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Sky News AU
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Sky News AU
Cricket: Victorian seamer Fergus O'Neill on his brilliant form and baggy green aspiration
Fergus O'Neill doesn't have to look very far for international inspiration. The 24-year-old seam sensation has taken his relentless Sheffield Shield form overseas, collecting 21 wickets at 17.9 in four County games for Notts. O'Neill's spree of English scalps follows a 38-wicket Aussie summer that netted him the Sheffield Shield player of the year award. But as his stocks as a future Test player rise, O'Neill is staying patient and drawing motivation from the late-career flurry of Victorian teammate Scott Boland. 'We got Scotty Boland with us at the Vics who has had so much success for Australia into his 30s,' O'Neill told Willow Talk Podcast. 'I think for a lot of the young boys at the Vics, we look at him as a bit of a model. You know it's going to look different for everyone. 'The pecking order, it's (Mitch) Starc, (Pat) Cummins, (Josh) Hazlewood, Boland and then it's probably light years to the next. 'They've been so good for so long, it's going to be very hard to fill those shoes for whoever gets the opportunity.' O'Neill was born in New Zealand before moving to Australia at a young age and has Irish heritage. Despite eligibility to play elsewhere, O'Neill's allegiance is to Australia and he says he is happy to earn his chance to pull on the baggy green. 'I think what Scotty, and Sidds (Peter Siddle) to be fair, have been telling me is 'every time you play, you're just playing for that team and you're just trying to play well. If higher honours are a by-product of that, then you go there and try and play well',' he said. 'I think if I have done that for Victoria and I've got an opportunity with Aussie A, I think I have done that for Aussie A. 'If that turns into a baggy green … I am just going to try and perform. 'I feel like a lot of people put a lot of pressure on themselves to get a baggy green or do this, do that. I am not too bothered about that. I am playing every game and try to play every game well, and what will happen from that will happen.' O'Neill is enjoying a break from any form of cricket before he returns to train with the Notts T20 Vitality Blast team. Originally published as Victorian seamer Fergus O'Neill on his brilliant form and baggy green aspiration
The Advertiser
27-04-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Aussie O'Neill strikes again as top county bowler
Australia's Sheffield Shield player of the season continues to take the county championship by storm, with Nottinghamshire quick Fergus O'Neill regaining his position atop the list of the season's most prolific wicket-takers in the English first-class game.
Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Aussie O'Neill strikes again as top county bowler
Australia's Sheffield Shield player of the season continues to take the county championship by storm, with Nottinghamshire quick Fergus O'Neill regaining his position atop the list of the season's most prolific wicket-takers in the English first-class game. The 24-year-old Victorian, who's swiftly established himself as a new favourite at Trent Bridge since joining Notts, has been instrumental in helping drive them to joint-top of the first division table with his quick-bowling salvos. And though he had missed out on taking any wickets in the first innings of their latest home match against Sussex as Josh Tongue and Brett Hutton took the spoils, O'Neill was back at the heart of the action on Saturday as his three wickets helped propel Notts in sight of another victory. Brilliance, from every angle.#NOTvSUS | 📺 — Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) April 26, 2025 His triple strike in 12 overs that ripped the heart out of Sussex's resistance was headed by an instinctive piece of fielding brilliance off his own bowling when, seemingly a touch off-balance, he stuck out his right hand to snaffle a full-blooded drive from opener Tom Haines when he was going along swimmingly on 64. The caught-and-bowled came after he had trapped Tom Alsop lbw and before he had Oli Carter caught expertly at slip by England opener Ben Duckett, the three wickets helping reduce Sussex to 7-195 in their second innings, still only 64 ahead with three wickets remaining. Duckett's buckets 🧤#NOTvSUS | 📺 — Nottinghamshire CCC (@TrentBridge) April 26, 2025 It also brought his haul of wickets for the season to 21, more than anyone else in either division of the championship, but Notts will be disappointed to be losing his services after this match as his deal was just to play the first month of the season to cover for South African Dane Paterson. Another Australian who's been in good form, 36-year-old Sussex opener Dan Hughes, had earlier been dismissed for 25 by the much-touted English teenage spinner Farhan Ahmed, 17-year-old younger brother of another legspinning prodigy, Rehan Ahmed. In the second-division clash at Bristol being presided over by two Australian county captains, Gloucestershire's Cam Bancroft and Leicestershire's Peter Handscomb, home opener Bancroft looked set to finally get some runs on the board after a lean match for the pair and Gloucester's big-name Aussie signing Cam Green. Bancroft (31*) and O Price (35*) digging deep in tricky conditions ⛅Glos are currently 73/1 with a lead of 63.#BecomeGlorious — Gloucestershire Cricket 🏆 (@Gloscricket) April 26, 2025 Bancroft knuckled down in the final session of day two to finish unbeaten on 36 as he guided his side to 2-88, only 78 ahead in their second innings after Dom Goodman's maiden first-class five-wicket haul had helped the home side bowl out Leicester for 262. That 36no represented 24 more than the three Aussies had managed between them in their first knocks, and Bancroft will be looking to kick on towards his second century of the season after his 163 on the same ground against Glamorgan in his opener. Meanwhile, champions Surrey, who've made a disappointing start to their title defence, established a 38-run lead in their clash with Somerset, with three of their England batters Rory Burns, Jamie Smith and Dom Sibley making half-centuries as they finished on 7-321 in response to Somerset's first innings 283. Dan Worrall, Australia's would-be England quick who was named as one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year earlier in the week, ended with 2-50 off his 21 overs for Surrey.
