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News Australia batter set for second county stint after brief spell with Derbyshire Hampshire have announced the signing of Ben McDermott, the Australia batter, for their Vitality Blast campaign. McDermott, 27, has enjoyed a stellar recent run of form, finishing as the leading run-scorer in the 2021-22 Big Bash before notching his maiden international half-century

Preview Sri Lanka had started the series spiritedly, and need to find the same sharpness to prevent a series sweep Big picture With the emphatic six-wicket win in Canberra, Australia wrapped up the T20I series against Sri Lanka in straight sets, making the last two matches at the MCG dead rubbers. Australia revamped their line-up

News Western Australian becomes the fourth CA chairman in four years, taking over from interim chair Richard Freudenstein, following the resignations of David Peever and Earl Eddings Cricket Australia has appointed Dr Lachlan Henderson as the new chairman of the board to take over permanently from interim chair Richard Freudenstein. CA announced on Thursday that

News Left-arm seamer Brendan Doggett and allrounder Sean Abbott named as stand-bys Queensland quick Mark Steketee has replaced injured team-mate Michael Neser in Australia’s 18-man squad for their upcoming tour of Pakistan. Steketee, who hasn’t played international cricket, had been on standby before receiving the nod and he will spearhead Queensland in their Sheffield Shield

News Hasaranga slips to the third spot while Shamsi sits atop the T20I bowling rankings Australia quick Josh Hazlewood has risen to second spot in the latest ICC rankings for T20I bowlers released on Wednesday. Sri Lanka spin-bowling allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga, who was the top-ranked bowler last week, slipped to third spot leaving Tabraiz Shamsi

News Former Test captain Tim Paine has been helping to coach the Tasmanian Tigers but hasn’t turned his mind to a playing comeback just yet. Former Test skipper Tim Paine has made a return to cricket in a coaching capacity for Tasmania, but is yet to apply his mind to a playing comeback. The 37-year-old

News Kane Richardson speculates early returns last year could have led to him and Adam Zampa going unsold in IPL auction Australia’s Glenn Maxwell has confirmed he will miss the Pakistan tour, and will likely miss the start of the IPL, due to his upcoming wedding, while Kane Richardson has pondered whether he and Adam

News In T20I rankings for batters, Mooney returned to top spot and Lanning went up to No. 2 New Zealand’s Amy Satterthwaite has gone up a spot to be placed third in the women’s ODI batting rankings, after her knock of 63 off 67 balls in New Zealand’s 62-run win in the opening ODI against

News Singapore-born West Australian headed to Mumbai Indians while Australia T20I World Cup winners Aaron Finch, Steven Smith and Adam Zampa went unsold Nobody wanted Steve Smith, Adam Zampa, nor Aaron Finch – but the Indian Premier League has gone ga-ga for the unsung Tim David, who’s suddenly become Australian cricket’s biggest IPL earner. The

News West Australian has been on the road for months but wants to keep playing as he eyes his first Test tour to Pakistan Josh Inglis has looked so at home in his first two games of international cricket that his toughest challenge has been to get on the same page as his new team-mates

News Cricket Victoria general manager of performance Shaun Graf says a long-term view needs to be taken with Pucovksi’s health after his latest concussion There are serious concerns over Will Pucovski‘s long-term health following his latest concussion with Cricket Victoria bracing for a hard discussion with the one-Test batter later this week. Pucovski, 24, suffered

News He landed heavily on his head after making a spectacular dive to try and save a six against Sri Lanka at the SCG Steven Smith has been ruled out of the remainder of the T20I series against Sri Lanka after suffering a concussion while fielding in Sunday’s Super Over thriller at the SCG. Cricket

Report The hosts hand Kane Richardson a game while the visitors grapple with Binura Fernando’s illness Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs Australia Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl again in Sydney, although they had lost comfortably while chasing on Friday. With Binura Fernando – their best seamer from the first

News He briefly came into the field at the start of the final day before leaving the ground Will Pucovski has been subbed out of Victoria’s Sheffield Shield clash against South Australia on the final morning after suffering another concussion. Pucovski, who was making his comeback having had a previous concussion before the Sheffield Shield

