The top six moments of the 2022-23 Marsh One-Day Cup Who, when, where? Undefeated Western Australia will square off against a resurgent South Australia on Wednesday, March 8 from 12.05pm AWST (3.05pm AEDT) at the WACA in Perth for Australian one-day domestic cricket's ultimate prize. WA secured hosting rights of this year's decider when the two sides last met with a comprehensive seven-wicket win at Adelaide Oval on February 15. Despite being the competition's most successful side with 15 titles from 53 editions, the WACA last hosted a one-day final when WA lost to NSW in 2002-03 with their victories in 2003-04, 2014-15, 2017-18, 2019-20 and 2021-22 all coming away from home or at neutral venues.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/marsh-one-day-cup-final-2022-23-how-to-watch-stream-tickets-wa-south-australia-scores-highlights/2023-03-06

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'Haven't been to day four': New first for Murphy's Test career India are crawling towards taking a first-innings lead in the fourth Test against Australia with Virat Kohli patiently edging closer to a drought-breaking century. The hosts were 4-362 at lunch on day four in Ahmedabad, still trailing Australia by 118, with the match appearing at this stage to be headed for a draw to end the Border-Gavaskar series. Kohli, arguably India's greatest batter after Sachin Tendulkar, last scored a Test ton in November 2019, when he hit 136 against Bangladesh.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/india-australia-fourth-test-day-four-ahmedabad-highlights-scores-kohli/2023-03-12

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WA romp to nine-wicket win to seal 17th Shield title For the second successive season, Western Australia is the undisputed benchmark of men's cricket having emphatically added the Marsh Sheffield Shield to a trophy cabinet already bulging with national one-day and T20 silverware. Having secured the Shield last year on the back of a dogged batting effort that secured a draw, WA dominated this year's play-off and completed a nine-wicket win over Victoria at the WACA Ground with more than a day and half to spare.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/sheffield-shield-final-day-four-western-australia-victoria-waca-scores-highlights/2023-03-26

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South Africa have pulled off the highest successful run chase in men's Twenty20 international cricket to beat the West Indies by six wickets at Centurion on an afternoon of blistering assault on the ball as well as the record books. Opener Quinton de Kock hit a first T20 century as South Africa scored 4-259 after being set an imposing target of 13 runs per over to win Sunday's match. Johnson Charles had led the West Indies to 5-258, a new record T20 total at the Pretoria Test venue, after they had been put in to bat.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/south-africa-defeat-west-indies-second-t20i-centurion-scores-report-de-kock-century-record-chase/2023-03-27

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One of the few teams to have defeated Australia's all-conquering women's team in recent times, Ireland will host Meg Lanning's side for three one-day internationals in July following the multi-format Ashes series. Ireland pulled off a major surprise when they toppled Australia by three wickets in South Africa in February, albeit in a warm-up match for the T20 World Cup that Australia eventually won. That match saw Beth Mooney, Grace Harris and Lanning score four runs between them, before Ireland, led by skipper Laura Delany's aggressive 32, chased down the total of 5-168 with three wickets and two balls to spare.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-ireland-three-match-odi-series-details-revealed-dublin-ashes/2023-03-31

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Opening batter Tim Seifert's blistering 88 has helped New Zealand defeat Sri Lanka by four wickets in their thrilling third and final T20 International in Queenstown to complete a 2-1 series victory. Seifert's brutal assault on Sri Lanka's bowlers during his 48-ball knock included 10 fours and three sixes as New Zealand cruised for much of their chase of 183 on Saturday, but a dramatic final over when three wickets fell ensured a nervy finish. QUICK SINGLE Captain Hardie hits timely century for Australia A The 28-year-old, whose unbeaten 79 set up a nine-wicket win in the second game, missed out on a maiden century after falling to Pramod Madushan in the 17th over with the hosts looking comfortable with 154 on the board.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/new-zealand-beat-sri-lanka-t20-series-win-queenstown-seifert-kusal-mendis-final-over-thriller/2023-04-08

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Sensational King creates history with stunning hat-trick Aussie leg-spinner Alana King has taken the first hat-trick in the history of England's Women's 100-ball competition. Fresh from a gold medal for Australia in the Commonwealth Games last weekend where she was denied the feat when Meg Lanning dropped the hat-trick ball at slip against Barbados, King had a near-perfect day with bat, ball, and in the field on debut for Trent Rockets. The 26-year-old scored a quick 19 off nine, claimed 4-15 off 20 deliveries with the ball, and took a fantastic catch to cap off a stunning all-round performance as her Rockets comfortably beat the Manchester Originals by 43 runs at Old Trafford.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/alana-king-first-hattrick-womens-hundred-old-trafford-trent-rockets-beat-manchester-originals/2022-08-14

