Hmmmmm
NZ vs India, winner plays Australia in the semi, loser plays South Africa. What do you do?
#cricket #IndvsNZ

This is a more important match than the MCG test for the Women's Ashes - short of flying to Melbourne, wish there was a way to watch

‘We are making history’: Afghanistan women’s cricket team offer hope for future | Women's cricket | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/29/we-are-making-history-afghanistan-womens-cricket-team-offer-hope-for-future

#Cricket #WomensCricket #WomensAshes #Afghanistan

There's obviously something deeply complicated and esoteric going on with Chanel 7's choice of advertisers for the Test cricket.

Where would you find a more rapacious less principled bunch of arseholes?

Worst fast food, worst retailer, worst pharmacy and the most avaricious bank ever.

#cricket

There's a TV series about the #England #Cricket team's visit to #Australia in 1932-33, when England pursued the infamous "bodyline bowling" strategy.

The series (at least Episode 1) seems to be on YouTube: https://youtu.be/R4qJbqsTGoY

#sports #Ashes #bodyline

That's silly of Simon O'Donnell to bash the Kiwi players for assisting Kohli when he cramped. The sort of assistance we routinely see players of practically every team give. I mean even some Aussies, but to be fair to O'Donnell, Aussies are the least likely to do so because somehow nice and competitive are mutually exclusive in their world. 🤦‍♂️

#Cricket

From a quadruple hat-trick to not getting a bowl: Gareth Morgan leaves third grade cricket fans hanging https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/20/australian-bowler-six-wicket-over-gareth-morgan-mudgeeraba-next-match-results When Morgan talks about his sporting highlights, they are seeing his beloved Parramatta Eels make a rugby league grand final, being at the MCG when the Sydney Swans won the 2005 AFL grand final, going to Anfield to see Liverpool play. #cricket #sport

'Travis Head is impossible. He plays impossible innings, does impossible things. Labuschagne poured a base of concrete. Head used it to build a monument. At one point he had 10 from 23 balls, a scoreline most unlike him. Then he took a breath, chewed his gum, and began again. Took on Mohammed Shami, India’s bowler of the tournament, dabbing four and driving another. Then Yadav, the slog sweep for six when it was still supposedly India’s game.' https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/19/pat-cummins-leadership-made-good-his-decision-to-insert-india #cricket

Australia earn Cricket World Cup glory as Travis Head ton spoils India’s party https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/19/cricket-world-cup-final-india-australia-match-report #cricket

Angelo Mathews becomes first international cricketer to be ‘timed out’ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov/06/angelo-mathews-becomes-first-international-cricketer-to-be-timed-out-sri-lanka-world-cup #cricket

Man pleads guilty to fraud after using stolen money to lure international cricket players to Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-20/cricket-fraud-chris-gayle-tillakaratne-dilshan-endeavour-hills/103000838 via @ABCaustralia #cricket #auslaw #fraud

Former Matilda Ellyse Perry reflects on team's achievements at FIFA Women's World Cup https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-29/ellyse-perry-reflects-on-matildas-achievements/102916696 via @ABCaustralia #cricket #football