Nathan Lyon is poised to sign a deal to play a full County Championship season with Lancashire next year where he will team up with long-time rival Jimmy Anderson and has reiterated his desire to continue to play Test cricket until the 2027 Ashes series in England. Lyon is also aiming to play in the

Adelaide Strikers 148 for 4 (Patterson 70, Penna 36*) beat Brisbane Heat 89 (Wellington 3-14, Schutt 3-16) by 59 runs A bizarre run out helped Adelaide Strikers hand Brisbane Heat their first defeat of the WBBL season, downing the visitors by 59 runs to go second on the ladder. On the same night that the

Western Australia 241 (Bancroft 57, Cartwright 56, Agar 6-42) and 377 for 8 dec (Bancroft 100, Hardie 99) beat South Australia 264 (Manenti 86, Paris 6-74) and 154 (Paris 5-39, Haskett 3-31) by 200 runs Joel Paris ripped through South Australia’s batting to take a career-best 11 wickets for the match, bowling Western Australia to

Victoria 196 (Tremain 4-32) and 284 (Handscomb 90, O’Neill 70*, Tremain 4-50) beat New South Wales 102 (O’Neill 4-23) and 173 (Sangha 78, Sutherland 3-21, Murphy 3-34) by 205 runs New South Wales slumped to a 15th-straight match without a Sheffield Shield win after going down to Victoria by 205 runs at the MCG. They

On 57 off 38, punishing any error in length until then and now needing seven off two, this time Neesham couldn’t send a thigh-high full toss into the stands. It just got too close to him; he was probably setting himself up to punish an error on the shorter side. He ended up hitting straight

Western Australia 241 and 377 for 8 (Bancroft 100, Hardie 99) lead South Australia 264 (Manenti 86*, Paris 6-74) by 354 runs Cameron Bancroft enhanced his chances of a Test recall by posting another Sheffield Shield century. Bancroft’s 100 gifted Western Australia the upper hand against South Australia in their Adelaide Oval fixture. WA were

Matthew Wade will captain Australia in the five-match T20I series against India after the 2023 ODI World Cup. The multiformat fast bowlers and allrounders have been left out ahead of the Test summer, but David Warner, Steven Smith and Travis Head are included. Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood will return home after the

Brisbane Heat 150 for 6 (Voll 48*, Knott 31) beat Melbourne Stars 137 for 7 (Capsey 52, Garth 45) by 13 runs Charli Knott produced a decisive all-round contribution as Brisbane Heat confirmed their standing as the early-season pacesetters in the WBBL with victory over Melbourne Stars to make it four wins from four. Knott

Big picture: Semi-final almost a lock for Trans-Tasman winner Attention in New Zealand might currently be focused on another World Cup, with their beloved All Blacks on the cusp of regaining the Webb Ellis Cup. Despite that, New Zealand can almost lock in a semi-final berth – defying predictions of many pundits – with a

Sydney Sixers wicketkeeper and Australia vice-captain Alyssa Healy has been officially ruled out of the entire WBBL season following a consultation with her surgeon regarding her gruesome finger injury. She now faces a race against time to be fit for Australia’s multiformat tour of India in December. Healy suffered a severe laceration to her right

Victoria 182 for 8 (Handscomb 43, Dwarshuis 3-43) vs New South Wales New South Wales quick Ben Dwarshuis claimed three wickets as Victoria’s disastrous start to the Sheffield Shield season continued after suffering another collapse on a truncated opening day at the MCG. Play did not begin until 1pm with the opening session lost due

South Australia 27 for 0 trail Western Australia 241 (Bancroft 57, Cartwright 56, Agar 6-42) by 214 runs Cameron Bancroft further enhanced his Test claims with another half-century on the opening day against South Australia but it was Wes Agar who took the honours with a career-best 6 for 42. On the same day that

Glenn Maxwell admitted he is very aware of the fastest century records and sometimes chases them to his own detriment, after clubbing the quickest ODI World Cup hundred off just 40 balls in Australia’s thumping win over the Netherlands in Delhi. Maxwell obliterated the record set by South Africa’s Aiden Markram just a couple of

After a rather sluggish start to the competition, David Warner has hit the levels he was hoping for, scoring back-to-back centuries, which pushed him past one ODI legend – Ricky Ponting – and level with another – Sachin Tendulkar – for World Cup hundreds. Australia rode on his 104 and Glenn Maxwell’s 44-ball 106 to

Coach Charlotte Edwards insists the Sydney Sixers’ WBBL season is far from over, despite crashing to three straight losses to start the summer. Already without Alyssa Healy through friendly fire to her finger from her pet dogs, Sixers sunk to another loss on Tuesday night with a three-wicket defeat to Brisbane Heat. Title favourites before