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An historic first Test match against South Africa and the first away Test against India in 39 years are highlights of the women's Future Tours Program (FTP) cycle, while the women's Ashes are set break from the same rotation as the men to stand alone. Women's cricket operates on a different international cycle to the men's game and is already in the midst of the 2022-25 Women's Championship, with the new document setting out international obligations until mid-2026. Announced today by the ICC, January and early February have been designated as the marquee battleground for Australia's women to host international series, starting with Pakistan this summer, with multi-format series against South Africa, England and India to follow in subsequent years.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ftp-women-australia-2022-2026-india-multi-format-series-south-africa-test-standalone-ashes-england/2022-08-16

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England's stranglehold over Australia in the shortest format has continued with an eight-run victory in Canberra to clinch the Dettol T20I Series with a game to spare. The visitors have now won six of their last seven T20 internationals against Australia, and while the hosts have their eyes firmly fixed on this month's World Cup defence, they will rue a chance to inflict some scars on England's powerful batting unit. Australia rung the changes with the series on the line and seemed to be at full strength with Glenn Maxwell, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc all recalled after being rested for the series opener.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/australia-england-second-t20-manuka-oval-match-report-live-scores-video-highlights/2022-10-12

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'Everyone's pumped': Aussies detail back-to-back strategy When does it start? Finally, it's here! This tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Australia in late 2020, but the global COVID-19 pandemic saw it postponed. This year's T20 World Cup includes 45 matches, 16 teams, seven grounds and four different time zones across 28 days. Phew. After such a long wait for this event, which paradoxically is just 12 months since the previous version because of that Covid shuffle, the 2022 event gets underway on Sunday, with the first round starting at Geelong's Kardinia Park.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ultimate-guide-t20-mens-world-cup-2022-australia-need-to-know-broadcast-info-full-squads-schedule/2022-10-15

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PM's XI clashes through the years Andre Borovec's pioneering rise through Australian cricket's coaching ranks will continue next month when he takes the helm of the Prime Minister's XI with the traditional clash to return for the first time in three summers. Cricket Australia announced on Friday the PM's XI will play a four-day day-night pink ball fixture against the West Indies from November 23-26 that will serve as a hit out for the tourists ahead of the first NRMA Insurance Test in Perth beginning November 30.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/pms-xi-v-west-indies-clash-returns-pink-ball-four-day-day-night-andre-borovec-head-coach-selection/2022-10-15

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Jhye Richardson is set to make his first red-ball appearance since the Ashes as the West Australian speedster targets a "reachable" return to the Test arena this summer. Richardson missed the reigning champion's eight-wicket win in the Marsh Sheffield Shield season opener against NSW last week as medicos managed his return from a minor hamstring complaint he suffered during the pre-season. But he will return return against Victoria on Monday at CitiPower Centre as WA look to leapfrog Queensland into top position on the Shield table.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/jhye-richardson-sheffield-shield-western-australia-first-class-return-test-red-ball/2022-10-15

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Australia welcome back a quartet of star players for their upcoming two-match Dettol T20 Series against West Indies in Brisbane and Gold Coast as they scale up preparations for defence of the T20 World Cup later this year. Opener David Warner, allrounders Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis, and pace spearhead Mitchell Starc all return to the 16-man squad having missed the recent three-match Qantas T20 series in India. Australia T20 squad: Aaron Finch (c), Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Sams, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa Warner was rested from that campaign to manage his preparation for the World Cup in Australia starting next month, while Marsh (ankle), Stoinis (side strain) and Starc (knee) have overcome injury.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-t20-squad-dettol-t20s-west-indies-t20-world-cup-green-warner-starc-marsh-stoinis-agar/2022-09-28

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NSW have been dealt a crushing blow on the eve of the Australian domestic summer with talented leg-spinner Tanveer Sangha ruled out of the first half of the season. The 20-year-old had been set to partner Test star Nathan Lyon in a dual spin attack for the first two months of the season but has been diagnosed with a lower back stress injury just days out from the Blues' Marsh One-Day Cup season opener against Victoria on Friday. Sangha, one of the nation's rising stars who claimed a career-best first-class haul of 4-56 to bowl Australia A to victory against Sri Lanka A in June, is aiming to return to action for Sydney Thunder during KFC BBL|12.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/nsw-blues-2022-23-season-preview-sheffield-shield-marsh-cup-tanveer-sangha-lyon-phil-jaques/2022-09-20

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Shimron Hetmyer has been sensationally dropped from the West Indies squad for the T20 World Cup and two-match Dettol T20 Series this week after missing his flight to Australia. Hetmyer had already had his flight to Australia rescheduled from the original departure date last Saturday, but today informed the team he would not make his rearranged flight. "With flight availability a real challenge, a seat was found for him to leave Guyana today, meaning he would unfortunately miss the 1st T20 International against Australia on Wednesday 5 October at the Metricon Stadium," West Indies said in a statement.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/shimron-hetmyer-west-indies-misses-flight-to-australia-dropped-t20-world-cup-shamarh-brooks/2022-10-04

