Category: Australia Cricket

Henry Nicholls’ superb unbeaten century saw New Zealand into an utterly dominant position against England in the second Test at the Oval on Friday.

Matt Renshaw’s all-round show with an unbeaten 89 and a wicket helped Australia with a seven-run win over Bangladesh in the second T20 in Chattogram on Friday to seal the three-match series.

England captain Ben Stokes could return to Test duty as soon as next week’s series finale against New Zealand, several British media outlets reported Thursday.

Tom Blundell hit New Zealand’s first fifty of the series and Glenn Phillips posted an unbeaten 49 as the tourists fought back against England on an intriguing opening day of the second Test at the Oval on Wednesday.

Georgia Voll starred as Australia eased to a nine-wicket win over Bangladesh in their T20 World Cup clash at Headingley on Wednesday.

Cooper Connolly continued his impressive form with the bat as two Australian debutants impressed in a four-wicket win over Bangladesh in the opening T20 international on Wednesday.

Joe Root says he is taking the England captaincy on a “game-by-game basis” after replacing the exiled Ben Stokes for this week’s second Test against New Zealand.

Fifteen-year-old cricket sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi blew his fuse in an India A game in Sri Lanka and pushed an opposition player after a heated on-field exchange.

England coach Brendon McCullum said he felt “bewildered, on to angry, on to kind of gutted” upon finding out about Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson’s nightclub incident.

Cricket Australia and state heavyweights have agreed in principle to proceed with Big Bash League privatisation discussions, subject to four non-negotiable requirements.

Opener Cooper Connolly blazed 149 runs off 134 balls to lead Australia to a dramatic one-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the third and final ODI in Mirpur on Sunday.

• 3rd ODI: Australia, 9-277, bt Bangladesh, 5-274, by 1 wkt

• Connolly (149) falls in late collapse; hosts win series 2-1

Cooper Connolly came of age with his maiden international ton as Australia squeaked out a nail-biting one-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the third and final ODI of their series.

Connolly defied cramps to play the innings of his life at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday, smashing 149 off 133 balls as Australia narrowly avoided a whitewash by edging past Bangladesh’s five for 274 with three deliveries to spare.

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The Australian Cricketers’ Association has halted Big Bash League privatisation, pledging to reject the current plan without an improved deal for players.

Australia cruised to a 65-run win against South Africa in their opening Women’s T20 World Cup match on Saturday.

Skipper Shubman Gill’s unbeaten 84 and inspired bowling led India to an emphatic seven-wicket win over Afghanistan in a rain-reduced 25-overs-a-side ODI contest on Saturday.