Melinda Farrell

How Alyssa Healy went from slugger to beast

A World Cup exit three years ago changed the way the Australia keeper-batter approached her game

15-May-2020•Melinda Farrell

ESPNcricinfo Awards 2019 Women's bowling winner: Scary Perry

Ellyse Perry demolished England in the process of securing the best ODI figures by an Australian woman

10-Feb-2020•Melinda Farrell

ESPNcricinfo Awards 2019 Women's batting winner: the Meg

The opposition better beware when Australia's apex predator is on the prowl

10-Feb-2020•Melinda Farrell

The naive and fragile boy who became the world's top bowler

Pat Cummins was young and thrillingly quick but never fit long enough to make an impact. Not anymore

19-Nov-2019•Melinda Farrell

How a summer of ceaseless rivalry ended with honours even

Seven Anglo-Australian contests across two formats and four months ended with a trophy apiece and little to separate the sides

16-Sep-2019•Melinda Farrell

Stokes' summer, Smith's Ashes

England and Australia's two heroes will be forever linked to this extraordinary Ashes series and remarkable English summer

09-Sep-2019•Melinda Farrell at Old Trafford

'I've lost a bit of sleep thinking how we're going to get Stokes out' - Paine

Australia captain dismissive of Jofra Archer's comments that Australia panicked towards the end of the Headingley Test

03-Sep-2019•Melinda Farrell at Old Trafford

Steven Smith's first thought was of Phillip Hughes after being struck by ball to the neck

'Particularly where I got hit, just a bit of past came up, if you know what I mean, from a few years ago' - Smith

28-Aug-2019•Melinda Farrell

Do you remember how it started?

The exhilarating ebbs and flows of an extraordinary Headingley Ashes Test match will live long in the memory of those who witnessed it

26-Aug-2019•Melinda Farrell in Leeds

Australia must stare down the monster that is Jofra Archer's bouncer

Just like getting back in the saddle after being thrown from a horse, batsmen have to confront danger

21-Aug-2019•Melinda Farrell in Leeds

'The Three' block out the boos as Steve Smith's bubble proves to be the real fortress

England fans' dreary, repetitive boos lose their bite as Smith sculpts his perfect comeback

05-Aug-2019•Melinda Farrell

'It's England v Australia but we'll still shake hands' - Bairstow on Warner friendship

Previous alliances - and battles - put to one side for Ashes contest says England wicketkeeper

29-Jul-2019•Melinda Farrell

England, Australia brace for pitch battle as Women's Ashes reach point of no return

England captain Heather Knight hopes spinning wicket will bring her side back into contest after ODI defeats

17-Jul-2019•Melinda Farrell in Taunton

Concussion substitutes set to debut in Ashes

The issue is on the agenda at the ongoing ICC annual conference, and ESPNcricinfo understands the changes to playing conditions will almost certainly be approved

16-Jul-2019•Melinda Farrell

Whuddathunkit ... it's Liam Plunkett, in the Middle Overs, with the Cross-Seam Delivery

Who'd have thought Liam Plunkett Bowling Cross-Seam In The Middle Overs could become a thing?

15-Jul-2019•Melinda Farrell at Lord's

Boundary countback rule 'tough to swallow' - Williamson

New Zealand captain says it's tough to process losing the World Cup in such a fashion after scores were tied at end of each innings and in the Super Overs

15-Jul-2019•Melinda Farrell at Lord's

Peter Handscomb 'definitely in', Marcus Stoinis fit - Justin Langer

The Australia coach said both Handscomb and Stoinis would feature in the XI for the semi-final against England

09-Jul-2019•Melinda Farrell in Birmingham

'We'll be doing everything we can to nullify Bairstow and Roy' - Justin Langer

Australia's head coach has likened England having their first-choice opening pair fit and firing to his own team having Smith, Warner and Starc back after long absences

07-Jul-2019•Melinda Farrell

Eternal scrappers New Zealand happy to fly under the radar

Some have asked if they should be in the semi-finals at all. Others have written them off. New Zealand are happy to be in this position, with all the expectation on their opponents

07-Jul-2019•Melinda Farrell at Old Trafford

Usman Khawaja out of World Cup, Matthew Wade lined up as replacement

'We have to work hard on getting him up for the Ashes now,' coach Justin Langer said

07-Jul-2019•Melinda Farrell

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