Ricky Ponting has somehow been dragged into a heated on-field exchange between opposing wicketkeepers Sam Billings and Matthew Wade during the Big Bash League final on Monday night. Wade joined Ben McDermott at the crease to finish the game off for Hobart against the Sydney Thunder after opener Mitch Owen blasted a record-breaking and match-winning … Read more
Glenn Maxwell has blasted the Melbourne Stars into the Big Bash finals with another match-winning knock at the MCG. The superstar struck 76 runs off 32 balls — including six sixes — to lead his side to 5-219 off their 20 overs, a total that proved far too big for the ladder-leading Hobart Hurricanes. The … Read more
The BBL clash between Sydney Thunder and Perth Scorchers has been brought to a halt after a sickening collision between two players on the field. The play was immediately stopped when Thunder players Daniel Sams and Cameron Bancroft crashed into each other while running underneath a high ball in opposite directions in the outfield at … Read more
Hilton Cartwright has been stretchered off and taken to hospital after suffering a worrying neck injury during Sunday night’s Big Bash League season-opener between the Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers. Cartwright was attempting to stop a Cooper Connolly shot from reaching the boundary line with a diving effort during the Scorchers’ successful run chase. WATCH … Read more
English star Sam Billings is confident the Big Bash League will reap rewards from the new multi-year contract option, saying it doesn’t help anyone when players are half-committed. Former Brisbane Heat batter Billings missed out on the triumph over the Sydney Sixers after jetting out early for the United Arab Emirates’ lucrative ILT20. Head here … Read more
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