Category: Australia Cricket

Jhye Richardson’s long-awaited return to Sheffield Shield cricket has been marred by a freak shoulder injury, sustained while celebrating a wicket during his first over of the match.

Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has become the most expensive player in Indian Premier League history, signed by the Lucknow Super Giants for 27 crore (AU$4.92 million).

Countless touring openers have been found out by Australia’s bouncy decks, so Yashasvi Jaiswal’s first-innings dismissal in Perth seemed like the start of a familiar story.

Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli cracked centuries before another stunning burst from India captain Jasprit Bumrah put Australia on the cusp of a heavy defeat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener.

The young batter’s death stirred the public in ways we’d never before seen and remains a reminder that sport is ultimately a shared experience

That day, that week, that helpless, hopeless fortnight comes at you 10 years later in a blur of images – the bowler cradling Phillip Hughes’ head, the teammate removing his pads, the orderly assembly of cricket bats on front porches, the detached explanation of the neurosurgeon, the mourners fanning themselves in the high school gymnasium.

It was a basal subarachnoid haemorrhage – a sick fluke. We’re largely inured to such tragedies now but occasionally they get in your marrow. A child is struck by a car crashing into a playground. A family is blown to bits by a missile. A young girl is murdered and dumped in a tip. A cricketer is killed at the crease.

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Australian coach Andrew McDonald has vowed the nation will see a different version of Marnus Labuschagne when his chance to bat again comes in Perth, with the host nation in a massive hole in the first Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy.

Having rattled Australia with a brilliant burst of bowling on Friday afternoon, India flexed its muscles with the bat in markedly different conditions on the second day of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Perth.

Mitch Starc and India’s Harshit Rana have engaged in an entertaining mid-pitch exchange during Australia’s first innings.

Queensland prodigy Georgia Voll has earned her maiden national call-up, named in Australia’s 13-player squad for next month’s ODI series against India.

India has seized control of the Perth Test against Australia after openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and KL Rahul laid the platform for an unassailable lead on day two of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series opener.

The world’s biggest cricket auction is all set for this Sunday evening, with 37 Australians throwing their hat in the Indian Premier League ring for 2025 — and this year, it’s going to be mega.

In an extraordinary opening day of the highly-anticipated Border Gavaskar Trophy series, a staggering 17 wickets fell as the superstar bowlers of both nations delivered a performance suggesting this could be a nightmare series for those wielding the willow.

An emerging Indian talent has revealed he was advised to brace for Australian bouncers as though he was preparing to take a bullet for his country after an astonishing opening day of the Border Gavaskar Trophy series.