Perth Now
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Aussie O'Neill strikes again as top county bowler
Australia's Sheffield Shield player of the season continues to take the county championship by storm, with Nottinghamshire quick Fergus O'Neill regaining his position atop the list of the season's most prolific wicket-takers in the English first-class game. The 24-year-old Victorian, who's swiftly established himself as a new favourite at Trent Bridge since joining Notts, has been instrumental in helping drive them to joint-top of the first division table with his quick-bowling salvos. And though he had missed out on taking any wickets in the first innings of their latest home match against Sussex as Josh Tongue and Brett Hutton took the spoils, O'Neill was back at the heart of the action on Saturday as his three wickets helped propel Notts in sight of another victory. His triple strike in 12 overs that ripped the heart out of Sussex's resistance was headed by an instinctive piece of fielding brilliance off his own bowling when, seemingly a touch off-balance, he stuck out his right hand to snaffle a full-blooded drive from opener Tom Haines when he was going along swimmingly on 64. The caught-and-bowled came after he had trapped Tom Alsop lbw and before he had Oli Carter caught expertly at slip by England opener Ben Duckett, the three wickets helping reduce Sussex to 7-195 in their second innings, still only 64 ahead with three wickets remaining. It also brought his haul of wickets for the season to 21, more than anyone else in either division of the championship, but Notts will be disappointed to be losing his services after this match as his deal was just to play the first month of the season to cover for South African Dane Paterson. Another Australian who's been in good form, 36-year-old Sussex opener Dan Hughes, had earlier been dismissed for 25 by the much-touted English teenage spinner Farhan Ahmed, 17-year-old younger brother of another legspinning prodigy, Rehan Ahmed. In the second-division clash at Bristol being presided over by two Australian county captains, Gloucestershire's Cam Bancroft and Leicestershire's Peter Handscomb, home opener Bancroft looked set to finally get some runs on the board after a lean match for the pair and Gloucester's big-name Aussie signing Cam Green. Bancroft knuckled down in the final session of day two to finish unbeaten on 36 as he guided his side to 2-88, only 78 ahead in their second innings after Dom Goodman's maiden first-class five-wicket haul had helped the home side bowl out Leicester for 262. That 36no represented 24 more than the three Aussies had managed between them in their first knocks, and Bancroft will be looking to kick on towards his second century of the season after his 163 on the same ground against Glamorgan in his opener. Meanwhile, champions Surrey, who've made a disappointing start to their title defence, established a 38-run lead in their clash with Somerset, with three of their England batters Rory Burns, Jamie Smith and Dom Sibley making half-centuries as they finished on 7-321 in response to Somerset's first innings 283. Dan Worrall, Australia's would-be England quick who was named as one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year earlier in the week, ended with 2-50 off his 21 overs for Surrey.
