Category: Australia Cricket

Jason Sangha has almost experienced it all at the Sydney Thunder.

The Hobart Hurricanes’ season couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start.

Tilak Varma anchored India’s chase with an unbeaten 72 to lead the hosts to a thrilling two-wicket victory over England in the second T20 international on Saturday.

England women’s coach Jon Lewis has claimed that “cultural differences” are responsible for Australia’s superior athleticism after his team’s fitness levels were thrust into the spotlight during an unsuccessful Ashes campaign.

The teenage prodigy who scooped his way into national consciousness on Boxing Day has a lot to prove on Australia’s upcoming tour and beyond

If you’re Sam Konstas, you’re used to things moving quickly. It took 718 first-class runs to get into the Australian team. It took 113 Test runs to potentially change the way it is set up. For almost two years since Travis Head won a shootout in India, the plan has been clear: on the next ragging Asian pitch, the usual No 5 would skip up the order, opening the batting to target rare overs of seam or to smack spinners using a harder ball. Usman Khawaja would partner him with graft, the veteran regular opener bridging the gap after David Warner’s retirement.

A few weeks before Australia’s imminent series in Sri Lanka, though, that plan was turned upside down. Konstas is also an opener. Konstas is also in the squad. On the momentum of the moment, Konstas is going to play. So either Khawaja moves down the order for the first time in years, Konstas plays out of position in his third Test, or Australia abandon the Head plan that has sat there for so long waiting to be implemented. However it goes will mean a major last-minute change on the basis of a Test career that reads 60, 8, 23, 22.

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The West Indies gained a slender nine-run lead over Pakistan Saturday as spinners dominated the opening day of the second Test in Multan, with Noman Ali achieving a hat trick for the home side.

England’s humiliating Ashes campaign sunk to a new low on Saturday evening as Australia secured a crushing 72-run win at Adelaide Oval to sweep the T20 leg of the tour.

It all comes down to this.

Sydney Sixers captain Moises Henriques has lamented the club’s recent record in Big Bash League knockout matches after the men in magenta failed to qualify for the tournament decider despite finishing second on the ladder.

Australian coach Andrew McDonald says former Tasmanian bowler Adam Griffiths will add “invaluable” expertise after being put in charge of Australia’s fast bowling present and future as the new pace bowling coach.

The Sydney Thunder are through to their second BBL final after claiming victory over rivals the Sydney Sixers in a thrilling Challenger clash on Friday night.

Three Australians could potentially make their Test debut over the coming fortnight as the tourists grapple with how to balance their starting XI for the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy campaign against Sri Lanka.

It has been another huge summer for the Big Bash League — and cricket officials are discussing major rule changes that could make the competition even more entertaining for fans next season, a new report says.

The Sydney Thunder are embracing their underdog tag ahead of Friday’s Challenger against cross-town rivals the Sixers, with the men in lime green needing to break an eight-year drought at the SCG to qualify for their first Big Bash League final since 2016.

Alyssa Healy is in a race against the clock to recover from a foot injury before next week’s pink-ball Ashes Test at the MCG, with Australia unveiling its 13-player squad for the historic fixture.