England 155-9 (20 overs): Malan 50, Maxwell 3-10 Australia 161-5 (18.3 overs): Maxwell 103*, Willey 3-28 Australia won by five wickets Glenn Maxwell hit an unbeaten 103, after taking 3-10, to give Australia a five-wicket win in England’s opening game of the T20 tri-series. Set 156 to win in Hobart after Dawid Malan made 50, the hosts fell to 4-2 ...
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Maxwell back in Australia ODI squad as cover for Finch
SYDNEY: Glenn Maxwell has been recalled to the Australian squad as cover for Aaron Finch, who was ruled out of Friday’s fourth one-day international against England in Adelaide with a hamstring injury. Maxwell, who has played 80 ODIs for his country and can be one of the most destructive batsmen in world cricket on his day, was surprisingly left out ...
Read More »Australia to review woeful ODI form
SYDNEY: Australia´s world champion one-day team could face a major overhaul after they slumped to a 10th loss in 11 games, according to chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns. Steve Smith´s side were beaten by 16 runs by England in Sydney on Sunday to give the tourists an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. It is the first home series ...
Read More »Australia’s losing streak
1- This was the first time Australia had lost the first three matches of an ODI series at home. They have had five such performances away from home, the last of which was in their last series against India last year. 5- Consecutive bilateral ODI series wins for England, including this victory. The last they lost was in India at ...
Read More »Impressive England beat Australia in second ODI
BRISBANE: England turned in an impressive all-round team performance to beat Australia by four wickets in the second one-day international at the Gabba on Friday. After restricting Australia to 270 for nine from their 50 overs, the English cruised past the total with 5.4 overs to spare. “I thought our bowlers were exceptional,” England captain Eoin Morgan said. “On a ...
Read More »Global Zalmi league to start on Feb 11 in UAE
PSL Champions Peshawar Zalmai announced fixtures of T20 League “Global Zalmi League” which will go into action from February 11 in Ajman,UAE Kashmir Zalmi and fifteen foreign teams will be in action in the mega event in which each team can also include two players from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA. Highly talented and passionate cricketers will gather under Zalmai’s umbrella ...
Read More »MCG gets official ICC warning for ‘poor’ pitch
MELBOURNE – The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) has received an official warning after the pitch for the fourth Ashes Test was rated ‘poor’ by the International Cricket Council (ICC) earlier this month. The track drew criticism from both teams after the drawn clash between Australia and England saw only 24 wickets fall over five days, the only stalemate in a ...
Read More »‘World-class’ Perth Stadium gets ICC green light
A wide shot of the oval and stands inside the new Perth Stadium. Image taken from abc.net.au PERTH: The International Cricket Council Thursday approved the new Perth Stadium to host all international formats of all the game, formally lowering the curtain on the city´s venerable WACA Ground. The new 60,000-capacity stadium will host a sold-out one-day international against England on ...
Read More »Cameron White to replace injured Lynn for England ODIs
Cameron White, the veteran Australian batsman, has become the latest bombshell selection after being picked for the upcoming One-Day International series against England, starting on January 14. The 34-year-old last played for Australia in 2015 but will replace the injured Chris Lynn following spectacular limited-overs form in the Big Bash League, where he has scored 285 runs at an average ...
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