Alex Malcolm

Associate editor at ESPNcricinfo

Boland five-for leaves Victoria one wicket away from innings win

Needing 286 in their second innings to make Victoria bat again, New South Wales crumbled under the relentless pressure of Boland

27-Oct-2018•Alex Malcolm

Aaron Finch replaces Tim Paine as Australia ODI captain

Josh Hazlewood, who has been named a vice-captain, and Pat Cummins also return to the side to face South Africa

26-Oct-2018•Alex Malcolm

Bowlers impede Tasmania's progress after Marsh's 80

Western Australia made early inroads to put Tasmania under pressure in pursuit of setting a fourth innings target

26-Oct-2018•Alex Malcolm

Victoria's Marcus Harris makes case for Test selection with unbeaten 210

Since his move from Western Australia to Victoria in 2016-17, he has scored more Sheffield Shield runs than any other player

26-Oct-2018•The Report by Alex Malcolm

Cameron Green six-for bundles Tasmania out for 226

The 19-year-old medium-pacer registered his best bowling figures as Alex Doolan scored 76 and Matthew Wade his third straight half-century

25-Oct-2018•The Report by Alex Malcolm

Teenager Pope sends Queensland spinning

The 18-year old legspinner picked up 7 for 87 in just his second first-class match to highlight an excellent day for South Australia

25-Oct-2018•Alex Malcolm

Another Tremain five-for puts Victoria on top

Tremain made use of the unusually green MCG surface before his team-mate Marcus Harris scored an unbeaten 51

25-Oct-2018•The Report by Alex Malcolm

Australia's batting conundrum: show faith, tinker, or wholesale change?

After further collapses in the UAE the spotlight is once again on Australia's mis-firing top order with places up for grabs over the next six weeks

24-Oct-2018•Alex Malcolm

Chris Tremain's five-wicket haul gives Victoria innings win

The fast bowler picked up 5 for 100 as Western Australia were bowled out for 251 in their second innings despite Josh Philippe's maiden century

19-Oct-2018•The Report by Alex Malcolm

Jackson Bird sends Queensland crashing to 93 all out

The fast bowler bagged his fourth ten-wicket match haul in first-class cricket as Tasmania began their season with a 246-run victory

19-Oct-2018•The Report by Alex Malcolm

Rain delays Victoria's push for victory

Western Australia's Josh Philippe scored an unbeaten 83 with 14 boundaries to further dent the visitors' chances

18-Oct-2018•Alex Malcolm

Tasmania collapse gives Queensland slim chance of win

Five wickets from Jackson Bird had earlier put the Tigers in control

18-Oct-2018•Alex Malcolm

Queensland strike back after Alex Doolan century

Peter George picked up three wickets as Tasmania slumped from 1 for 188 to 4 for 195 before ending the day at 5 for 257

16-Oct-2018•The Report by Alex Malcolm

What does the Sheffield Shield stand for in 2018?

The instruction to every Sheffield Shield batsman and bowler this week is runs and wickets in spades will put them on the cusp of Test selection. But have Australia's selectors been following that mantra?

15-Oct-2018•Alex Malcolm

White and Handscomb carry Victoria to JLT Cup title

Tasmania's Gurinder Sandhu claims a hat-trick in a losing cause

10-Oct-2018•The Report by Alex Malcolm

Handscomb, Harris, Maddinson propel Victoria to final

The hosts knocked defending champions Western Australia out and progress to take on Tasmania in the final on Wednesday

07-Oct-2018•The Report by Alex Malcolm

Victoria progress to semi-finals after washout

Victoria finished higher than New South Wales on the table by a net run rate difference of 0.02 and thus progressed to face Western Australia

04-Oct-2018•Alex Malcolm

Australia turn focus on playing the long innings

Coach Langer wants his team to "be prepared to bat for a long, long time". That goal was on show in the tour game, which could define the Test XI

04-Oct-2018•Alex Malcolm

Queensland qualify for semi-finals despite Callum Ferguson ton

Chasing a revised 359-run target, South Australia fell short by 24 runs as the spin duo of Matthew Kuhnemann and Mitchell Swepson shared six wickets

03-Oct-2018•The Report by Alex Malcolm

Henriques, Edwards crack centuries in NSW's come-from-behind win

Queensland had reached 246 for 3 in the 38th over before Chris Green's five-for helped New South Wales bowl them out for 296

01-Oct-2018•The Report by Alex Malcolm

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