Lionesses and Matildas face off in historic semifinal

Lionesses and Matildas face off in historic semifinal

England and Australia will face off in the semi-final. Both teams are looking to make history by reaching the final. The match is expected to be close and competitive. When they face off on Wednesday in Sydney, England and Australia will both be looking to make history by being the first teams to ever reach … Read more

Ashes 2023: Rain washes away England’s hope of comeback, Australia retain series

Ashes 2023: Rain washes away England's hope of comeback, Australia retain series

Australia retained the Ashes after rain disrupted the fourth Test. England’s hopes for a series comeback were shattered. The drawn Test extended England’s winless streak. Australia managed to hold onto the Ashes as England’s hopes of making a comeback were shattered by persistent rain during the fourth Test at Old Trafford. Despite a glimmer of … Read more

Australia edge out England in nail-biter to keep Women’s Ashes

Australia edge out England in nail-biter to keep Women’s Ashes

Australia win the Women’s Ashes by three runs despite Sciver-Brunt’s hundred. Sciver-Brunt scored unbeaten 111 runs for England but was in vain. Brunt showed her performance once again as England’s rescuer. Australia clinched the Women’s Ashes with a thrilling three-run win over England, who nearly pulled off an incredible victory thanks to Nat Sciver-Brunt’s superb … Read more

Ashes 2023: England’s Joe Root pleads for calm after Jonny Bairstow controversy

Ashes 2023: England's Joe Root pleads for calm after Jonny Bairstow controversy

Alex Carey under-armed the ball at the stumps after Bairstow left his crease. The incident sparked a hostile reaction from the crowd at Lord’s. Bairstow felt hard done by and doesn’t expect anyone to leave their crease in the third test. Following Jonny Bairstow’s contentious dismissal at Lord’s, England batsman Joe Root has pleaded for … Read more

James Anderson & Stuart Broad in for Ashes series

James Anderson

England vs Australia Ashes series in 2023. Anderson and Stuart to be in England’s squad. James Anderson and Stuart Broad to be selected for England’s 2023 Ashes squad against Australia, head coach Brendon McCullum declares. For the March trip of the West Indies, England’s all-time top Test wicket-takers were controversially left off the roster. Though … Read more

Boland fighting for Australia Test future despite dream debut

Eng vs Aus

MELBOURNE: Scott Boland wrote his name into Australian Ashes folklore with his magical 6-7 against England in Melbourne, but his fairytale debut could incredibly be his last Test. The 32-year-old was called up for his expertise on his home Melbourne Cricket Ground as cover with Jhye Richardson, Michael Neser and Josh Hazlewood either rested or not fit … Read more

England must hit ‘reset’ button after Ashes debacle

Scott Boland

LONDON: Former England bowler Steve Harmison said the Test team must hit the “reset” button as a searching inquest began into their humiliating Ashes capitulation in Australia. Joe Root’s men were bowled out for a paltry 68 on Tuesday as they slipped to an innings defeat in the third Test in Melbourne — handing Australia … Read more

Langer backs struggling Harris for Melbourne Ashes Test

Marcus Harris

MELBOURNE: Australia coach Justin Langer Thursday said struggling opener Marcus Harris will play in the Boxing Day Ashes Test at Melbourne, and backed fast bowler Mitchell Starc to recover from a rib niggle. Harris’s Test career appeared in doubt after another failure in the day-night second Test at Adelaide this week, where he made just … Read more

‘Hurting’ England not giving up on Ashes: Malan

Dawid Malan

MELBOURNE: England are “hurting” but determined to rise to the challenge and claw their way back into the Ashes series against Australia, batsman Dawid Malan said on Thursday. After slumping by nine wickets in Brisbane and then by 275 runs in Adelaide, the visitors will enter the Melbourne Cricket Ground cauldron for the third Test on Sunday … Read more

Morgan to captain makeshift England T20 squad in West Indies

Eoin Morgan

LONDON: Eoin Morgan will captain England’s five-match T20 tour to the West Indies next month under stand-in coach Paul Collingwood. With the Ashes Test series in Australia set to end just four days before the first clash between the sides in Barbados, Collingwood will take charge with Marcus Trescothick joining him as an assistant coach. … Read more

Australia call up Boland to Ashes attack

Scott Boland

SYDNEY: Cricket Australia on Tuesday called up fast bowler Scott Boland to the squad to face England in the potentially Ashes-clinching Boxing Day Test in Melbourne. The Victorian quick had already been training with the side and will provide injury cover for a bowling attack that has torn through England’s batting order to take a comfortable … Read more

Root takes heart from England rearguard action

Joe Root

ADELAIDE: England captain Joe Root said he was gutted Monday to lose another Ashes Test but would take confidence from the way his side battled to take the day-night clash in Adelaide to the final session. The visitors, spearheaded by a fighting 26 off 207 balls from Jos Buttler, batted through two sessions on day … Read more

Smith hails ‘exceptional’ Starc after Australia win second Test

Mitchell Starc

ADELAIDE: Marnus Labuschagne won man-of-the-match for scoring a century ans a fifty in Adelaide, but it was “exceptional” Mitchell Starc who was praised by stand-in Australia captain Steve Smith after England were beaten by 275 runs in the second Ashes Test. The left-arm seamer led from the front after his regular partners Pat Cummins and … Read more

England on brink of 2nd Test defeat as Root falls in final over

Steve Smith and David Warner

ADELAIDE: Joe Root fell in the final over of the fourth day Sunday to leave England in deep trouble at 82 for four chasing a massive 468 to win the second Ashes Test and needing a history-making miracle to avoid slumping 2-0 down in the series. No team has ever posted such a big score … Read more

PCB begins to search for NHPC coaches including batting, bowling, fielding and power-hitting coaches

NHPC

Lahore: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday launched its search for highly qualified and skilled coaches, who will be based at Lahore’s state of the art National High-Performance Centre (NHPC). PCB posted advertisements for the High-Performance Coach as well as batting, bowling, fielding and power-hitting coaches. Read More: PCB appoints Faisal Hussain as new chief … Read more

Australia remove openers to leave England in deep trouble

Ashes

ADELAIDE: England were battling to stay in the second Ashes Test on Friday after Australia removed both openers in a fiery spell under lights on day two to leave the visitors reeling. The home team declared their first innings on a commanding 473 for nine in Adelaide, leaving England to face a trying 40 minutes … Read more

Stokes loving being back and ready to score big in Ashes

Ashes Test

ADELAIDE: Ben Stokes told England fans that “we don’t believe we’re beaten” and said he felt ready for a big score with the bat, after another tough day at the Ashes on Friday. The visitors were forced to toil for 150 overs in the field over the past two days as Australia built an ominous … Read more