Record-breaking quartet put Australia in full control against South Africa
Cricket | The Guardianby Geoff Lemon17h ago
As a fractured news environment demonstrates, observations can be made from just about any perspective.
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top 98%Phoebe Litchfield powers Australia to crushing ODI victory over Bangladesh
Cricket | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press2d ago
A Phoebe Litchfield masterclass ensured Australia remain undefeated in 22 ODIs at Allan Border Field after fast bowler Megan Schutt joined an elite club of great bowlers.
What’s left to say about Australia’s ball-tampering? The answer is everything | Geoff Lemon
Cricket | The Guardianby Geoff Lemon5d ago
Add it to the immeasurable list of things that you can blame Covid for. Without the pandemic, Australia’s Test team would have headed to South Africa in February 2021, less than three years after...
Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne set for South Africa Test after first ton in 11 months
Cricket | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press7d ago
The indefatigable Marnus Labuschagne has responded to all the hand-wringing over whether he merits a place in Australia’s Test future by just doing what he likes doing best – scoring runs.
County cricket 2026 awards: the good, the bad and the best man
Cricket | The Guardianby Tanya Aldred13d ago
The Lamine Yamal award for youthful brilliance Tom Norton Not many people take a hat-trick on their Championship debut. Even fewer when they’re a teenager.
County pride and England chaos relegated Hundred to summer undercard | Ali Martin
Cricket | The Guardianby Ali Martin13d ago
After pumping astronomical sums of money into English cricket, the headline act of the summer should probably have been the Hundred’s rebirth under private ownership.
Warwickshire peaked at the right time and are worthy champions
Cricket | The Guardianby Gary Naylor13d ago
1. It’s not where you start, it’s where you finishSince the County Championship returned six weeks ago, Warwickshire have drawn a rainy game against Nottinghamshire and won their five other...
Jos Buttler injury and Kusal Mendis century derail England as Sri Lanka level ODI series
Cricket | The Guardianby Ali Martin at Headingley17d ago
A beautiful batting surface and a greased lightning outfield made this second one-day international wildly different from the first 48 hours earlier.
Harry Brook says Brydon Carse ‘just needs time away from the international scene’
Cricket | The Guardianby Ali Martin20d ago
Harry Brook is hopeful that Brydon Carse will break back into his England white-ball teams once the fast bowler is clear of his ongoing disciplinary, describing him as a “very good mate” who is...
County cricket: Warwickshire are one win away from securing the title
Cricket | The Guardianby Gary Naylor20d ago
1. Bamber finds the answers for WarwickshirePoints won in April count the same as points secured in September, but it does not feel like that.
Jos Buttler blasts England to world No 1 spot in T20s with Sri Lanka whitewash
Cricket | The Guardianby Tanya Aldred at Old Trafford22d ago
And with a one-handed six from Jos Buttler, that was it. England leapt over India to became the No 1 T20 team in the world.
Head’s swashbuckling ton leads Australia to series-clinching ODI win over Zimbabwe
Cricket | The Guardianby Australian Associated Press23d ago
Opening batter Travis Head smashed a 75-ball hundred as he led Australia to a series-clinching 84-run victory in the second cricket ODI against Zimbabwe on Friday.
Yorkshire v Somerset, Sussex v Notts and more: County Championship cricket, day two – live
Cricket | The Guardianby Tanya Aldred26d ago
A brow-mopping 123 wickets fell on the first day of the penultimate round of matches as the season hurtled towards the autumn trapdoor.
Maiden Matt Renshaw ODI century sets up Australia win in Zimbabwe
Cricket | The Guardianby Reuters26d ago
Australia’s Matt Renshaw scored a maiden one-day international century while Nathan Ellis took five wickets to guide their side to a 59-run win over hosts Zimbabwe in the first clash of their...
Pietersen has England players ‘buzzing’ but McCullum delivers Carse warning
Cricket | The Guardianby Simon Burnton27d ago
Brendon McCullum has revealed that he was the driving force behind the recruitment of Kevin Pietersen as a specialist mentor to England’s white-ball teams and said the new arrival had specific...
England 3-0 Pakistan: player ratings for a Test series dominated by bowlers
Cricket | The Guardianby Gary Naylor27d ago
England Joe Root: 164 runs at 41.0; two catches If a captain is as good as his bowlers, Joe Root was very good indeed on his return to his old job.
Fleming to balance England job with commentary role in New Zealand
Cricket | The Guardianby Matt Hughes27d ago
England’s new Test head coach, Stephen Fleming, will return to New Zealand to work as a commentator on the Black Caps’ Test and white-ball series against India next month, despite having formally...
County cricket: Somerset in front as thrilling title race builds to climax
Cricket | The Guardianby Gary Naylor27d ago
1. Shush! Nobody say anythingSomerset hammered Leicestershire by 377 runs, a result that had an impact at both ends of the table.
Stephen Fleming inherits intriguing squad after England’s unsettling summer | Ali Martin
Cricket | The Guardianby Ali Martin28d ago
As Joe Root calmly ran the rule over the Test summer and reeled off the ways in which it had been “chaos”, “unusual” and “unsettling” for England, it felt telling that first among them was Ben...
England in better shape after ‘coming through chaos’ of a torrid summer, says Joe Root
Cricket | The Guardianby Simon Burnton at Edgbaston29d ago
Joe Root said England have “come through the other side of the chaos” after a tumultuous summer ended in a 3-0 series sweep of Pakistan.