If South Africa really do want to move through this 2023 World Cup under the radar, they must do better than this. Because in wiping the floor with Australia in Lucknow, winning by a mammoth 134
The Men’s 2023 ODI World Cup is underway in India and runs from October 5 until November 19. Each morning we will round up the latest action and news from the event and bring you the insights from our reporters on the ground. — Top Story: Quinton de Kock leads South Africa’s rout of Australia
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