Finger spinners Ashton Agar and Todd Murphy have been named in the Prime Minister’s XI squad to play West Indies in Canberra as national selectors look to give a range of spinners Australia A opportunities ahead of next year’s tour of India. The PM XI’s match is a four-day day-night first-class fixture starting on November
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) says it is paying for Danushka Gunathilaka‘s legal defence in Australia because the charges of sexual intercourse without consent were laid on him primarily because he was on national duty at the T20 World Cup. It is also not yet clear whether Gunathilaka breached SLC’s own protocol by going on a
Cape Town will host the opening match of the SA20 between MI Cape Town and Paarl Royals, with Johannesburg’s Wanderers Stadium due to host the final of the inaugural season of the 33-match tournament. The SA20 will run from January 10 to February 11, 2023, although it will be halted between January 25 and February
Hobart Hurricanes 2 for 82 (Villani 41*) beat Melbourne Renegades 80 (Strano 4-16) by eight wickets Renegades were dismissed for 80, the lowest complete innings score of this season’s competition. Hurricanes cruised to their small target at Blundstone Arena with 56 balls to spare, taking 10.4 overs. The win lifted fifth-placed Hurricanes to within two
England’s women will play three ODIs and five T20Is against West Indies in Antigua and Barbados in December. The ODIs in Antigua will form part of the ICC Women’s Championship, in which England are yet to get off the mark following their 3-0 defeat by India in September. The Tour runs from December 4 to
Sri Lanka batter Danushka Gunathilaka has been denied bail by a Sydney court on Monday, after being arrested and charged with four counts of sexual intercourse without consent. He was arrested early morning on November 6 at the team’s hotel in Sydney’s central business district. The rest of the team has since flown back to
There is a working theory developing among Australia’s hierarchy that Mitchell Starc‘s decision not to participate in the IPL could have had a major detrimental effect on his T20 form over recent years, highlighting the difficulty of playing all three formats as a fast bowler. Starc was a shock axing from Australia’s line-up to face
Syed Hyder Ali, the former Railways left-arm spinner, has died after battling a prolonged illness. He was 79. “He was suffering from chest congestion for some time now. After a routine check-up with his doctor, we were returning home when he suddenly collapsed. He passed away around 1.30 pm on Saturday,” his son Raza Ali,
Pakistan 128 for 5 (Rizwan 32, Haris 31) beat Bangladesh 127 for 8 (Shanto 54, Afridi 4-22, Shadab 2-30) by five wickets A team under pressure. A captain refusing to give up. The odds piling up against them. And then one fine day, the stars align. Pakistan cranked up the deja vu in Adelaide on
Toss South Africa chose to field vs Netherlands David Miller returned from a back niggle to shore up South Africa’s middle order. This meant Tristan Stubbs had to miss out. South Africa also made another tactical change, with left-arm fingerspinner Keshav Maharaj replacing Tabraiz Shamsi, the left-arm wristspinner. Netherlands fielded the same XI that beat