Category: Australia Cricket

Ravichandran Ashwin’s dad has claimed that “humiliation” may have played a role in his sudden retirement from the Indian cricket team.

Retired Australian wicketkeeper Matthew Wade looks set to spend time on the sidelines this BBL series, after a calf injury forced him out of Wednesday night’s record-breaking loss to the Melbourne Renegades.

The Australian selectors have unveiled their squad for the upcoming Boxing Day Test against India, dropping opening batsmen Nathan McSweeney and calling up teenage prodigy Sam Konstas.

The Melbourne Renegades have enforced a demolition of the highest order on the Hobart Hurricanes in Geelong on Wednesday night, winning by six wickets in their chase of a franchise record-low target of just 75 runs.

Indian superstar Virat Kohli has been been involved in a verbal stoush with media at Melbourne Airport, landing in Victoria ahead of the Boxing Day test at the MCG.

The winless Melbourne Stars will be bolstered by the inclusion of their two best bats, with Glenn Maxwell and Ben Duckett locked in to face Adelaide Strikers on Friday.

He was belting everything on Tuesday on his way to a record-breaking BBL half-century, but teen sensation Sam Konstas was on the defensive two days later when peppered with questions about his possible Test debut after English legend Michael Vaughan urged Australian selectors to pick him for the final two matches against India.

Australian captain Alyssa Healy is set to return from a knee injury as a specialist batter but her comeback will have to wait as the first ODI against New Zealand in Wellington was abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain.

Beau Webster says his recent addition into the Australian Test squad has only fuelled his desire to wear the Baggy Green.

The race to the World Test Championships final is heating up.

Ravichandran Ashwin told Indian team management he did not want to tour Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Test series unless guaranteed a spot in the playing XI and made his shock retirement decision after being snubbed by coach Gautam Gambhir for two of the three matches so far.

Captain Pat Cummins has jumped to the defence of Australia’s top order after another disappointing performance at the Gabba, attributing their lean run to the country’s lively decks and acknowledging a recent drop in Test batting averages worldwide.

India is one victory away from retaining the coveted Border-Gavaskar Trophy after the rain-marred third Test at the Gabba ended in a draw, despite an audacious bid by Australia to at least make a match of it on the final day in Brisbane.

Brisbane Heat veteran Jimmy Peirson has left the Melbourne Stars scrambling for early season answers, as their Big Bash campaign delivers a second straight loss to start their summer.

Cricket Australia denied that Travis Head sustained an injury on day five at the Gabba, but captain Pat Cummins later revealed the in-form batter is batting a quad issue.