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Ben Stokes could be back soon as England captain as mood turns his way

Regulator’s initial report into nightclub affair due soonStokes has made it clear that he wants to play onThe England and Wales Cricket Board is hopeful that Ben Stokes will be able to make a quick return as England captain. Brendon McCullum, the head coach, and Rob Key, the team’s managing director, refused to say that they wanted Stokes back in the side in press conferences over the last week, but behind the scenes the mood is believed to be more optimistic.The ECB is understood to be waiting for a report from the Cricket Regulator into Stokes’s actions in breaking the team curfew along with the fast bowler Gus Atkinson after England’s first Test win over New Zealand at Lord’s last week. The regulator’s preliminary report is due in the next few days, and its contents will inform the ECB’s next steps. Continue reading...

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Sonny Baker’s second day was a lesson that Test cricket turns on you quick | Andy Bull

Debutant and Joe Root had a sloppy morning in England’s bid to bowl New Zealand out cheaply in the second TestIt was bright and loud when Sonny Baker came on to bowl for the first time in Test cricket. He hadn’t slept the night before, too many nerves, and had found, when he saw his parents at the cap ceremony before the start of play, that he was almost overwhelmed by emotion, and now here he was an hour later and the midday sun glaring off the glass of the big JM Finn Stand and the crowd all around roaring for Matt Fisher as he came in to bowl from the Vauxhall End. Baker was at mid-on and over at slip Joe Root was waving at him. Baker couldn’t tell exactly what it was Root was trying to communicate as he flapped his hands around.Root replied in kind with a wave of his own. Root made another gesture. So did Baker. “I didn’t know whether he was trying to bring me up for that over or not,” he said later. The two of them stood a while, making frantic hand signals at each other, neither quite clear what the other was trying to sign to the other. Continue reading...

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Australia Big Bash League

2025/26

25 Jan

Perth Scorchers

133/4

Sydney Sixers

132/10

W

20 Jan

Perth Scorchers

147/9

Sydney Sixers

99/10

W

17 Jan

Perth Scorchers

134/4

Melbourne Stars

130/10

W

15 Jan

Melbourne Renegades

169/7

Perth Scorchers

219/7

W

11 Jan

Adelaide Strikers

200/8

Perth Scorchers

232/4

W

7 Jan

Perth Scorchers

127/10

Melbourne Renegades

130/6

L

4 Jan

Perth Scorchers

153/8

Adelaide Strikers

120/10

W

1 Jan

Hobart Hurricanes

189/9

Perth Scorchers

229/3

W

30 Dec

Sydney Thunder

131/10

Perth Scorchers

202/8

W

26 Dec

Perth Scorchers

150/8

Hobart Hurricanes

153/6

L

19 Dec

Perth Scorchers

257/6

Brisbane Heat

258/2

L

14 Dec

Perth Scorchers

117/5

Sydney Sixers

113/5

W

Australia Top End T20 Series

2025/26

24 Aug

Perth Scorchers

205/2

Adelaide Strikers

190/6

W

24 Aug

Perth Scorchers

155/8

Pakistan Shaheens

107/10

W

22 Aug

Northern Territory Strike

135/10

Perth Scorchers

139/3

W

20 Aug

Melbourne Stars Academy

166/4

Perth Scorchers

167/3

W

19 Aug

Perth Scorchers

136/9

Adelaide Strikers

137/4

L

17 Aug

Bangladesh A

123/9

Perth Scorchers

126/5

W

16 Aug

Pakistan Shaheens

111/10

Perth Scorchers

114/8

W

Australia Big Bash League

2024/25

18 Jan

Perth Scorchers

163/5

Adelaide Strikers

161/10

W

13 Jan

Sydney Thunder

158/7

Perth Scorchers

97/10

L

11 Jan

Sydney Sixers

220/3

Perth Scorchers

206/7

L

7 Jan

Perth Scorchers

147/8

Melbourne Renegades

150/6

L

3 Jan

Perth Scorchers

177/4

Sydney Thunder

179/6

L

31 Dec

Adelaide Strikers

142/8

Perth Scorchers

146/3

W

26 Dec

Perth Scorchers

165/6

Brisbane Heat

132/10

W

23 Dec

Melbourne Renegades

144/8

Perth Scorchers

143/8

L

21 Dec

Hobart Hurricanes

156/2

Perth Scorchers

155/6

W

15 Dec

Perth Scorchers

150/4

Melbourne Stars

146/9

W

Australia Top End Series

2024/25

17 Aug

Perth Scorchers

129/5

Bangladesh A

130/7

L

15 Aug

Perth Scorchers

155/3

Adelaide Strikers

154/6

W

14 Aug

Perth Scorchers

167/6

Melbourne Renegades

153/8

W

12 Aug

Australian Capital Territory

152/6

Perth Scorchers

119/10

L

10 Aug

Perth Scorchers

171/6

Pakistan A

188/7

L

9 Aug

Northern Territory

155/3

Perth Scorchers

152/6

L

Australia Big Bash League

2023/24

20 Jan

Adelaide Strikers

155/7

Perth Scorchers

105/10

L

16 Jan

Perth Scorchers

197/4

Sydney Sixers

201/7

L

13 Jan

Perth Scorchers

163/6

Brisbane Heat

128/10

W

10 Jan

Brisbane Heat

191/6

Perth Scorchers

168/9

L

8 Jan

Sydney Thunder

137/8

Perth Scorchers

140/3

W

5 Jan

Adelaide Strikers

154/1

Perth Scorchers

153/7

L

3 Jan

Perth Scorchers

211/4

Adelaide Strikers

169/10

W

26 Dec

Perth Scorchers

162/10

Melbourne Renegades

149/8

W

20 Dec

Perth Scorchers

173/1

Hobart Hurricanes

172/8

W

13 Dec

Melbourne Stars

101/10

Perth Scorchers

102/3

W

10 Dec

Melbourne Renegades

Perth Scorchers

30/2

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Australia Big Bash League

2022/23

4 Feb

Perth Scorchers

177/5

Brisbane Heat

175/7

W

28 Jan

Perth Scorchers

154/3

Sydney Sixers

151/8

W

22 Jan

Perth Scorchers

212/5

Melbourne Renegades

202/5

W

20 Jan

Adelaide Strikers

92/10

Perth Scorchers

94/3

W

18 Jan

Perth Scorchers

147/3

Hobart Hurricanes

146/9

W

15 Jan

Sydney Sixers

151/5

Perth Scorchers

145/7

L

13 Jan

Sydney Thunder

111/10

Perth Scorchers

112/1

W

11 Jan

Brisbane Heat

155/6

Perth Scorchers

157/2

W

7 Jan

Perth Scorchers

174/3

Brisbane Heat

171/9

W

4 Jan

Perth Scorchers

142/9

Sydney Thunder

143/4

L

1 Jan

Melbourne Renegades

155/6

Perth Scorchers

156/5

W

29 Dec

Perth Scorchers

136/4

Melbourne Stars

135/10

W

26 Dec

Perth Scorchers

136/7

Adelaide Strikers

133/7

W

23 Dec

Melbourne Stars

168/8

Perth Scorchers

229/7

W

19 Dec

Hobart Hurricanes

172/8

Perth Scorchers

164/8

L

17 Dec

Perth Scorchers

155/9

Sydney Sixers

117/10

W