Big Bash Final Preview: Behrendorff and Coulter-Nile set to star
One more win, that’s all that matters for two of the best fast bowlers in the country Jason Behrendorff and Nathan Coulter-Nile.
Coulter-Nile named in Twenty20 World Cup squad
Nathan Coulter-Nile has won selection into the Australian Twenty20 squad following an impressive summer with the Perth Scorchers in the shortest format of the game. Coulter-Nile took 8 wickets in the Big Bash League at a strike rate of 12.50 and is renowned for his excellent at-the-death bowling with the game on the line. Australia…
Coulter-Nile wins Big Bash with Perth Scorchers
The Perth Scorchers have won their first Big Bash League title at the WACA tonight, defeating the Hobart Hurricanes by 39 runs. It was a case of third time lucky for the Scorchers after receiving the runners-up medal to the Sydney Sixers (2012) and Brisbane Heat (2013). Shaun Marsh set up the win for the…
Australia lose nail-biter in T20I against India
Australia has lost a thrilling one-off T20I against India, played at Rajkot overnight. Having been asked to bat first by Indian captain MS Doni, Australia scored a massive 201 for seven in their 20 overs, with Aaron Finch top-scoring (89 off 52-balls) before Nathan Coulter-Nile chipped in with an unbeaten 12 not out at the…
Coulter-Nile battle-ready for India-Australia ODI series
This year’s Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) couldn’t have been staged at a better time for Australia as five of their players who featured in the tournament are now battle-ready for the seven-match ODI series against India. Nathan Coulter Nile joined Mitchell Johnson, Glenn Maxwell (Mumbai Indians) and Shane Watson and James Faulkner (Rajasthan Royals) as…
Richer for the India experience: Coulter-Nile
Nathan Coulter-Nile had huge responsibility to fulfil when he chose his IPL team, Mumbai Indians, over his local team, Perth Scorchers, during the 2013 CLT20. The young Australian pacer was to play a lead role in the absence of Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga. And Coulter-Nile didn’t disappoint. Although he picked up only six wickets…
Australian team arrives in India for ODI series
The Australian cricket arrived in India yesterday for the seven-match ODI series against India that will be preceded by the lone T20 game at Rajkot on October 10. The ODI series commences on October 13 in Pune and concludes in Bangalore on November 2. Five Australian squad members – including Nathan Coulter-Nile – were already…
Champions League T20 Final Win for Coulter-Nile
Nathan Coulter-Nile’s T20 franchise Mumbai Indians have beaten Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in the final of the Champions League Twenty20 at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi on Sunday. Coulter-Nile finished with figures of 1-33 from 3 overs in a high scoring match. A three-wicket over in the 17th over of the Rajasthan Royals’ innings — bowled…
Big Bash catapults Coulter-Nile to IPL stardom
Nathan Coulter-Nile’s feat as a game-breaker in Perth’s final Champions League match arguably sums up the Big Bash League’s status as a feeder competition for the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL). Last summer, Coulter-Nile’s pace bowling and heavy lower-order hitting helped the Perth Scorchers into the BBL final and in turn, a place in India to perform on…
I wish Sachin could play forever: Coulter-Nile
Just like any other young cricketer, Australian speedster Nathan Coulter-Nile is in awe of Sachin Tendulkar and does not want the senior India batsman to retire from the game. Plying his trade for the Mumbai Indians franchise, for Coulter-Nile, Tendulkar is one player who is more than willing to give an insight about the game. “Sachin…