Cricket

September 11: First T20I, The Ageas Bowl, Southampton
September 13: Second T20I, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
September 15: Third T20I, Old Trafford, Manchester

September 19: First ODI, Trent Bridge, Nottingham
September 21: Second ODI, Headingley, Leeds
September 24: Third ODI, Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
September 27: Fourth ODI, Lord’s, London
September 29: Fifth ODI, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol

The Australian broadcaster for the limited-overs series is yet to be confirmed (Nine’s broadcast deal with ECB expires at the end of the fifth Ashes test on July 31).

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Does that mean all content will be removed on August 1?

Do we expect Seven to pick it up?

No we don’t expect anyone to, there will be competition from Nine (with a Stan component), Seven, Fox, and even an outsider such as Prime or 10/P+ could be a chance. Will probably go to either Nine or Seven.

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Worth a look at the video

Well, well, well 🧐

“It’s within the rules of the game and that’s how it is!” - Bairstow 2014#Bairstow#Ashes23

Thanks for the heads up @YallopDiana 👏 pic.twitter.com/aNX1KeZIkW

— Andy Lee (@andytomlee) July 4, 2023
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Mitchell Marsh came to Australia’s rescue as both teams shared the honours on the opening day of the third Ashes test at Headingley. Playing in his first test in almost four years, allrounder Marsh scored the second fastest century by an Australian in England (from 102 balls) and created a crucial 155-run partnership with Travis Head, after the tourists were 4/91 at lunch. When Marsh was caught at slip for 118 at tea, Australia lost 6 for 23 to be all out for 263. Recalled English bowler Mark Wood took the last four Aussie wickets to finish with 5/34.

In reply, England were 3/68 at stumps with Marsh dismissing Zak Crawley for 33 late in the session.

Rain is forecast for Leeds in days 3 to 5 of the match, so a draw is possible.


Meanwhile in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Netherlands beat Scotland in six wickets in an ICC World Cup qualifier. The result means Netherlands and Sri Lanka have qualified for World Cup proper in India later this year, with Netherlands going through as Q1, and Sri Lanka as Q2.

Australia’s updated World Cup fixture:
v India, October 8, Chennai
v South Africa, October 13, Lucknow
v Sri Lanka, October 16, Lucknow
v Pakistan, October 20, Bengaluru
v Netherlands, October 25, Delhi
v New Zealand, October 28, Dharamsala
v England, November 4, Ahmedabad
v Afghanistan, November 7, Mumbai
v Bangladesh, November 12, Pune

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Welcome back you good stuff Mitchell Marsh :clap:

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Got to leave Green out now. I can guarantee you that had he not been injured and had played, we would have been all out for 150 (being optimistic), with Green out slogging for 0. He really needs to be left out of teams this summer and sent back to WA to play some Shield cricket in order to get his batting mojo back. He’s a liability to this team batting. And you might say “oh his bowling keeps him in” well he’s batting at 6 he can’t be a walking wicket.

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The rules will come into place for Australia’s women’s T20 against England on Saturday.

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Yes, Mitch did recover well and more than make the most of it after being dropped on 12.

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Man, what a series this has been and D2 of the third and it’s already up and down like a yo-yo, go Aussies :australia:

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Australia held a slight edge after two days of play at Headingley. Late hitting by captain Ben Stokes helped England to 237, with counterpart Pat Cummins taking six wickets. In the second innings, Australia were 4/116 at stumps, with an overall lead of 142 runs. With Stokes and Ollie Robinson unable to bowl in the afternoon due to injury, it was up to the likes of Stuart Broad, Mark Wood and Chris Woakes to take the workload.

David Warner’s batting woe continued, only scoring 4 and 1 in the test match, falling both times to Broad (who had now dismissed the Aussie opener 17 times). Playing in his 100th test, Steve Smith could only manage 22 and 2 in the two innings.

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The rollercoaster series keeps on giving. Just as it looked like Australia were getting on top last night, the Poms fought hard at the end, while the Aussies are also now struggling early in their second innings. Meanwhile bad weather is forecast, will impact the cricket and tennis.

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Cricket Australia chair and former NSW premier Mike Baird is on the cover of Good Weekend magazine, inside today’s SMH and The Age.

Plus British F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone this weekend.

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“Challenges”, I’m presuming it’s discussing the Big Bash League?

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Probably, that and it’s just a good general byline.

Suck a bag of dicks England weather :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

Rain disrupted play at both men’s and women’s Ashes matches overnight.

In the women’s Ashes series, England defeated Australia by five wickets (DLS method) in the third and final Twenty20 game at Lord’s. The result means England won the T20 series 2-1 (after claiming game two by three runs at The Oval on Wednesday night) and received another two points. Thus the overall Ashes series is alive with Australia still leading 6-4, and must win one of the three ODI matches to retain the trophy. The first ODI is at Bristol on Wednesday.


In the men’s, play didn’t start in the third test at Headingley until around 4.45pm local time due to showers in the morning and early afternoon. When play resumed, Australia’s second innings lasted another 20 overs before they were bowled out for 224, giving England a target of 251. At one stage, Australia slumped to 8/170 before Travis Head cut loose, adding 54 runs with Todd Murphy and Scott Boland before becoming the last batter out with 77. England survived five overs in the run chase to be 0/27 at stumps which was called just after 7.30pm local time.

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Wasn’t it since 2013?

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