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...
Steve Smith followed back-to-back BBL hundreds for the Sydney Sixers with his fastest ever T20 half-century in Hobart on Monday night. Having played just four games, the Aussie batting star is easily his team’s leading run-scorer, having notched 328 runs at an average of 105. Smith has also hit a team-high 24 sixes in those...
Top two NBL teams the Sydney Kings and Cairns Taipans combined for three losses in Round 16, Melbourne United and South East Melbourne Phoenix kept winning but suffered cruel blows, and an Adelaide 36ers who promised so much fell off a cliff. It was the third last round of NBL23 and the race for the...
Perth Scorchers fast bowler Matt Kelly has copped an outfield throw to the face before falling to the ground in scary scenes against the Melbourne Renegades. There were initially fears for Kelly’s safety after he lay unmoving on the turf but after going from the field, it was reported he had only suffered a laceration...
New South Wales are languishing on the bottom of both the Sheffield Shield and domestic One-Day cup ladders, and in the search for answers, cricketers across the state are angry. As the biggest state with the strongest club competition not only in Australia, but arguably anywhere in the world, New South Wales traditionally produces the...
The Sydney Thunder are hoping a “jealous” David Warner will be able to emulate the feats of his Australian Test teammate Steve Smith and lift the side to victory over the Melbourne Renegades on Thursday night. Smith was in outstanding form earlier this week, becoming the first player in Sixers’ history to reach triple figures....
The Brisbane Bullets might be out of the NBL playoff race but are coming off another eventful week while the South East Melbourne Phoenix have hit back, the Adelaide 36ers and New Zealand Breakers need to, and there’s two Friday night blockbusters with four of the top five teams. The last three rounds of the...
If cricket players were stocks, you’d want to invest heavily in Aaron Hardie after the Scorchers all-rounder confirmed his status as one of Australia’s most promising young cricketers to help Perth move back to the top of the BBL ladder. The Scorchers now control their own destiny and just need to win their final two...
For years, Phoebe Litchfield’s ODI debut has felt like an inevitability. The left-handed batting prodigy from Orange has been touted as a future superstar of Australian cricket since footage of the then 16-year-old smacking cricket balls during a New South Wales net session went viral in 2019. An injury to wicketkeeper Alyssa Healy opened the...