Australian quick Morris out for 12 months with back injury
Fast bowler Lance Morris was Sunday ruled out for 12 months due to back surgery, denying him the chance to be part of Australia's squad for the Ashes series later this year.
Fast bowler Lance Morris was Sunday ruled out for 12 months due to back surgery, denying him the chance to be part of Australia's squad for the Ashes series later this year.
Bangladesh High Performance (HP) team was the runner-up of the Top End Series trophy last year, but this time the Bangladesh ‘A’ side, playing under that banner, failed to progress beyond the league stage.
Once struggling to produce quality pacers, Bangladesh has now turned into a factory of fast bowlers. In recent years, a “pace revolution” has reshaped the country’s cricket, with Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam and Tanzim Hasan Sakib emerging as key forces. Former Bangladesh head coach Stuart Law has expressed his admiration for this transformation.
Matthew Breetzke slammed a superb 88 and speedster Lungi Ngidi claimed five wickets as South Africa crushed Australia by 84 runs to win the second one-day international and the series in Mackay on Friday.
Australian batter Alex Ross has already featured twice in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and is eager to return for the upcoming edition. The 31-year-old hopes to be picked in the next players’ draft.
Aiden Markram hit 82 before left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj tore through Australia's new-look batting order as South Africa claimed the One-Day International series opener by 98 runs in Cairns on Tuesday.
After making his List-A debut in December 2011, D’Arcy Short managed to play just 19 matches for Western Australia and 25 T20s over the next six years. His career seemed to have stalled. But everything changed with one phone call.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced a 14-member Bangladesh ‘A’ squad for their only four-day match on the Australia tour, naming Mahidul Islam Ankon as captain. The squad includes seven players with Test match experience.
Glenn Maxwell took a brilliant catch before smashing a half-century under pressure to help Australia overcome a dogged South Africa by two wickets and seal the three-match Twenty20 series in Cairns on Saturday.
Bob Simpson, who has died at the age of 89, was the archetypal granite-jawed comic-book Australian cricketer who opened the batting, bowled leg-spin and is still cited as the greatest slip catcher the game has seen.
Australia’s white-ball campaign against South Africa has suffered multiple injury blows, with Mitch Owen, Matt Short, and Lance Morris all ruled out of the remaining matches.
Joe Root has brushed aside David Warner's jibe that he will need to "take the surfboard off his front leg" if England are to triumph in Australia in the upcoming Ashes series.