Category: Cricket

Veteran spinner Adam Zampa says the conditions Australia faced in Pakistan for the T20 World Cup warm-up match would have been “alien” for the younger guys in the squad and that batting will be much easier when they eventually get to India.

Travis Head will lead Australia for Thursday’s T20 series opener against Pakistan in Lahore, with captain Mitchell Marsh to be rested for the match, which got underway at 10.00pm (AEDT).

Australia will ramp up its T20 World Cup preparation this week with a three-match white-ball series against Pakistan in the subcontinent.

Former Australian all-rounder Brendon Julian has questioned Cricket Australia’s decision to rest Glenn Maxwell for this week’s white-ball tour of Pakistan, arguing the out-of-form superstar needs time in the middle ahead of the T20 World Cup.

Sophie Molineux has been unveiled as Australia’s new women’s cricket captain, with the Victorian set to take over from Alyssa Healy next month.

American batter Aaron Jones has been suspended from playing all cricket with immediate effect after being charged with five alleged breaches of the anti-corruption codes of Cricket West Indies and the ICC.

A classy century from Ollie Peake has headlined Australia’s tight 22-run win against the West Indies overnight on Wednesday, with the reigning champions remaining undefeated heading into the semi-finals.

India has slumped to its second biggest home defeat, losing to New Zealand by 50 runs in the fourth T20 in Visakhapatnam.

Harry Brook’s blistering 57-ball hundred proved the difference as England romped to a famous 53-run victory over Sri Lanka on Tuesday to clinch the series 2-1 and end the hosts’ five-year-long unbeaten ODI home run.

Aiden Markram powered South Africa to a nine-wicket win in the first Twenty20 international against the West Indies at Boland Park on Tuesday.

Scott Boland’s summer isn’t done yet.

BBL teams have had their chance to lock in a host of stars on their list ahead of next summer’s season, and now the player movement window is open.

Australia will travel to Pakistan for a three-game T20 series which will serve as a key warm-up for the upcoming World Cup.

Australian white-ball superstar Adam Zampa is in no rush to decide on his Big Bash future, as the T20 league’s player movement window opens on Wednesday.

Sir Donald Bradman’s baggy green has sold for a mammoth figure, with an anonymous bidder securing the prized possession for $460,000.