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Starc a concern in Australia’s T-20 World Cup campaign

by Rex Clementine There’s much to like about Australian cricket. Steve Smith would walk into most international sides without any trouble, but the Australian selectors have left him out of...

Excitement rises with World Cup set to begin in US

by Rex Clementine There have been many attempts by the International Cricket Council to take cricket to the United States but with little success. This time staging of the T-20...

2023 Cricket Review

by Rex Clementine   The year 2023 was a productive one for the game of cricket as expected to be in a year where there were three major events, World...

Calm Head gives Australia their sixth World Cup

Rex Clementine in Ahmedabad   It looked a big call when Australia named Travis Head, with a fractured left hand, in their World Cup squad. In fact, Head missed Australia’s...

Formidable India look set to win third World Cup

   Rex Clementine in Ahmedabad   On Sunday at the Narendra Modi Stadium, 138,000 adoring fans will be rooting for India to go onto win their third World Cup title....

Formidable India favourites over New Zealand

by Rex Clementine   Unbeaten India are favourites to go through to the finals of the Cricket World Cup in a re-match of 2019 semi-final against New Zealand.   India...

Gardner career best gives Australia early lead in women’s Ashes

by Rex Clementine There’s a need for more women’s Test matches and it was evident by the fact that big numbers turned up at Trent Bridge with all broadsheets sending...

The Ashes – Sport’s Oldest Rivalry  

By Rex Clementine   England have been playing a new brand of attacking cricket that has enabled them to succeed in the square turners of Pakistan and seaming tracks of...

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