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This has been a tournament of tricky, two-paced pitches, and, as a consequence, it has recorded the lowest scoring rate of any T20 World Cup. The final, however, came as close to pure T20 as anything we have seen over these past few weeks in the UAE. The Australian T20 team is a bit of an […]
The premier competition of the game’s shortest format does not come around very often. The seventh edition of the ICC T20 World Cup started in the UAE on 17th October 2021. Initially, the ICC planned Australia as the tournament’s venue, but they changed it to UAE and Oman for COVID-related reasons. The exciting tournament had enormous […]
The news comes after Afghan, Mohammad Nabi will miss the first two opening matches due to quarantine rules. The 32-year-old, is a middle order batsman and pace bowler for Gloucestershire CCC with an impressive 121 T20 matches to his name. Last year he hit 64 runs off 37 balls against Australia A. Former Australian first-class […]
After five Drivers’ World Championships in a row, the Mercedes dominance in Formula One got off to the perfect start as Valtteri Bottas won the first race of the 2019 season in Melbourne. Bottas claimed a bonus point for the fastest lap of the race, with teammate Lewis Hamilton finishing in second place behind in […]
England Record: 3 wins, 1 loss Best Result: Debatable, the win over Australia was the most comfortable in terms of result, with a resounding 37-18 win. But to me, whilst it feels odd to say, the loss to New Zealand was a fantastic thing to watch. England had an indifferent start to the year, finishing […]
The Commonwealth Games came to an end on the Gold Coast last night as the flag was officially passed to Birmingham, the hosts in 2022. On the face of it, it looked like a backward step for most of the home nations with Wales and Northern Ireland being the only ones to equal their medal hauls […]
Australia and England met in field hockey during the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup final where Australia beat England in a 2-1 battle at the Stadium Azlan Shah, Ipoh, Malaysia. Both teams met at the beginning of the competition for their first games which ended in a 4–1 win for Australia. Which isn’t such a surprise […]
At the close of play on day three, the balance of the Second Test could have swung ever so marginally in England’s favour. Following an appalling start to the day, with their remaining wickets falling very cheaply, England’s bowlers came out and showed a spirited fight back. Having bowled England out for 227, Australia decided […]
Gloucester Rugby’s Owen Williams made his first test start for Wales this weekend when Australia made the trip to the Principality Stadium. Wales however were on the receiving end of a 29-21 defeat at the hands of the Wallabies as it appeared the visitors had snuffed out Wales’ selection and game-plan experiment with a more expansive […]
Tickets will go on general sale tomorrow (10 October) for England’s International Twenty20 clash with India at Gloucestershire’s Brightside Ground on 8 July 2018. They are already on sale to Gloucestershire CCC members, with tickets priced at £45 and £55 for adults, and £20 and £25 for under-16s. Chief Executive Will Brown told their official website that he […]