Steve Smith will return to the Sydney Sixers for the BBL after making a memorable comeback to the domestic league last summer. The signing is a big win for the BBL, which profited from Smith’s swashbuckling cameo last time around and has long faced criticism for failing to attract the best local talent during the […]
Australia’s fringe candidates are failing to fire as the post-World Cup hangover has continued with a 44-run loss to India in the second Twenty20 at Thiruvananthapuram. A ragged bowling display allowed India to plunder a mammoth 4-235 on Sunday (Monday AEDT) before Australia replied with 9-191 to go 2-0 down in the five-match series, one […]
Terry Venables, who has died aged 80, was a gifted, charismatic, influential coach who achieved much success, notably with Barcelona, and was popular with players and fans alike. Nevertheless, in Australia and England he will always be remembered for what he nearly achieved. In 1994 he picked up an England team that had failed to […]
In another time and place, Marko Rudan might have been watching on from the Sydney FC bench as local junior Zac Sapsford smashed home the winner for the Sky Blues in the Sydney derby. Rudan was one of the first names ever inducted into Sydney FC’s Hall of Fame. And there’s no doubt that at […]
The ICC will give a shot clock a trial run and it should not only become permanent but be more stringent to speed up cricket in all three formats. Starting with next Sunday’s West Indies vs England men’s ODI series in the Caribbean, fielding teams will have 60 seconds at the end of each over […]