Yahoo
20-04-2025
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- Yahoo
Haseeb Hameed carries his bat as Nottinghamshire dominate Warwickshire
Fergus O'Neill and Josh Tongue bowled Rothesay County Championship Division One leaders Nottinghamshire into a commanding position in their top-of-the-table clash with Warwickshire. The pair took two second innings wickets each to leave the hosts, who were skittled for just 93 first time out, on 163 for six and 111 runs in arrears heading into the final day at Edgbaston. Skipper Haseeb Hameed had earlier carried his bat for an unbeaten 138 as Notts added 163 run to their overnight total of 204 for five, with Michael Booth claiming five for 90 to leave the home side trailing by 284 runs. Some brilliant Easter Sunday performances. 💪 8⃣2⃣ Sibley1⃣0⃣3⃣ Pope1⃣1⃣7⃣* Lawrence4⃣7⃣* Foakes 2nd wicket: 1⃣7⃣9⃣4th wicket: 1⃣5⃣3⃣* 🤎 | #SurreyCricket — Surrey Cricket (@surreycricket) April 20, 2025 England's Ollie Pope and Dan Lawrence both scored centuries as Surrey fought back to head into day four of their game against Sussex at Hove with a draw the most likely result. Dom Sibley and Pope, who had resumed at 90 for one, put on 179 for the second wicket before Sibley went caught and bowled by James Coles for 82, and Pope soon followed for 103 with the score on 237 for three. However, Lawrence, who ended the day on 117 not out, and Ben Foakes, unbeaten on 47, took up the baton to steer their side to 390 for three by stumps, 45 runs behind. Sean Dickson and Tom Lammonby frustrated Hampshire to send Somerset into the final day at Southampton still trailing by 49. Off stump sent flying!! 💥 Pottsy has a second and Yorkshire 118/4, trailing by 2. #ForTheNorth — Durham Cricket (@DurhamCricket) April 20, 2025 The pair staged an unbroken second-wicket stand of 53 to leave their side on 103 for one after Nick Gubbins and Liam Dawson had taken their overnight scores to 82 and 72 respectively as the home side established a 152-run first innings lead with a total of 336, Migael Pretorius mopping up the tail to finish with five for 64. Ben Raine and Matthew Potts kept Durham in the hunt for a first victory of the season as they claimed two wickets apiece to leave Yorkshire on 132 for four, just 12 runs ahead. Raine trapped openers Adam Lyth and Finlay Bean in front before Potts claimed the wickets of James Wharton and Dawid Malan after skipper Alex Lees' 172 and 152 from Emilio Gay had seen the hosts make 427 all out at Chester-le-Street. Jamie Porter took three second-innings wickets for 36 as Essex bowled themselves to the brink of victory over Worcestershire at Chelmsford. That's it from Canterbury for today Once again Spring weather obstructs Gloucestershire in their pursuit of a win. End of Day 3:Gloucestershire lead by 191 and are 112/2. #BecomeGlorious — Gloucestershire Cricket 🏆 (@Gloscricket) April 20, 2025 Kashif Ali's 50 and 36 from skipper Brett D'Oliveira kept the visitors in with a chance after they had been set 295 for victory, but wickets fell at regular intervals to dent their chances of a maiden win of the campaign. Ben Compton's 178 and a half-century from Grant Stewart left Division Two leaders Kent with a 79-run first innings deficit as they were dismissed for 393 at Canterbury. Visitors Gloucestershire had added a further 112 for the loss of openers Cameron Bancroft and Ben Charlesworth when rain intervened. Ian Holland and Logan van Beek ripped through the Lancashire top order as Leicestershire blasted their way towards victory at Old Trafford. CLOSE: #DCCC reach stumps on Day Three at 202-3, with Madsen (62*) and Guest (12*) unbeaten. Scorecard ⤵️ — Derbyshire CCC (@DerbyshireCCC) April 20, 2025 After opener Rehan Ahmed had gone for 100 and skipper Peter Handscomb had finished unbeaten on 142 from a total of 491 for eight declared, Holland removed opener Keaton Jennings and number three Anderson Phillip and Van Beek accounted for Michael Jones to reduce the visitors to 16 for three, still 212 adrift. Derbyshire will take a nine-run lead into the final day of their clash with Northamptonshire at the County Ground after half-centuries from Caleb Jewell and captain Wayne Madsen kept them in the hunt. Skipper Luke Proctor's 150 and 105 from Saif Zaib looked to have left Northants in control as they declared on 500 for eight with a first innings lead of 193, but the hosts had reached 202 for three by the time the umpires called it a day. Glamorgan face a final-day battle to avoid defeat at Lord's, with the visitors needing another 85 runs to make Middlesex bat again having already lost five second-innings wickets. Leus du Plooy and Ben Geddes made 89 and 83 respectively as the hosts declared on 470 for nine to increase their side's advantage to 271, and although openers Zain-ul-Hassan and Eddie Byrom put on 93 for the first wicket, the Welsh side were reduced to 186 for five by the close with Toby Roland-Jones taking two for 50.