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The reinstatement of five-Test men's series against India, increased touring obligations and a squeeze on Australia's peak international season are among headline elements in the new global playing schedule released today. The International Cricket Council's men's Future Tours Program (FTP) covers the playing period up until March 2027, with the women's version announced yesterday, and reveals a matrix in which an ever-increasing number of series and tournaments are crammed into the annual window.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ftp-news-australia-india-england-men-future-tour-program-icc/2022-08-17

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Australia's men will play against 11 nations from now until the end of the next Future Tours Program cycle in mid-2027, with a total of 49 Test matches, 52 one-day games and 63 T20 internationals scheduled. Those figures include matches for the coming 2022-23 summer, but do not include matches in ICC events. Perhaps unsurprisingly, India will be by far the most regular destination for the Australia men's team, with five separate bilateral away series scheduled. But, outside of this year's men's T20 World Cup, Aussie fans and Indian expats will have to wait until the 2024-25 summer to see that team on our shores again, when they visit for what will be the first five-Test Border-Gavaskar series.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ftp-australia-india-england-afghanistan-bangladesh-ireland-nz-pakistan-lanka-windies-south-africa/2022-08-17

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Afghanistan have been rained out at the MCG for the second time in three days, with their T20 World Cup match against Ireland abandoned. Persistent rain meant Friday afternoon's game was called off 90 minutes after it was due to start. Afghanistan fans were pleading for the Melbourne rain to stop // Getty Afghanistan's match against New Zealand was also washed out without a ball being bowled. It was the second consecutive rain-impacted fixture for the Irish too, however enough overs were bowled in their stunning upset result against England on Wednesday which was also played in Melbourne.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/afghanistan-ireland-t20-world-cup-group-1-mcg-rain-match-abandoned-without-ball-bowled/2022-10-28

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Bangladesh quick Taskin Ahmed has picked up a career-best 4-25 as his side opened their T20 World Cup with a breakthrough nine-run win over the Netherlands. Playing their first match of the tournament, Bangladesh posted 8-144 in Hobart on Monday afternoon before bowling the Dutch out for 135 on the last ball. It was the first time Bangladesh have won a match in the main 'super' stage of a T20 World Cup and breaks a five-match losing streak in the 20-over format. Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan, who has played in all seven previous World Cups, expressed his relief.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/bangladesh-beat-netherlands-t20-world-cup-bellerive-oval-hobart-scores-report-taskin-ahmed-ackermann/2022-10-24

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West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has apologised for his team's "heart-wrenching" and "unfathomable" early T20 World Cup exit, and will step down as the team's coach, but only after the coming two-Test tour of Australia. The West Indies, two-times winners of the T20 World Cup, were bundled out in the first round after losses to Scotland and Ireland, finishing bottom of Group B. With a Super 12 spot up for grabs, the Windies could only muster 5-146 in Hobart, a total Ireland chased down for the loss of just one wicket.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/west-indies-coach-phil-simmons-steps-down-t20-world-cup-test-series/2022-10-25

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Zimbabwe coach David Houghton has lashed T20 World Cup officials for allowing their match against South Africa to continue in "ridiculous" rain. The match in Hobart on Monday night was abandoned with South Africa 13 runs away from their rain-affected Duckworth-Lewis target of 64 from seven overs. Zimbabwe quick Richard Ngarava, who bowled the second over, limped from the field with an ankle injury after slipping in his follow through in the wet conditions. Play had been held up several times throughout the evening, before umpires Ahsan Raza and Michael Gough pulled the pin with South Africa 0-51 after three overs.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/south-africa-zimbabwe-t20-world-cup-rain-injury-david-houghton/2022-10-25

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From the Vault: Hookes blasts fastest first-class ton Andrew Sincock's defining memory of that mythologised Monday afternoon 40 years ago today remains as vivid as it is edifying. Fatigued from more than eight hours in the field and aching after bowling 18 overs of his right-arm seamers on a mercilessly flat final-day Adelaide Oval pitch, Sincock was relieved at the prospect of shedding his bowling boots and resting his feet through an inconsequential final session. The fact Victoria captain Graham Yallop – Sincock's sole wicket in Victoria's soporific 9-420, to which Yallop contributed 151 in almost six hours – had effectively killed the game by setting South Australia 272 to win from 31 overs surely meant stumps would be drawn prematurely.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/feature/david-hookes-fastest-first-class-century-south-australia-victoria-adelaide-oval-35-balls/2022-10-25