Moving house can be a pain. But for Matthew Short it was one of the best life decisions he ever made. The most in-form batter in Australian domestic cricket right now, who made his international T20I and ODI debut recently, and was one negative Travis Head scan result away from being drafted into Australia’s World

Head had been out with a hand injury, but seems likely to play against Netherlands on Wednesday, having even progressed to practicing range-hitting (six-hitting), on Tuesday. Now, Marsh will drop down one spot, and Marnus Labuschagne will likely exit the XI. “I mentioned to David Warner, maybe he can bat three, but I got a

Jonny Bairstow has provided his first in-depth reflection on his controversial stumping by Alex Carey in the second Test of the summer’s Ashes. When Bairstow walked out of his crease after the final ball of an over on the last day at Lord’s, wicketkeeper Carey lobbed the ball underarm at the stumps and hit with

Melbourne Renegades 167 for 3 (Webb 49*, Harmanpreet 43*) beat Adelaide Strikers 86 (McGrath 31, Harmanpreet 2-11, Hayward 2-18) A decisive 93-run stand between Courtney Webb and Harmanpreet Kaur followed by a crafty bowling display led by Ella Hayward and Hayley Matthews helped Melbourne Renegades to a thumping upset win over defending WBBL champions Adelaide

Former Test batter and New South Wales captain Kurtis Patterson has been dropped from their Sheffield Shield team for the match against Victoria after another winless start to the season. It is the second time this year that Patterson has been dropped after he was left out for the final game of last season when

Alyssa Healy has confirmed that she suffered a severe dog bite to her right index finger on Saturday night, and admitted that in the immediate aftermath of the accident she feared for her career, but is hopeful she will be able to make a full recovery although the timeline of that remains uncertain. Healy was

His return to both the Marsh Cup and Sheffield Shield was being carefully mapped out by WA. He was set to replace Lance Morris in the Shield squad this week as Morris is also being carefully managed ahead of Australia’s Test summer where he may be in line to make his Test debut depending on

Travis Head is optimistic he could return to play against Netherlands on Wednesday but Australia may err on the side of caution with his hand injury given he is still yet to have a full batting session against bowlers after only recently arriving in India. Head has linked up with Australia’s squad in Delhi having

Sydney Thunder 190 for 5 beat Sydney Sixers 148 for 9 (Athapaththu 3-20, Knight 3-27) by 42 runs Phoebe Litchfield continued her impressive early-season form while Chamari Athapaththu began her Sydney Thunder stint with a key all-round display as they downed injury-hit rivals Sydney Sixers who have lost their first two games of the season.

Adelaide Strikers 177 for 3 (Mack 86, Wolvaardt 47, Day 3-24) beat Melbourne Stars 29 (Schutt 3-3, Wellington 3-4) by 148 runs Adelaide Strikes made a sensational record-breaking start to their WBBL title defence, dismissing the Melbourne Stars for just 29 on their way to a crushing 148-run win at Karen Rolton Oval. Put in

Adam Zampa has had to deal with back, neck, shoulder, and glute complaints – and even illness – in this World Cup, but he has overcome them to revive Australia’s campaign. After taking 4 for 47 against Sri Lanka in Lucknow, the legspinner bagged another four-wicket haul against Pakistan in Bengaluru on Friday, to help

Australia 367 for 9 (Warner 163, Marsh 121, Afridi 5-54) beat Pakistan 305 (Imam 70, Shafique 64, Zampa 4-53) by 62 runs Australia may have drawn level with Pakistan today, but really, they were one step ahead all evening. A game that briefly threatened to break into a thriller ultimately had Australia clinching a routine

Perth Scorchers 186 for 4 (Devine 87*) beat Hobart Hurricanes 88 (King 3-19) by 98 runs Devine, batting at No. 4, hit 87 off 44 balls and dominated stands of 69 with Amy Jones then 65 to Amy Edgar after Scorchers had been 52 for 3 in the eight over. Having previously opened for Scorchers,

Brisbane Heat 187 for 9 (G Harris 49, Redmayne 49, Matthews 3-30) beat Melbourne Renegades 181 (Glenn 4-23, Knott 3-33) by six runs Spinners Charli Knott and Sarah Glenn starred with the ball as Brisbane Heat edged Melbourne Renegades by six runs to win a pulsating WBBL clash at Junction Oval. A swashbuckling cameo from

New South Wales 291 for 7 (Henriques 103*) beat South Australia 258 (Hunt 75, Thornton 51, McSweeney 49, Salzmann 3-48, Hatcher 3-73) by 33 runs New South Wales paceman Liam Hatcher took a hat-trick after captain Moises Henriques smashed a century in a 33-run victory over South Australia in their one-day game. Henriques cracked seven