Category: Cricket

Aussie superstar Steve Smith has opened up on his future, revealing he’s hoping to become a T20 gun for hire once his red-ball days come to an end — which could complete his Olympic dream.

Former Test batter Kurtis Patterson will continue his surge back from the cricketing wilderness after being picked in an Australia A team to play the touring England Lions in a four-day tour match later this month.

The men’s Ashes won’t hit Australian shores for a tick over 10 months, but that hasn’t stopped the English press from having their say on Sam Konstas nearly a year before their country lines up against him.

A bizarre brain fade from England pair Amy Jones and Lauren Bell put a full stop on England’s hopes of evening the Women’s Ashes series on Tuesday afternoon amid a chaotic finish at the Junction Oval.

Australia have remarkably won the second ODI of the Women’s Ashes by 21 runs, despite hitting a 15-year low with the bat as the hosts defended their target of 180.

Three teams are locked in for the BBL14 finals, with a heated race for the last top four spot shaping up with only seven games remaining in the regular season.

The red-ball series against Australia, 10 Test-starved months from now, lurks potently – and with good reason

“Aw look, the Ashes is a long, long way away.” Is it, though? Is it, really? Ben Duckett hit all the right notes on Channel 7’s Big Bash coverage in the past week, speaking after his Green Team had beaten their Red Team local rivals at a beautifully sun-dappled Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Duckett clearly loves being in Australia. It suits him. The clipped cod-antipodean go-well-mate style. Beard, glasses, salt-stained nylon cap, the iconography of the alpha franchise dude. At that moment his scores for the Melbourne Stars this season read: 0, 68, 67, 0, 67, 20, which is also deeply in character. Go hard. Go home. Whichever. It’s a vibe, babes.

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Australia has announced a 15-man squad for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy competition, with big-name stars missing out on selection.

Australian selection chief George Bailey admits captain Pat Cummins has been named for the Champions Trophy in February without any extra information on the ankle he injured during the Test series against India, as batting dynamo Jake Fraser-McGurk paid the price for a horror run in the Big Bash and was axed.

Glenn Maxwell has backed the Australian selectors’ decision to leave him out of the squad bound for Sri Lanka despite “desperately” seeking a Test return.

A “genius” Glenn Maxwell produced a stunning 90-run knock for the ages to lift the Melbourne Stars from disaster in their must-win derby against the Renegades on Sunday night.

White-ball star Adam Zampa has opened up on his omission from Australia’s Test tour of Sri Lanka, before delivering a message for aspiring leg-spinners around the country.

After an underwhelming couple of years with the bat, Australian all-rounder Ash Gardner considered Sophie Ecclestone’s dropped catch during the dying overs of Sunday afternoon’s six-wicket victory at North Sydney Oval to be proof her luck was finally starting to turn.

Jhye Richardson’s summer is over, with the Australian fast bowler preparing to undergo surgery on his troublesome right shoulder later this week following another frustrating injury setback.

Everyone loves a crowd catch and we may have just witnessed the best one ever.