Melinda Farrell

At Lord's, a sea of green, a celebration of cricket, and a lesson for the future

Norms must be broken for a new generation to fall in love with the game, as the fans at the Bangladesh v Pakistan game showed

05-Jul-2019•Melinda Farrell at Lord's

Jonny Bairstow puts 'difficult week' behind him in match-winning performance

Bairstow follows Michael Vaughan spat with century as England defeat India

30-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell at Edgbaston

Gary Stead backs New Zealand openers Colin Munro and Martin Guptill against Australia

Coach plays down speculation about Henry Nicholls moving to top of the order

27-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell

Second spinner might have helped New Zealand, admits Santner

New Zealand concede pitch turned 'more than we though it would' as Babar Azam and Harris Sohail take game away

26-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell at Edgbaston

Mitchell Starc, Jason Behrendorff reprise left-arm double act to upstage England

The last time Australia opened the bowling with two left-arm quicks it was all about the Mitches

25-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell at Lord's

Jonny Bairstow and David Warner set to put IPL bromance behind them

They were lighting up stadiums in India as opening partners three months ago. All that will be forgotten on Tuesday when England meet Australia at Lord's

24-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell at Lord's

Langer backs Australia's under-fire batting gameplans

There have been question marks over how the team has been too slow to start and aren't always explosive at the end, but the head coach is having none of it

23-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell

Stoinis feared injury would end his World Cup

While recovering from his side strain, the allrounder put in extra work on his batting with Ricky Ponting

21-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell

Marcus Stoinis on course for recall as Australia brace for Bangladesh threat

Allrounder on the mend after side strain as Langer prepares for side on the rise, thanks to Shakib Al Hasan's exploits

18-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell at Trent Bridge

'Australia still trying to find best XI' - Brad Haddin

Australia's assistant coach also talks of Maxwell's batting position and the Khawaja conundrum

18-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell

Steven Smith praises Virat Kohli but is happy to brush off the boos

He said the India captain's gesture to silence spectators' heckling was "lovely", but he is more focused on scoring the runs Australia need from him

17-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell

Aaron Finch's statement century gives sense of a corner turned

After his chronic form dip in the Australian summer, captain is back to form ... with the bat if not the coin

15-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell at The Oval

Australia to wait until Bangladesh clash to decide Marcus Stoinis' World Cup future

The allrounder, who is recovering from a side strain, will miss Saturday's match against Sri Lanka

14-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell at The Oval

Short Trent Bridge boundary (and weather) on Ross Taylor's mind

New Zealand batsman thinks shorter boundary on one side could also play on the minds of India's spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav

12-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell in Trent Bridge

Dot-ball pressure, early wickets key to beating India - Lockie Ferguson

Ferguson also praised West Indies' short-ball tactic employed against Australia at Trent Bridge, and suggested that could be a successful template when playing there

11-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell in Nottingham

'Confident in our game plan, open to shuffling batting order' - Langer

Langer concedes that Australia haven't played their perfect game yet but believes that they will get better and better as the tournament progresses

11-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell

Virat Kohli tells India fans not to boo Steven Smith

India captain makes intervention from the middle after "Cheater!" chants directed at Steven Smith

09-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell at The Oval

Australia net bowler in hospital after hit to the head

The medium-pacer, Jai Kishan, was bowling to David Warner and was struck by a shot that came back at him before he could react

08-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell at The Oval

Ponting concerned by Australia's short-ball troubles

"It's pretty fair to say some of the boys are a bit disappointed with their batting at the top," he said about their batting against West Indies

08-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell

West Indies' fury at 'dodgy' decisions as Australia get rub of the green

Frustration for West Indies after day of disputed decisions in closely-fought defeat at Trent Bridge

06-Jun-2019•Melinda Farrell in Nottingham

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