Category: Australia Cricket

Is it Shane Warne’s “ball of the century” that beguiled Mike Gatting? Or his famous Ashes hattrick at the MCG a year later in 1994?

Eighteen months after the 2023 World Cup final heartbreak, India finally has its revenge.

Australia captain Steve Smith says his team are confident they can counter India’s quality spin attack in their Champions Trophy semi-final in Dubai on Tuesday.

Cooper Connolly has officially been added to Australia’s Champions Trophy squad, replacing the injured Matt Short.

Spinner Varun Chakravarthy returned figures of 5-42 as India beat New Zealand by 44 runs on Sunday to set up a semi-final clash with Australia in the Champions Trophy.

Glenn Phillips has done it again.

Australia’s decision to fly to the United Arab Emirates in preparation for a potential semi-final against India has paid off as the Champions Trophy’s scheduling comes under further scrutiny.

England’s focus shifts quickly towards the 2027 World Cup after Jos Buttler’s men were bundled out of the Champions Trophy with three humbling group-stage defeats.

Coach Brendon McCullum backed Jos Buttler to play a big role for England after standing down as the team’s white-ball captain following a dismal Champions Trophy campaign.

South Australia’s trophy drought is over.

A quad injury for Australian opener Matthew Short has opened the door for Jake Fraser-McGurk’s ODI return ahead of the Champions Trophy semi-finals.

Australia has avoided a repeat of the infamous Jonny Bairstow stumping after captain Steve Smith withdrew an appeal for a potentially controversial run out during Friday’s Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan in Lahore.

Jos Buttler has announced he will tomorrow stand down as England’s one-day captain, after his side once again failed to move past the group stage of a white-ball tournament.

• Points shared after rain halts Australia’s chase of 274
• Afghanistan hopes rest on England crushing South Africa

Australia went through to the Champions Trophy semi-final thanks to a no-result in the Lahore rain on Friday night, but looked well on track to get there on their own dime against Afghanistan before the abandonment for a wet outfield 12.5 overs into their chase. According to statisticians, that is too early to use the recalculation formula to award a win, but even those with a far more basic grasp of mathematics could see that 109 was an awfully long way towards a target of 274, and one wicket down was not a factor. With Travis Head rampaging on 59 from 40 balls, Australia were going at 8.5 an over and needed 4.5 from there.

Still, it was a shame not to at least see the possibility of a twist via Afghanistan’s spinners, with Rashid Khan not getting a bowl before the rain. There was extra frisson around this game given it was the first ODI between the sides since the Maxwell miracle at Mumbai in 2023, when the Australian all-rounder became the only player ever to make a double century in the second innings of a one-day game. This time around he wasn’t required to face a ball, though he contributed a very tidy 1 for 28 as a bowler in the first innings.

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Australia has qualified for the Champions Trophy semi-finals after Friday’s Group B match against Afghanistan ended without a result in persistent rain in Lahore on Friday.