Report Cameron Green made a brisk half-century and Ashton Turner slammed 71 off 41 balls Western Australia 3 for 361 (Bancroft 124, Turner 71, Green 70) beat Queensland 291 (Burns 73, Peirson 62, Tye 3-46, Short 3-56) by 70 runs Cameron Green flexed in a timely Gabba Ashes warm-up while teammate Cameron Bancroft‘s unbeaten century

News The captain praised his bowlers for their performance over the tournament despite a tough night in the final New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has refused to blame his bowling attack and instead credited Australia’s batters after they hunted down 173 with considerable ease to win their first-ever T20 World Cup title. Trent Boult aside,

Report Williamson’s brilliant 85 in vain as New Zealand lose second straight global limited-overs final Australia 173 for 2 (Marsh 77*, Warner 53) beat New Zealand 172 for 4 (Williamson 85, Hazlewood 3-16) by eight wickets This has been a tournament of tricky, two-paced pitches, and as a consequence it has recorded the lowest scoring

News The Queensland quick is the current leading wicket-taker in the Sheffield Shield Queensland skipper Usman Khawaja has likened team-mate Mark Steketee to South Africa great Dale Steyn, labelling the quick’s current form as career-best. Steketee is among a host of fast bowlers fighting for advantage in the pecking order behind Australia’s Test trio Mitchell

News She made a double century on Test debut against England in 2001 The thoughts of Australia’s cricket community are with ex-Test player Michelle Goszko, who is in a Sydney hospital after suffering a stroke. Former team-mate Lisa Sthalekar revealed the 44-year-old’s condition during the Seven Network’s broadcast of the WBBL match between the Brisbane

Thirty-five minutes, forty-one balls, eighty-one runs, six sixes and four fours were enough to shift the narrative. Australia were dead and buried at 95 for 5 in pursuit of 177 in their T20 World Cup semi-final against Pakistan on Thursday night in Dubai but Matthew Wade and Marcus Stoinis‘ nerveless partnership saw them head into

News Gaikwad, Venkatesh, Harshal and Avesh called up; Chahal returns; Rahul Chahar and Chakravarthy left out Kohli and outgoing head coach Ravi Shastri have endorsed Rohit’s candidature for the T20I captaincy, but it’s not yet known if he has been given the role permanently. For now, the only communication from the BCCI is a terse

News Analysis He has taken on a new role at this World Cup and been a vital part of Australia’s success Marcus Stoinis‘ massive biceps, broad chest and muscular physique in general remind you of the Incredible Hulk, the Marvel superhero. Stoinis himself thinks he looks like the Hulk when he flexes his biceps and

News Faragher steps down despite denying allegation from 2017 Essex have announced the resignation of John Faragher as chair with immediate effect, following an allegation of racist language used at a board meeting in 2017. Faragher denies the claim made against him but stepped down following a meeting of the Essex board on Thursday evening.

News “There’s one game to go and I’m sure there will be a bigger outpouring of emotion if we manage to get across the line.” “Try and hit every ball for six”. This was Jimmy Neesham‘s plan after he got together with opener Daryl Mitchell, with New Zealand needing 60 off the last 29 balls