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MELBOURNE : The Gabba will not host an Ashes series-opener in Australia for the first time in more than four decades after Cricket Australia confirmed Perth as the venue for the first test of the 2025-26 series on Wednesday.
A brilliant delivery from a spinner during the match between Kuwait Nationals and SBS CC in the KCC T20 Challengers Cup 2024 has gone viral with many social media users hailing it as the new 'ball of the century'. The ball dropped way outside the off-stump and the batter followed it to go for a huge slop sweep over mid-wicket. However, the delivery turned sharply and crashed into the stumps leaving the batter completely perplexed. Social media users were quick to call it the new 'Ball of the century' - a term used to describe Shane Warne's to dismiss England's Mike Gatting in June 1993. Even international cricketers joined in on the conversation and the video has garnered a lot of attention.
The 'King of Spin' and Australian spin maestro Shane Warne would have turned 54-years-old on this day (September 13, 2023) had he been alive. The untimely demise of Australian spin maestro Shane Warne at the age of 52 left the sporting world benumbed with shock and grief on March 4 in 2022. Over the course of a golden career, which saw him shatter several records in cricket and set his own, the legendary Australian leg-spinner wowed his fans as much with his flowing blonde mane as with his signature 'flippers' and sharp turners, left an impact on the gentleman's game that is likely to stand the test of time.
Leeds & Broomfield had a former England captain in their corner as they prepared for their big day at Lord’s.
MANCHESTER, England : It helps that he knew what was coming, but 30 years after facing the "ball of the century" from Shane Warne, former England captain Mike Gatting was mightily relieved to survive this time around.
LONDON : The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has recommended limiting the number of one-day internationals after the 2027 World Cup to improve quality and create space in the calendar, as well as establishing a fund to help smaller nations play test cricket.
There have been 72 Ashes series and 36 have been played in England. Of the series played in England the hosts have won 50% and Australia 38.9%. But the consequences of hosting the first match of the series at Edgbaston, as this year, is massively in the tourists’ favour – Australia have gone on to win 83% of the series and have never lost. If England hold the opening game anywhere else their win percentage leaps to 62.1% and they lose just 27.6%. This will be the eighth Birmingham Ashes opener, following 1902 (Australia won the Ashes), 1909 (Australia won), 1961 (Australia won), 1975 (Australia won), 1997 (Australia won), 2001 (Australia won) and 2019 (drawn series).
England great Mike Gatting has expressed surprise at Moeen Ali's dramatic Ashes recall after nearly two years out of Test cricket, warning that Australia will look to target the off-spinning all-rounder. Ali, 35, was persuaded to end his retirement from Tests by skipper Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum this week after regular spinner Jack Leach was forced out of the five-match series with a stress fracture in his back. Gatting, a gutsy batsman who led England to victory Down Under in the 1986-87 Ashes, said he found the recall hard to fathom.