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Mitchell Marsh is set to return at No. 3 for Australia but as a batter only in the first T20I against West Indies as he continues to recover from his ankle injury, while Marcus Stoinis is expected to be fit for Sunday’s opening T20I against England, with the pair of allrounders vital to the balance

Allrounder Marcus Stoinis has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I series against West Indies as he continues his recovery from a side strain he suffered in early September, leaving Australia’s selectors fewer chances to bed down their best side ahead of the World Cup. Stoinis has not travelled with Australia’s squad to the Gold

Pat Cummins previously presented Cricket Australia one of their most important balancing acts in managing a young player and now the Test captain has a front row seat to another as Cameron Green‘s elevation into the higher echelons of the world’s stars continues. The flying visit to India for three T20Is last week may yet

The grandstand at Riverway Stadium in Townsville has been officially named after Andrew Symonds. The Andrew ‘Roy’ Symonds Grandstand was unveiled by his children, Chloe and Will, and his mother Barbara on Friday. “It just feels like he’s going to be loved from every direction, like he’s going to be loved from everyone,” Chloe, 10,

Josh Hazlewood believes that bowlers will be in the game during the upcoming T20 World Cup and not just at the mercy of the big-hitting batters. It will be the first time that Australia will host the men’s tournament which will take place at seven venues across the country. In terms of domestic T20 games

The ICC has invited bids for media rights to global cricketing events over the next four (or eight) years for the Australian, US, Caribbean and Canadian markets. This is the second phase in the ICC’s media rights process, after sealing a deal for the Indian market last month for an undisclosed sum. That winning bid,

Cameron Green has been retained in Australia’s T20I squad for the two matches against West Indies in Queensland next week as a “cautious” approach is taken with various injuries around the squad. However, Mitchell Marsh (ankle), Marcus Stoinis (side) and Mitchell Starc (knee) all return for the start of Australia’s final stretch into the T20

Green’s opening salvo a long-term bonus and a short-term shadow There was optimism and quiet confidence within Australia’s camp that Cameron Green would become a fine T20 player in time but no one quite expected him to show it so soon with so little experience behind him. Having never opened in any professional match and

Former Australian captain Tim Paine was not named in Tasmania’s first Marsh Cup team of the new season but he remains up for selection for their Sheffield Shield opener after training with Tigers over the past six weeks. Paine has been training with the Tasmania squad since mid-August but he was not named in Tasmania’s

India 187 for 4 (Suryakumar 69, Kohli 63, Sams 2-33) beat Australia 186 for 7 (David 54, Green 52, Axar 3-33) by six wickets Suryakumar got together with Kohli after Daniel Sams and Pat Cummins had bounced out KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma respectively. Whenever the bowlers hit the Hyderabad pitch hard, the ball either

Big picture An eight-overs-a-side sprint in Nagpur ended with India levelling the T20I series 1-1 thanks to some outstanding bowling from Axar Patel and a supreme display of ball-striking from Rohit Sharma. But it’s difficult for the two sides to gain a lot from the experience on Friday, other than gleaning some insight into how

India 92 for 4 (Rohit 46*, Zampa 3-16) beat Australia 90 for 5 (Wade 43*, Finch 31, Axar 2-13) by six wickets Rohit Sharma smashed four fours and as many sixes in his unbeaten 20-ball 46 to help India overhaul Australia’s 90 for 5 in an eight-over contest in Nagpur. The win meant the series

Big picture At this point in time, the Indian cricket team’s situation mirrors life: no sooner have you overcome a challenge than the next one crops up. After India successfully sorted out their batting, with their top order now looking for boundaries straightaway, they would have thought it was time to breathe easy. But lately,

James Pattinson has moved a step closer to retirement after he and Victoria mutually agreed to terminate the final year of his state contract. The official statement called it “an extended break from the game” as Pattinson cited the impact of a county season with Nottinghamshire on his body and a desire to spend time

It is billed as one of the new frontiers for female cricket. Who will be the first bowler to break 130kph? There needs to be a few caveats here in that it might have already happened, but until reasonably recently, speed data in the women’s game had not been widely collated and is still not

