David Warner back as cricket captain after leadership ban lifted SYDNEY: David Warner was named captain of Big Bash League team Sydney Thunder on Wednesday, a fortnight after having... Published 06 Nov, 2024 07:58am
Sports Matt Short keen on Australia captaincy for Pakistan T20 series MELBOURNE: Top order batsman Matt Short will have a role in Australia’s leadership group during the Twenty20 series... Published 01 Nov, 2024 12:32pm
Sports Australia batsman Smith says he has no plans to retire MELBOURNE: Veteran Australia batsman Steve Smith says he has no plans to wind down his cricket career having signed... Published 20 Aug, 2024 01:29pm
Sports Haris Rauf should be in Pakistan Test side, says ex-captain Shahid Afridi Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said fast bowler Haris Rauf should be playing in the three-Test series against... Updated 29 Dec, 2023 11:21am
Sports England star Curran vows appeal after ‘intimidating umpire’ ban SYDNEY: England star Tom Curran has been banned for four Big Bash League games after intimidating an umpire, but his... Published 22 Dec, 2023 11:35am
Sports Teams fume as Big Bash match abandoned due to dangerous pitch MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia will conduct a “thorough review” into Sunday’s abandoned Big Bash League (BBL) match in... Published 11 Dec, 2023 10:32am
Sports Munro slams 99 as Heat crush Stars to open Big Bash League BRISBANE: Big-hitting New Zealander Colin Munro slammed an unbeaten 99 to help steer Brisbane Heat to a 103-run... Published 07 Dec, 2023 05:46pm
Sports England star Brook pulls out of Big Bash League MELBOURNE: Hard-hitting England batter Harry Brook on Thursday pulled out of playing in the Big Bash League this... Published 16 Nov, 2023 12:41pm
Sports Australia’s Big Bash League unveils December 7 start SYDNEY: Australia’s Big Bash Twenty20 League will begin on December 7 this year and culminate in a rare mid-week... Published 06 Jul, 2023 11:08am
Sports Scorchers beat Heat to win fifth Big Bash League title PERTH: Teenager Cooper Connolly’s big hitting at the death and skipper Ashton Turner’s heroic 53 saw Perth Scorchers... Published 04 Feb, 2023 06:51pm
Sports ‘Raise the roof’: BBL players fume over ‘bizarre’ rule A controversial Big Bash League (BBL) rule came under the spotlight during Saturday’s Melbourne derby when two... Published 15 Jan, 2023 01:06pm
Sports Afghanistan’s Farooqi sacked by BBL side after ‘incident’ SYDNEY: Afghan international Fazalhaq Farooqi was fired Friday by his Big Bash League side Sydney Thunder following... Published 23 Dec, 2022 11:52am
Sports Sydney Thunder all out for 15 in record Big Bash crash PARIS: Sydney Thunder entered the cricket record books in the most unwanted fashion on Friday after being bowled out... Published 16 Dec, 2022 07:53pm
Sports Hasnain replaces Shaheen in Pakistan’s Asia Cup squad KARACHI: Express pacer Mohammad Hasnain will replace injured Shaheen Shah Afridi in Pakistan’s squad for this week’s... Published 22 Aug, 2022 02:24pm
Sports Russell, Boult among Big Bash’s ‘Platinum’ dozen MELBOURNE: Australia’s Big Bash League has unveiled 12 marquee players for the first round of Sunday’s draft,... Published 22 Aug, 2022 12:55pm
Sports Warner to revive BBL career with Sydney Thunder SYDNEY: Big-hitting Australian batsman David Warner Sunday signed a two-year deal with Sydney Thunder, ending a... Published 22 Aug, 2022 06:33am
Sports No Warner but Lynn signs up for new Emirati T20 league Australian Chris Lynn will play Twenty20 cricket in the United Arab Emirates rather than his home Big Bash League... Published 09 Aug, 2022 10:21am
Sports Cricket Australia sells India broadcast rights to Disney SYDNEY: Australian cricket chiefs said Sunday they had agreed to sell broadcasting rights in India to Disney Star in... Published 24 Jul, 2022 04:06pm
Sports Pakistan’s Hasnain cleared to bowl again after remodelling action LAHORE: Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain has been cleared to bowl again after remodelling his action, the... Published 09 Jun, 2022 04:23pm
Sports Australia defeat Sri Lanka by 20 runs in rain-hit opening T20 Paceman Josh Hazlewood claimed career-best Twenty20 international figures of 4-12 to guide Australia to a 20 run... Updated 11 Feb, 2022 06:42pm
Sports Pakistan's Hasnain banned from bowling for illegal action LAHORE: Fast bowler Mohammad Hasnain has been banned from bowling and withdrawn from the Pakistan Super League (PSL)... Published 04 Feb, 2022 11:27am
Sports Chand to be first Indian male to play in Australia's T20 BBL SYDNEY: Unmukt Chand is to be the first Indian male cricketer to play in Australia's Big Bash League (BBL) after the... Updated 04 Nov, 2021 11:37am
Sports Healy steers Sixers to victory as women's Big Bash League starts SYDNEY: Alyssa Healy smashed a rollicking half-century as the Sydney Sixers opened the women's Twenty20 Big Bash... Updated 14 Oct, 2021 05:31pm
Sports Big Bash League scraps plans for TV umpire SYDNEY: Australia's Big Bash League has abandoned plans to introduce TV umpires this year due to border closures and... Published 11 Oct, 2021 09:54am