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MELBOURNE : Shelley Nitschke has been appointed head coach of the Australia women's cricket team for the next four years with the task of overseeing a tricky transition of a highly successful team.
Australia's premier fast bowling trio of Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood have been named in the supplementary lists for the upcoming Big Bash League (BBL) 14 season. Hazlewood and Starc have both been signed by Sydney Sixers under the league's marquee supplementary player rule, while Test captain Cummins will again be on the Sydney Thunder's auxiliary list. Due to their commitments across the Australian international summer, the fast-bowling pair are unlikely to take the field, however, the quicks will be involved throughout the summer in an off-field capacity, where their schedules allow.
Captain Harmnapreet Kaur is the only Indian player in the 50-player shortlist for the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) Team of the Decade, released on Thursday. The greatest players from across the 10-year history of the WBBL will be honoured this season, with the Big Bash to name an official Team of the Decade. The right-handed Indian batter has played 62 matches for Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Renegades in the WBBL so far. She struck 1440 runs at an average of 37.89 including seven half-centuries.
England bowler Tom Curran expressed "deep regrets" Sunday after losing an appeal over a four-match Big Bash League ban for intimidating an umpire, saying he has always respected match officials. The Sydney Sixers' Curran, who has played 30 T20 games for England, was slapped with the punishment following a pre-match incident against the Hobart Hurricanes this month. It involved umpire Muhammad Qureshi having to move to avoid a collision with him during a practice run.
England's Tom Curran has been banned for four games in Australia’s Big Bash League after being charged with intimidating an umpire.
Sydney Sixers all-rounder Tom Curran has been handed a four-match ban for intimidating an umpire before a Big Bash League game, the team said on Thursday.
Former Proteas fast bowler Dale Steyn is among 17 former male and female international crickets named an Honorary Life Member of the MCC.
The Gujarat Giants, owned by Adani Group are all set for the inaugural edition of the Women's Premier League. The team is bringing on board as their captain Beth Mooney, one of the most consistent Australian players, and Indian off-spinner and all-rounder Sneh Rana as the vice-captain. One of the most dominating wicket-keeper-batters in the game, Mooney and her team successfully brought home the Women's T20 World Cup in 2018, 2020 and 2023 along with the Women's ODI World Cup in 2022 and the Gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Alyssa Healy is likely to lead Australia in the tour of India in December after the star wicketkeeper-batter was named the vice-captain of the women's team on Thursday. Healy takes over from Rachael Haynes, who retired from international cricket last month. With World Cup-winning captain Meg Lanning still on her indefinite break, Healy could be donning the skipper's cap for the team's upcoming assignments that include five T20s in India before the home series against Pakistan and the T20 World Cup in South Africa next year.