8:00 AM GMT Lunch Australia 454 and 1 for 172 (Warner 89*, Burns 40) lead New Zealand 251 by 375 runs David Warner maintained his latter-day dominance of SCG Tests as Australia hustled towards a third-innings declaration against a bedraggled New Zealand on day four of the New Year’s Test. Under overcast skies, the hosts
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Hobart Hurricanes 2 for 180 (Short 103*, Fawad 1-25) beat Perth Scorchers 8 for 172 (Marsh 48, Boland 2-29) by 8 runs D’Arcy Short made the hosts Perth Scorchers pay for a sloppy fielding display, making the most of a string of reprieves to post the slowest century in the history of the Big Bash,
8:00 AM GMT England 218 for 4 (Sibley 85*, Root 61) and 269 all out lead South Africa 223 all out (Anderson 5-40) by 264 runs Joe Root said in the days before England arrived in New Zealand at the end of last year that he wanted his batsmen to “be prepared to play some
Jan 3, 2020 ESPNcricinfo staff Perth Scorchers v Hobart Hurricanes Our XI: D’Arcy Short, Josh Inglis, Cameron Bancroft, Ben McDermott (wk), Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Qais Ahmed, Chris Jordan, Riley Meredith, Matt Kelly, James Faulkner NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about a late injury (or other relevant) updates
11:34 PM GMT Marcus Stoinis, the Melbourne Stars opening batsman, has escaped with a A$7,500 fine for an alleged homophobic slur directed at Kane Richardson during Saturday night’s BBL derby between the Stars and the Melbourne Renegades at the MCG. At the conclusion of the Stars’ victory, Stoinis was seen in lengthy conversation with Richardson
Jasprit Bumrah stretches out © Associated Press Big Picture Lasith Malinga has a problem. He has captained Sri Lanka to a World T20 title, but that was way back in 2014. Now, almost six years later, there are serious doubts over his leadership. Since he took over as captain again, in 2019, Sri Lanka have
Jan 2, 2020 Australia 3 for 283 (Labuschagne 130*, Smith 63, De Grandhomme 2-63) v New Zealand If it feels as though there has been something monotonous about this series, then that is because there undoubtedly has been. Australia’s top order, given the chance to bat first in each Test, has responded with diligence, efficiency
12:05 AM GMT New Zealand’s injury- and illness-ravaged tour of Australia gained another casualty at the SCG with X-rays confirming Matt Henry had suffered a broken left thumb on the opening day of the final Test. Henry was struck by a drive from Joe Burns in the first session of the Test and left the
8:00 AM GMT England 262 for 9 (Pope 56*) v South Africa There is no precise antonym for the word “ruthless”: like “nonplussed”, “disgruntled” and “underwhelmed”, it is considered by linguistics scholars to be an unpaired adjective due to the lack of a word with a perfectly opposite meaning. But if academics can find a
2:42 AM GMT Hobart Hurricanes v Brisbane Heat Our XI: D’Arcy Short, Ben McDermott, Chris Lynn, Matt Renshaw, Caleb Jewell, David Miller, Ben Cutting, James Faulkner, Riley Meredith, Qais Ahmed, Ben Laughlin NOTE: We might not always be able to tip you off about late injury (or other relevant updates) Captain: Matt Renshaw The Hurricanes