With Mitchell Marsh absent with an injury, Steven Smith will bat at No. 3 against India. His role in Australia’s first-choice XI in the lead-up to the men’s T20 World Cup, however, will remain fluid. Australia are missing three of their first-choice players in the top six for the three-match series against India starting in

Shelley Nitschke has been named the new head coach of the Australia women’s team for the next four years, after having taken on the role in an interim capacity since Matthew Mott left earlier this year. Nitschke, who had been an assistant coach with Australia since 2018, was in charge of the side as they

Big Picture Post the 2021 T20 World Cup, India have played a total of 29 T20Is heading into this series. Australia, meanwhile, have played just nine. Irrespective of their prep, Australia might turn up in their usual confident manner at the T20 World Cup – but this time they’ll have to defend the title in

New South Wales legspinner Tanveer Sangha has been ruled out of the first part of the domestic season with a stress injury of his lower back. Sangha, who has been involved with Australia’s white-ball squads, is aiming to return to action during the BBL where he will play for Sydney Thunder. He was with the

Australia have adopted a cautious approach ahead of their men’s T20 World Cup title defence, with Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis left out of the upcoming T20I tour of India with what have been termed “low-level injuries”. While Marsh was ruled out of the second and third ODIs against Zimbabwe as well as

Will Pucovski will head into the new domestic season with a huge score under his belt after retiring with 193 to his name in a Victoria 2nd XI match against New South Wales. He faced 404 balls across more than 10 hours in the middle, hitting 19 fours and a six, before calling time on

Josh Hazlewood believes it would make for more stability if Australia’s next ODI captain was available for as many matches of the format as possible rather than regularly switching between leaders. Hazlewood has previously been vice-captain of the Test side and is a now an integral part of the ODI and T20I teams, after an

Allrounder Mitchell Marsh isn’t ready to throw his hat into the ring for the ODI captaincy just yet, saying his full focus is on helping Australia retain the T20 World Cup crown. Aaron Finch announced his retirement from ODI cricket last week following his horror run of form, but he will stay on as skipper

As she called time on her international career, Rachael Haynes reflected on the “sliding doors” moment where her prolific second phase with Australia nearly didn’t happen. After being dropped in 2013 Haynes was struggling to combine playing at domestic level and working and in 2016 seriously considered walking away from the sport. However, less than

Australia vice-captain Rachael Haynes has announced her retirement from international and state cricket. She will finish her professional career entirely after this season’s WBBL with Sydney Thunder. Haynes, a left-hand top-order batter, made her Australia debut in an ODI against England at Lord’s in 2009 and a few days later scored 98 on her Test

He also scored his first T20I century during the tournament, an unbeaten 122 against Afghanistan, which brought an end to a century drought across formats that had run for 1020 days. Kohli’s tally of runs was only behind Mohammad Rizwan‘s 281, and Rizwan held on to the top spot on the batters’ table. Babar Azam,

Pat Cummins has conceded it’s unrealistic for him to be Australia’s sole captain across all three formats, as he again called for David Warner‘s lifetime leadership ban to be lifted. Cricket Australia officials have the next two months to decide who will replace Aaron Finch as the country’s ODI skipper, after the opener announced his

Australia head coach Andrew McDonald says it’s mission accomplished on several ODI fronts. Not only did the team bank consecutive ODI series wins against Zimbabwe and New Zealand, they did so amidst a background of change and experimentation. The big question of who replaces Aaron Finch as ODI captain remains, but McDonald says the two

As Aaron Finch brought the curtain down on his ODI career, with just one more match to play, he was able to reflect on some of the highlights. During his press conference at the team hotel in Cairns on Saturday, he touched on a number of the moments from a nine-year career in the format

Steven SmithThere are no issues over his eligibility for captaincy and he led Australia in the Adelaide Ashes Test last year after Pat Cummins was a Covid close contact. He also has plenty of leadership experience from his previous stint at the helm and, while a full-time return to the Test job has probably passed