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West Indies knocked out as Ireland, Zimbabwe advance A trademark cameo from talisman Sikandar Raza has powered Zimbabwe into the Super 12s stage of the 2022 Men's T20 World Cup with a five-wicket win over Scotland. Chasing Scotland's modest 6-132, Raza came to the crease at 3-42 to join captain Craig Ervine in what proved to be a match-defining stand. Raza took on the role as aggressor, smashing 40 from 23 balls, including three fours and two sixes. Ervine was more measured in his approach, compiling 58 off 54 balls.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/scotland-zimbabwe-t20-world-cup-hobart-raza-ervine-chatara-super-12s/2022-10-21

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It was not only vintage efforts from Tasmania's senior campaigners that lent the start of their Marsh Sheffield Shield against South Australia a distinct hint of veterans' day. As the Bay to Birdwood classic car rally rolled through Adelaide's streets prior to play starting, and with almost 150 former Redbacks representatives watching on from the historic scoreboard hill throughout the afternoon, ageless seamers Jackson Bird and Peter Siddle (both 4-51) stole the show. SA were bowled out for 227 an hour before stumps, with Tasmania 1-17 at the close after new SA recruit Ben Manenti plucked a stunning one-handed catch at second slip late in the day to remove opener Caleb Jewell (8).

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/south-australia-tasmania-sheffield-shield-day-one-adelaide-oval-scorecard-video-highlights-recap/2022-10-16

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Kohli magic sees India edge Australia as Finch hammers 76 It might have only been a practice game – a very casual one at that – but Aaron Finch's runs will have gone some way to appeasing concerns over the form of Australia's captain entering their T20 World Cup title defence. A Virat Kohli stunner on the boundary sealed a tight six-run for India but Finch's reassuring hand of 76 from 54 balls that kept his side in the match will be a pleasing takeaway for the tournament hosts ahead of their first game on Saturday against New Zealand.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/australia-lose-thriller-to-india-t20-world-cup-warm-up-gabba-highlights-scores-stream-finch-shami/2022-10-17

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Namibia, Scotland ignite World Cup with huge upsets Scotland have produced the second upset of T20 World Cup, toppling two-time champions West Indies by 42 runs on the back of their spinners and some rock-solid outfield catching. The Scots posted 5-160 after losing the toss in Hobart on Monday before tweakers Mark Watt (3-12 from four overs) and Michael Leask (2-15 from four overs) came to the fore. The West Indies, who won the tournament in 2012 and 2016, couldn't get a partnership going, with the loss putting a dent in their chances of progressing to the next stage.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/scotland-upset-west-indies-t20-world-cup-group-b-hobart-highlights-scores-munsey-watt-leask/2022-10-17

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When does it start? The old enemies face off again on Sunday night in Perth! The three-match series is the perfect T20 World Cup preparation for these sides, both of whom will fancy their chances of taking home the silverware. Australia are ranked sixth in the ICC rankings and won the last edition of the tournament, while England are ranked second and crashed out in the semi-finals of last year's Cup at the hands of New Zealand. - October 9: First T20I, Perth, 7:10pm AEDT - October 12: Second T20I, Canberra, 7:10pm AEDT - October 14: Third T20I, Canberra, 7:10pm AEDT How are the Aussies shaping up? With only three T20 Internationals (and an unofficial warm-up against India) before they defend their title, world champions Australia appear to still be working out what their best line-up is to take into the tournament.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/fans-guide-australia-england-t20-series-perth-manuka-world-cup-warm-up-all-you-need-to-know/2022-10-08

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Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood will make his captaincy debut in the second Dettol ODI against England with regular skipper Pat Cummins sitting out the match in Sydney. Hazlewood becomes the 28th player to captain the Australian men's ODI team just one match after Cummins became the 27th on Thursday in Adelaide. QUICK SINGLE 'Career-defining' year looms for captain Cummins The NSW quick has never led a side in a professional match of cricket but was named vice-captain of both the Test and ODI sides in 2018.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/toss-teams-australia-england-second-odi-scg-sydney-pat-cummins-buttler-rested-josh-hazlewood-captain/2022-11-19

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It wasn't only South Australia's long-suffering top-order batters who might have allowed themselves a fleeting sigh of relief upon learning Queensland's dominant new ball pair Michael Neser and Mark Steketee would be absent from the current Marsh Sheffield Shield game at Adelaide Oval. While he has revelled in watching the Bulls pair cut a swathe through rival line-ups this summer, Test-capped leg spinner Mitchell Swepson has become an incidental victim of his teammates who have ensured rival batters don't hang around long enough to face more than a few overs of spin.

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/mitchell-swepson-india-tour-spin-subcontinent-sheffield-shield-queensland/2022-11-21

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KFC BBL|12The England Test opener impressed the Hurricanes head of strategy during last summer's Ashes series

https://www.cricket.com.au/news/zak-crawley-signs-with-hobart-hurricanes-bbl12-after-impressing-ricky-ponting-in-ashes-series/2022-11-22

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