Category: Australia Cricket

Chaos ensued in the lead up to the third one-day international between England and the West Indies, with London traffic delaying the toss by over half an hour.

Punjab Kings stand in the way of Virat Kohli’s dream of finally winning the Indian Premier League in Tuesday’s final at the world’s biggest cricket stadium.

Australian white-ball superstar Glenn Maxwell has announced his retirement from 50-over cricket, effective immediately.

Joe Root struck his maiden one-day international score of over 150 as England beat the West Indies by three wickets in Cardiff to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in a three-match series.

Shreyas Iyer led from the front with an unbeaten 87 as Punjab Kings beat Mumbai Indians by five wickets on Monday (AEST) to set up an IPL final against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.

Rohit Sharma led Mumbai Indians’ batting charge with his 81 to knock Gujarat Titans out of the Indian Premier League with a 20-run win in the eliminator on Friday.

Harry Brook made a winning start as England’s permanent white-ball captain as the hosts hammered the West Indies by 238 runs in the first one-day international at Edgbaston on Thursday.

Australia’s Josh Hazlewood returned figures of 3-21 to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru storm into the Indian Premier League final with a eight-wicket thrashing of Punjab Kings on Thursday.

Skipper Jitesh Sharma hammered an unbeaten 85 and Virat Kohli hit 54 as Royal Challengers Bengaluru stormed into qualifier 1 of the IPL playoffs with a six-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants on Tuesday.

Australian coach Andrew McDonald says a decision on playing an all-rounder in the World Test Championship final will determine if one of Sam Konstas or Marnus Labuschagne misses out as selectors weigh up doing something “we’ve never done before” at Lord’s and promote Labuschagne to opener.

In one of the most lopsided scorecards in cricket history, a London club side lost a 45-over per side match by 424 runs after being bowled out for just two runs on Saturday.

Australia’s Josh Inglis scored 73 while coach Ricky Ponting earned special praise as Punjab Kings scored a seven-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians to secure a top two finish moving into the IPL playoffs.

Cameron Green’s preparation for an all but certain return to Australia’s top order in the World Test Championship final could hardly be going better.

South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen struck his second IPL century on Sunday as he powered Sunrisers Hyderabad to a mammoth 278-3 and a 110-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders.

Ben Stokes came to the defence of Ollie Pope by saying the vice-captain’s century against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge had answered an “agenda” against the Surrey batsman.