Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has taken a seven-wicket haul in his long-awaited return to competitive cricket, putting Australia on alert ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The 34-year-old tore a knee ligament during last year’s Asia Cup, keeping the talented spinner on the sidelines for five months. He was required to undergo surgery in September, subsequently...
Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell could return to professional cricket as early as next week, with the white-ball powerhouse gearing up for March’s ODI tour of India. The Victorian suffered a freak leg injury, which saw him fracture his left fibula, during a friend’s birthday party in November, ruling him out of the Big Bash League...
An “exhausted” David Warner says he’ll have to work on ways to stay fresh next summer as he prepares to fly out to India frustrated that rain washed away any chance he and the Thunder had of staying alive in the BBL. Warner was on 36 not out when the heavens opened up with the...
Former Australian opener Will Pucovski will make his return to cricket this weekend, representing Melbourne in a Victorian Premier Cricket match against Essendon. The 24-year-old has been named in Melbourne’s starting XI for the two-day fixture, which gets underway at Albert Ground on Saturday morning. Pucovski, who played one Test for Australia in January 2021,...
When Steve Smith replied that he felt “amazing” to a text message from Moises Henriques about a technique change he noticed in the first Test against the West Indies he didn’t know it would lead to “unprecedented” Big Bash dominance. But that’s how Henriques rated Smith’s BBL exploits since linking up with the Sydney Sixers,...
The drama never stops in the NBL as the playoff race heats up with the second last round of the season already underway with the South East Melbourne Phoenix getting an important win, the Cairns Taipans losing their superstar again and unfortunately the wrong focus coming on Pride Round. There remains seven teams locked in...
Australian basketball legend Andrew Bogut has declared an Australia Day date shift would change nothing. The former NBA star on Thursday hit out at suggestions nobody should be allowed to celebrate the national holiday as debate continues to swirl around the controversial January 26 date. Australia Day marks the day the First Fleet hoisted the...
Australia is looking to wrap up the three-game T20 series against Pakistan in Hobart on Thursday, with run-scoring star Beth Mooney fit to take her place in the side. Ellyse Perry filled in for Mooney alongside Meg Lanning at the top of the order in Australia’s eight-wicket win against Pakistan earlier in the week, with...
Steve Smith’s Ashes tormentor, Jofra Archer, is eyeing off a “repeat of 2019” ahead of his international return, with one-eye firmly on this year’s mouth-watering Test showdown with Australia. Archer declared himself “about 80 per cent” fit ahead of his long-awaited return in England‘s ODI tour of South Africa, adamant he wants to pick up...
Australian all-rounder Tahlia McGrath has been named the ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year following a breakout 2022. The South Australian, who made her T20I debut as an injury replacement in October 2021, was unveiled as the award’s recipient on Wednesday evening, beating out Indian opener Smriti Mandhana, Pakistan all-rounder Nida Dar and New...