Preview The hosts might be disappointed at how the middle order fell away on Friday, but won’t be sweating just yet Big picture You might get the better of Australia’s batters, but then you have to contend with their world-class attack as well. Although Sri Lanka did well to restrict Australia to less than 150

News While one of the favourites to replace Justin Langer long term, he believes international coaching could be heading into a new era Andrew McDonald insists he has yet to consider the prospect of becoming Australia’s new permanent head coach following the resignation of Justin Langer and believes the game is heading into a fascinating

News The opener made the one half-century of the match as Australia came out on top Ben McDermott made his maiden half-century in a T20 international – but the Australian batter knows it will take more than that to make him a permanent fixture in the team. The 27-year-old McDermott was one of two changes

Report There have been showers in Sydney during the day so DLS may come into the equation Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl against Australia Dinesh Chandimal returns to the T20I XI, and left-armer Binura Fernando plays as the second frontline seamer, with Sri Lanka having won the toss and chosen to

News After yet another summer of domination, Australia face the prospect of 10 days in hard quarantine before the women’s ODI World Cup in New Zealand. Australia are preparing for the worst as they face a mentally challenging quarantine period in New Zealand before the women’s ODI World Cup. Meg Lanning’s team are overwhelming favourites

News The current interim head coach is the favourite to be Justin Langer’s permanent replacement Australia’s limited-overs captain Aaron Finch has lauded the “calm” character of Andrew McDonald who is emerging as the frontrunner to replace Justin Langer as head coach. McDonald, who was already set to oversee the T20I series against Sri Lanka before

Preview Ben McDermott will open in place of the rested David Warner while Australia will need to be wary of Wanindu Hasaranga Big Picture Australia take the field for the first time as the men’s T20 World Cup champions…and only have nine months until they need to fight to keep it. Such is the cricket

In the aftermath of a gruelling season, where the BBL was mired in Covid-19 chaos amid sagging interest, power brokers and key stakeholders in Australian cricket will soon convene to thrash out the maligned T20 competition’s future. From implementing an overseas players draft to shortening the season, everything appears to be on the table to

News Skipper ‘sticks up for his mates’ in a statement saying Langer leaves a ‘significant legacy’ but the players needed ‘a new style of coaching and skill set’ moving forward Test captain Pat Cummins has defended Australia’s players following significant criticism in the wake of coach Justin Langer‘s resignation. Cricket Australia issued a lengthy statement

News International series will determine when players from Australia, South Africa, England, West Indies and Bangladesh are available Several prominent players from Australia and South Africa could potentially miss a major chunk of the first half of IPL 2022, ranging between 10 days to more than two weeks. While the likes of Pat Cummins, David

News Three-match series in March called off after New Zealand government confirmed there was no MIQ availability for the Australian team Australia’s three-match T20I tour of New Zealand in March has been abandoned after there were no managed isolation quarantine spots available for the Australian team. New Zealand Cricket and Cricket Australia have agreed to

News Analysis Next stop New Zealand, and Australia are well placed after a season of overcoming challenges It started in Mackay and ended in Melbourne. The summer of cricket for Australia’s women’s team brought just one defeat in 14 matches – a loss which halted a world-record winning run in ODIs – and was capped

News Both men believe criticism of the players is wide of the mark Australia’s chairman of selectors George Bailey doesn’t subscribe to the theory that a small group of players and staff were key to Justin Langer’s departure as head coach while Usman Khawaja believes Test captain Pat Cummins or limited-overs captain Aaron Finch needs

News The allrounder was due to be one of the travelling reserves and has been replaced by Heather Graham Rising star Hannah Darlington has withdrawn from Australia’s women’s ODI World Cup squad, citing mental health and wellbeing reasons. Selected as a reserve for the tournament in New Zealand, Darlington has made herself unavailable — as

News Allrounder Daniel Sams has been added to Australia’s T20 squad Travis Head will miss the start of the T20I series against Sri Lanka in order to play a Sheffield Shield match for South Australia ahead of the Pakistan tour. Daniel Sams, the New South Wales and Sydney Thunder allrounder, has been added to Australia’s

News The pitches in the Ashes have made life tricky for batters and there could be a benefit of that Alyssa Healy believes an Ashes series where runs have been hard to come by has set her up well for the ODI World Cup in New Zealand. Healy has not been at her free-flowing best