Category: Cricket

Australia has taken a 1-0 lead in its three-match T20 series against Pakistan after emerging victorious from a frantic seven-over bash at the Gabba on Thursday.

More player movement between Big Bash franchises could happen as soon as the end of this season after Cricket Australia confirmed a 10-day player movement window will be brought in to mirror the AFL’s trade period.

New South Wales seamer Jackson Bird has ripped through South Australia in a stunning blitz at Adelaide Oval, taking seven wickets in a Sheffield Shield demolition on Thursday.

Australia’s undoing in the recent ODI series against Pakistan was masterminded by two of their own who were not even supposed to be there.

As Australian cricket prepares to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Phillip Hughes’ death, former coach Darren Lehmann has revealed the young batter had secretly won an Australian Test recall at a selectors’ meeting held before he was felled at the SCG in the tragic incident that took his life.

Beau Webster would “love to be the man” if the Australian selectors come knocking for an all-rounder during the Test series against India.

Temporary Australian T20 captain Josh Inglis says it’s unfair to label his side for Thursday night’s T20 clash with Pakistan at the Gabba as a “B” line-up as he urged the hosts to “forget about” their poor performances in the one-day international series between the teams.

Usman Khawaja says it’s a “myth” that an opening combination needs a fast scorer as he endorsed the selection of Nathan McSweeney as his new partner at the top of Australia’s batting order.

Australian chief selector George Bailey is adamant Nathan McSweeney “has the game to succeed at Test level” after a former Test opener criticised his call-up as a “guess”.

In 1999, rumours started swirling around the New South Wales sheds of the formation of a potential rock band - and the response was anything but encouraging.

India have suffered a big blow with Shubman Gill set to miss the first Test with a finger injury, but in better news skipper Rohit Sharma should be available after the birth of his child.

Former Australian all-rounder Shane Lee could not believe his ears when he heard Ricky Ponting querying the form of Indian talisman Virat Kohli ahead of the Border Gavaskar Trophy beginning in Perth next Thursday.

Former Test opening batter Ed Cowan believes Australian selectors George Bailey, Andrew McDonald and Tony Dodemaide have made a “guess” by selecting Nathan McSweeney to debut at the top of the order in the first Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Perth.

The Australian Test summer of cricket is approaching fast, and it’s going to be an absolute pearler.

Former Australian all-rounder Shane Lee believes fans have a right to feel short-changed by the decision to field a second string side for the One-Day International series clinched by Pakistan in Perth on Sunday.