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New South Wales 8 for 300 (Hughes 101, Patterson 92, Ellis 3-54, Rogers 3-55) beat Tasmania 140 (Wade 42, Green 4-20) by 160 runs Daniel Hughes smacked yet another century before spinner Chris Green weaved his magic with the ball to lead New South Wales to a crushing 160-run win over Tasmania in the one-day

Team India will take on New Zealand in a three-match T20I series, followed by as many ODIs, starting in Wellington on Friday, November 18. Hardik Pandya will be leading the side in absence of captain Rohit Sharma, who been rested for the tour Down Under. Apart from Rohit, vice-captain KL Rahul and veteran batter Virat

West Indies last won a Test match on Australian soil in February 1997. They have beaten Australia in Australia in any format only once since, in a T20I in February 2013. Not a happy destination for West Indies then, even if it’s true that West Indies have played just 14 Tests in the country since

Swashbuckling Australia opening batter David Warner has hinted at Test retirement next year but he is likely to continue playing white-ball cricket. Warner’s comments came after hosts Australia made an early exit from the T20 World Cup. “Test cricket will probably be the first one to fall off. Potentially it could be my last 12

Glenn Maxwell has been ruled out of cricket for an extended period after suffering a broken leg in “a freak accident” at a birthday party in Melbourne on Saturday. Maxwell fractured his fibula and underwent surgery on Saturday. It is understood it happened as he slipped while running in a backyard with the person celebrating

Pakistan captain Babar Azam on Saturday addressed the media ahead of the T20 World Cup final against England and it was then that he was asked about Prime Minister’s Shehbaz Sharif’s tweet after India’s semi-final loss against England. In his tweet, the Pakistan Prime Minister had taken a dig at Team India, saying: “So, this

There will be some nervous looks skywards over the coming days in Melbourne with rain threatening the men’s T20 World Cup final between England and Pakistan at the MCG on Sunday, raising the prospect of the reserve day being needed and even a shared trophy. There is currently a 95% chance of rain forecast for

File photo of Wasim Jaffer© Twitter Pakistan’s easy win over New Zealand in the first semi-final of the 2022 T20 World Cup on Wednesday was lauded by several former cricketers. Imran Khan, Irfan Pathan, Ian Bishop and others wished the side on social media. Some stars, like Shoaib Akhtar, commented that the win raised the

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

Sunil Gavaskar said if Suryakumar Yadav fails KL Rahul will need to take charge.© AFP Suryakumar Yadav has evolved into the new Mr 360 degree and India will struggle to put up enough runs on the board if he fails to fire, says batting great Sunil Gavaskar. Suryakumar, the world’s number one T20 batter at

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

Pakistan vs Bangladesh, T20 WC, Super 12 Live: Bangladesh to bat first© AFP Pakistan vs Bangladesh, T20 World Cup, Super 12 Live Updates: Bangladesh have lost the wickets of Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan and Najmul Hassan Shanto inside 14 overs after the side won the toss and opted to bat first against Pakistan.

Calum MacLeod has announced his retirement from international cricket. “Having announced my retirement to the team a few days ago, I’m sitting here thinking back to what inspired me in the first place and that would be the Scotland versus Australia game at the 1999 World Cup,” McLeod said in a statement released by Cricket

T20 World Cup 2022, New Zealand vs Ireland Live Updates: New Zealand to bat first© AFP T20 World Cup 2022, Ireland vs New Zealand Live Updates: New Zealand got off to a steady start as openers Finn Allen and Devon Conway put on 52 runs but the stand was cut short in the 6th over as

Andre Russell will play in the BBL’s 2022-23 season despite being overlooked at the overseas draft in August, after signing with Melbourne Renegades as a short-term replacement for platinum signing Liam Livingstone. Russell previously played seven games in for Renegades in 2014-15, which was his first stint at the BBL. “I can’t wait to be

Zimbabwe vs Netherlands, T20 World Cup 2022, Live Updates: Sikandar Raza anchors the innings for Zimbabwe© AFP Zimbabwe vs Netherlands, T20 World Cup 2022, Live Updates: After losing three wickets in quick succession, Sikandar Raza and Sean Williams anchored the innings to bring some hope for Zimbabwe against Netherlands. Zimbabwe’s score read at 53/3 after 10.0

Toss Afghanistan chose to bat vs Sri Lanka Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat first at the Gabba – a venue which tends to favour sides setting scores. The match is a must-win affair for both teams, with the losers dropping out of semi-final contention. The surface is expected to be a standard

Dinesh Karthik scored 6 runs off 15 balls against South Africa© AFP Rohit Sharma-led Team India stumbled to a five-wicket loss as South Africa chased down the target of 134 with five wickets hand and two balls to spare. Nothing went right for India with the bat in hand, and it was only Suryakumar Yadav