Daily Times
July 15, 2021
SYDNEY: Australia’s Big Bash Twenty20 League will begin on December 5 with a full home-and-away schedule, although officials Wednesday said they were ready to be flexible given Covid-19 uncertainty. The 11th season of the eight-franchise Twenty20 tournament will get under way when reigning champions Sydney Sixers take on the Melbourne Stars at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the first of 56 games over 46 days. It will take in 14 venues and culminate with a finals series from January 21 ahead of the decider seven days later. “Like all leagues globally, we remain conscious of the need to be agile in response to the challenges of the pandemic,” said BBL chief Alistair Dobson. “We are confident that the experience obtained through our successful completion of the BBL 10 campaign will hold us in good stead as we deliver the best possible competition for our players and fans.” Each side will again be allowed to recruit three internationals, with the likes o
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Bowled Gaz! Lyon hits 100-test milestone in decider vs India
By JOHN PYEJanuary 14, 2021 GMT
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) Tim Paine recalls his eyes lighting up when he first saw Nathan Lyon on TV bowling in domestic cricket, thinking how he’d like to slog that kind of spin all around the ground.
It took a tour to Zimbabwe a couple of months after in June 2011, when he was leading the Australia A squad and keeping wickets to Lyon, to change Paine’s opinion.
In less than a year, Lyon went from working as a curator at the Adelaide Oval to playing for Australia.
A month after quarantine, Afghan Zahir to play 1st match
December 25, 2020 GMT
SYDNEY (AP) After nearly a month-long quarantine, Melbourne Stars and Afghanistan import Zahir Khan is going to see his first action of the Big Bash Twenty20 league on Saturday.
The 22-year-old left-arm leg-spinner will play for the Stars against the Sydney Sixers in a grand final rematch which Sydney won last season by 19 runs.
The coronavirus pandemic hit at a bad time for Afghanistan cricket and the country has not played a match in any format since March.
In that time, one-off tests against Ireland and Australia were called off, with the Australia match now scheduled for the start of next summer Down Under.