Category: Australia Cricket

West Indies captain Hayley Matthews has been ruled out of the upcoming Women’s Big Bash League in a massive blow to reigning champions the Melbourne Renegades.

There’s expected to be an influx of Pakistani cricket stars in the upcoming Big Bash League, with 74 players from the south Asian nation nominating for this year’s overseas player draft.

With only T20 on his mind in the wake of his ODI retirement, Glenn Maxwell proved himself the money man in an MLC rampage, swatting a staggering 13 sixes in California to blast a sizzling 49-ball century with his parents in the stands.

Nearly 600 cricketers are up for grabs in this year’s Big Bash overseas player drafts as the eight clubs look to strengthen their squads ahead of the 2025/26 campaign.

Former Australian all-rounder Brendon Julian has called for the “struggling” Marnus Labuschagne to be dropped from the Test side ahead of the upcoming Frank Worrell Trophy.

For the first time ever in professional cricket history, a T20 match has been decided by not one, not two but THREE Super Overs.

A reconfigured baseball stadium in California provided the launch pad for one-time boom batter Jake Fraser McGurk to refind his mojo.

Former England Test captain Michael Vaughan declared Australia “look beatable” after its “batting frailties” were exposed in the five-wicket defeat to South Africa in the World Test Championship final.

The Sydney Thunder have offered spinner Tom Andrews his maiden Big Bash League contract, putting pen to paper six months after reviving the Darwin-born all-rounder’s professional career in “extraordinary” circumstances.

Australian coach Andrew McDonald has flagged Travis Head as a wildcard option to open in the West Indies while acknowledging he is not in charge of a “perfect team”.

• New WTC cycle could create opportunity for Australia to refresh ageing team

• Cummins says ‘everyone gets thrown back into the conversation’ after loss at Lord’s

Australia’s captain Pat Cummins has acknowledged that a “reset” is coming for his team after another top-order capitulation opened the door for a South African upset for the ages.

Not having lost an ICC final since 2010, Australia were upstaged by Temba Bavuma’s fighting Proteas at Lord’s in a five-wicket defeat, crushing their hopes of defending the World Test Championship title they won in 2023.

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South African captain Temba Bavuma has revealed one of Australia’s players tried getting in his head with the dreaded “chokers” tag on day four of the World Test Championship final at Lord’s.

Captain Pat Cummins has foreshadowed a significant reset is in order for Australia after it surrendered the World Test Championship when beaten by five wickets by South Africa at Lord’s on Saturday.

South Africa’s big championship hoodoo is over, Australia has surrendered its hold on the World Test Championship and the Proteas fans are celebrating in the stands at Lord’s.

Australia has lost its first ICC men’s final in 15 years, with South Africa lifting the Test Championship Mace after a five-wicket victory over Pat Cummins’ men at Lord’s.