2015 is finally over and it was one hell of a year in the cricketing worlds. It was a year the 400 became the new 300 and 300 became the new 200. ODI double centuries became an overnight trend. This year we witnessed the most high scoring World Cup ever with scores of 400 being surpassed […]
By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) – Coach Phil Simmons has not given up on any West Indies players and still wants the best talent available to represent the region in all formats of the game. It has not gone unnoticed that while an inexperienced test side has succumbed to two heavy defeats on their current […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Heavy rain washed out play in the third test between Australia and West Indies for the second successive day on Wednesday, further reducing the already slim chance of a result in the dead rubber match. The rainfall, which had prevented any action on day three and all but 11 overs on day […]
By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) – West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has been fined A$10,000 ($7,197) by the Melbourne Renegades Twenty20 team for asking an Australian TV reporter out on a date and directing personal comments at her during a televised pitchside interview. Gayle had earlier suggested Monday’s incident was a “simple joke” that had […]
By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s spinners Nathan Lyon and Stephen O’Keefe took key wickets between rain showers to peg West Indies back to 207 for six at the end of a weather-disrupted opening day of the dead rubber third test on Sunday. More than two hours and 45 minutes of play were lost […]
By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) – West Indies will not be able to match hosts Australia by playing two spinners in the third test at the Sydney Cricket Ground after Devendra Bishoo was ruled out of the dead rubber contest by a shoulder injury on Saturday. Leg-spinner Bishoo, who took 6-80 against the Australians in […]
By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will field two specialist spinners at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) for the first time in a decade when they host West Indies in the dead rubber third test starting on Sunday. Left-arm orthodox spinner Stephen O’Keefe will play his second test and join off-spinner Nathan Lyon in […]
By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia look set to field two specialist spinners at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) for the first time in a decade when they host West Indies in a dead rubber New Year’s test starting this weekend. An inexperienced and demoralised West Indies touring party succumbed by an innings and […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Having spent much of the home summer suffering “pad rash” from waiting to bat, Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has put the pent-up energy to good use when thrown the ball. With paceman Peter Siddle hampered by an ankle injury, Marsh stepped up to take 4-61 to help close out victory in the […]
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A painful ankle injury to paceman Peter Siddle and the impressive pace of all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has boosted Australia’s chances of playing two specialist spinners on home soil for the first time in a decade. Having defeated West Indies in Melbourne to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the […]
