Category: Australia Cricket

Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva and the in-form Kamindu Mendis frustrated England with an unbroken century partnership on the second day of the third Test at The Oval on Saturday.

Australia has secured a 3-0 series whitewash over Scotland following Cameron Green’s all-round heroics during the third T20I at The Grange on Saturday.

• Third T20: Scotland 149-9; Australia 153-4 (16.1 ov)
• Cameron Green takes 3-35 and hits 62 in victory

Australia made it a clean sweep in Scotland, comfortably winning their third T20 international in Edinburgh before heading south to face England.

The Scots’ total of nine for 149 was never likely to be enough and Cameron Green starred with ball and bat, taking three wickets for 35 and ensuring no slip-ups with a controlled 62 off 39 balls in Australia’s reply. The only real blot for the Aussies was another duck for opener Jake Fraser-McGurk.

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Cricket’s archaic rules were once again in the spotlight after bad light marred day one of the third Test between England and Sri Lanka at The Oval.

England fast bowler Mark Wood said it was “rubbish news” he had been ruled out for the rest of the year with a right elbow injury.

Ollie Pope returned to form on his home ground with a first hundred as England captain on Friday’s opening day of the third Test against Sri Lanka at The Oval.

Wicketkeeper Josh Inglis has blasted the fastest century by an Australian in T20 internationals as the tourists secured a series victory over Scotland in Edinburgh on Friday.

• Wicketkeeper masters conditions with 103 in Edinburgh
• Marcus Stoinis claims four wickets to wrap up win

Wicketkeeper Josh Inglis and Marcus Stoinis, who claimed four wickets, were the stars as Australia beat Scotland by 70 runs in the second T20 in Edinburgh on Friday.

Inglis used his feet superbly and scored runs all around the ground as he hit 103 off 49 balls as Australia reached 196-4 off 20 overs. Australia lead the series 2-0 with one match to play.

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Brendon McCullum is confident he can manage the added workload following his appointment as England’s white-ball coach, admitting the dual role would have been “nigh on impossible” when he took over the Test side two years ago.

Mongolia has recorded the joint-lowest score in men’s T20Is, bowled out for 10 during Thursday’s T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier against Singapore in Bangi.

It was during a routine net session in July when Australian cricketer Sophie Molineux sustained a rib injury that jeopardised her T20 World Cup dream.

Scotland spinner Mark Watt was controversially denied a wicket when Australian wicketkeeper Josh Inglis belatedly withdrew from a delivery during the first T20I at The Grange in Edinburgh on Wednesday.

• Pair hit 113 off the first six overs as UK tour starts
• Australia win by seven wickets in Edinburgh

Travis Head and Mitch Marsh have clubbed a world record T20 international powerplay score with a brutal display of hitting as Australia launched their white-ball UK tour by thrashing Scotland with more than half their overs to spare.

Head made 80 in 25 balls and Marsh 39 in 12 as the pair racked up 113 in the six overs – a mark which surpassed the 102 made by South Africa against the West Indies last year.

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Champion batter Travis Head and Australian captain Mitch Marsh have monstered Scotland to set a new world mark for a powerplay en route to a dominant T20 success at The Grange in Edinburgh.

Bangladesh celebrated a historic, first-ever Test series win over Pakistan with a tense six-wicket victory in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, setting the nation up for a monumetal series against India next month.