Batsman Joe Burns is a surprise addition to Australia’s squad for next week’s Third Test which starts on Boxing Day in Melbourne.
The 25-year-old Queensland right-hander was named as a replacement for injured Mitchell Marsh with in-form Australia already holding a 2-0 lead in the series.
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Eoin Morgan is the right man to revitalise England’s World Cup bid if he is named as the new one-day captain, say Nasser Hussain and Mike Atherton.
Morgan is the favourite to succeed Alastair Cook, who according to Sky Sources will no longer lead his country in the 50-over format following a selectors’ meeting on Friday.
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Bob Willis believes England have made the right decision in dropping Alastair Cook now rather than risk looking like a laughing stock at the World Cup.
Despite ECB managing director, Paul Downton, saying as recently as Monday that he’d be surprised if Cook wasn’t captain come the tournament’s start on February 14, the selectors have made the change.
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West Indies batsman Assad Fudadin has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test tour of South Africa after fracturing a finger during fielding practice on Wednesday.
The 29-year-old fractured the little finger on his right hand in the warm-ups on the opening morning of the first Test in Pretoria.
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Australia captain Michael Clarke will undergo surgery on his right hamstring in a bid to save his career, Cricket Australia have announced.
The 33-year-old limped out of his side’s first Test victory against India last week and will go under the knife in Melbourne on Tuesday.
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Australia coach Darren Lehmann believes injured skipper Michael Clarke will continue to play for his country.
Clarke’s immediate playing future is up in the air after he suffered a torn right hamstring during Australia’s 48-run victory over India in the first Test in Adelaide on Saturday.
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Matt Prior is backing Jos Buttler to become a massively successful wicketkeeper-batsman for England – if he bats in the correct place.
Buttler, 24, now wears the gloves in most types of the game because of his nation but has allowed his greatest for the one-day international stadium, scoring a maiden – and thrilling – hundred against Sri Lanka at Lord’s in May during the latter overs.
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Phillip Joel Hughes was born on 30 November 1988 into a banana-farming dad Greg and an Italian mom Virginia in Macksville, a little northern New South Wales town of just 2,500 inhabitants on the Nambucca River midway between Brisbane and Sydney.
A 12-year old Hughes was already making significant strides in the cricket field, making his debut for the Macksville R.S.L. Cricket Club’s A-Class team, where he played until he was 17, when the glowing lights of Sydney beckoned.
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England all-rounder Luke Wright has signed a three-year extension to his contract with Sussex which keeps him at Hove until 2018.
Wright, 29, has already been awarded a benefit year in 2015 following a fine season in county cricket.
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Former Australian cricket captain Richie Benaud has revealed he’s struggling with skin cancer.
As Well As the 84-year old urges that sportsmen and sportswomen should shield their heads when competing under a glowing sunlight.
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Former Australian cricket captain Richie Benaud has revealed he’s struggling with skin cancer.
As Well As the 84-year old urges that sportsmen and sportswomen should shield their heads when competing under a glowing sunlight.
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Australia’s inadequacies in playing twist in Asian states will take time and effort to put right, in accordance with Cricket Australia high performance leader Pat Howard.
Captain Michael Clarke acknowledged his team hadn’t learned their lesson against twist after crashing to their sixth straight defeat in the subcontinent against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates on Monday.
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Australia captain Michael Clarke is set for a return to action this week after recovering from a hamstring injury that had threatened to rule him out of the Test series against Pakistan.
The problem forced the right-handed batsman to miss the limited-overs portion of the tour although he was not missed as George Bailey led the team to a 3-0 whitewash in the 50-over series in the United Arab Emirates.
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Sky Sports has won the rights to show some of international cricket’s biggest events including the ICC Cricket World Cup, World Twenty20 and Champions Trophy.
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Incoming England and Wales Cricket Board CEO Tom Harrison is the right man to lead cricket’s national governing body, according to acting chief Brian Havill.
Harrison is currently head of cricket at international sports marketing agency IMG and will begin his new role early next year.
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Yorkshire first team trainer Jason Gillespie commended the approach and work ethic of his players as soon as they finished a 13-year delay for County Championship glory having a crucial innings victory over Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.
Gillespie charges wasted little time taking the five wickets needed to wrap up the title, taking only 66 minutes to secure a 31st outright title for the White Rose county.
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Yorkshire’s rate pair Ryan Sidebottom and Jack Brooks paid tribute to some ‘great team effort’ after the White Rose county wrapped up the County Championship title in style at Trent Bridge.
A six-wicket haul from 36-year old seam bowler Sidebottom powered Yorkshire to their 31st outright title as Nottinghamshire were thrashed by an innings and 52-runs in a match they needed to win to refuse their competitors their first county crown since 2001.
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Alastair Cook is the right choice to lead England to the World Cup, according to the man tipped as his replacement.
Eoin Morgan will captain the T20 side in Sunday’s one-off international against India and has the backing of several Sky Sports pundits to take on the role in the 50-over game in the wake of a series defeat to MS Dhoni’s tourists.
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Alastair Cook is the right choice to lead England to the World Cup, according to the man tipped as his replacement.
Eoin Morgan will captain the T20 side in Sunday’s one-off international against India and has the backing of several Sky Sports pundits to take on the role in the 50-over game in the wake of a series defeat to MS Dhoni’s tourists.
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