Australia's Big Bash League dispenses with coin toss; will flip bat
Cricket | December 11, 2018 15:59 ISTIt'll be decided instead by the flip of a bat when the eighth edition of the domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League starts December 19.
It'll be decided instead by the flip of a bat when the eighth edition of the domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League starts December 19.
Root and Buttler will both play the first half of the BBL season for the Sydney Thunder.
Cricket Australia (CA) had recently announced a revamp of the BBL, switching it to a full home-and-away season with 14 games, plus the finals.
The 2018 edition of BBL will see 56 group matches as CA announced a home-and-away format with each of the eight teams playing 14 matches before the knockout stage, a format on which IPL runs.
Cricket Australia has suspended Sydney Thunder's bowler for an unusual bowling action during a BBL fixture against Hobart Hurricanes.
Kevin Pietersen has been one of the hot properties in T20 leagues around the world after his international career ended prematurely owing to a fall out with the England selectors.
Handscomb was dropped from the Australia squad for the third Test at WACA in Perth.
The former skipper posted a video on Twitter which features two Koala bears fighting on the street, comparing them to his former teammates, Ricky Ponting and Mark Waugh.
Bravo picked up five wickets for the Melbourne Renegades during the Big Bash League match and became the first bowler to scalp 400 wickets in T20 cricket.
The big-hitting Harmanpreet Kaur and left-hand opener Smriti Mandhana were the first two Indian cricketers to be part of Women's Big Bash League.
The 42-year-old also rejected speculations of joining the England camp as the bowling coach for the first three Tests of Ashes series in Australia this summer.
New Delhi: Come Saturday, Dec 19 and West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle will etch his name in the record books of cricket. The giant batsman from Jamaica will come out to bat for Melbourne
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Melbourne, Australia: Australia test skipper Michael Clarke's will captain the Melbourne Stars in Australia's Big Bash League for the next two seasons after not playing Twenty20 cricket for three years.The announcement was made Friday at
Lahore: Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal has revealed that not only has he remodelled his action to legally bowl again in international cricket, he has added two new deliveries to his armoury and hinted he could
Melbourne: Bringing back memories of the tragic death of Philip Hughes in November last, an Australian cricketer Daniel Hughes was left unconscious briefly after being hit by an almost identical bouncer on his neck during
Melbourne: Keen to see Indian players in the Big Bash Twenty20 Tournament, former Australian captain Allan Border said Cricket Australia should approach BCCI for this as it would enhance the tournament's stature."The Big Bash League
Sydney: Former Australia Test fast bowler Brett Lee today announced that he will retire from all forms of cricket following the conclusion of the Big Bash League (BBL), thereby drawing curtains to his illustrious 20-year
Melbourne: Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has once again criticised his former international colleagues, suggesting he was the victim of professional jealousy.Pietersen was sacked almost a year ago, but has been on hand with regular
Sydney: Never doubtful of his ability to be in the Test squad but Australian left-arm spinner Ashton Agar was nonetheless surprised at being call into the squad for the fourth and final cricket Test against
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