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But the decision to choose Hazlewood as stand-in meant that he jumped ahead of other names who have recently captained Australia. Alex Carey stood in for an injured Aaron Finch on the tour of the West Indies last year, leading the side to a 2-1 series win, and Steven Smith deputised for Cummins during the

A buoyant Steven Smith has proudly announced his superb one-day innings against England was the best he has felt batting in six years. The bold claim from one of the country’s greatest batters will strike fear into West Indies and South Africa ahead of the Australian Test summer. Smith belted an unbeaten 80 from 78

England 287 for 9 (Malan 134, Zampa 3-55, Cummins 3-62) vs Australia Dawid Malan smashed a brilliant century to repel a fired-up Australia attack and lift England to a highly competitive 287 for 9 in the ODI series-opener in Adelaide. Just four days after their T20 World Cup triumph, England crashed to 66 for 4

Delhi will host a Test match after more than five years when Australia travel to India for a four-match series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy early next year, in February-March, PTI reported on Wednesday. It added that the other Tests are likely to be held in Ahmedabad, Dharamsala and one of Chennai, Nagpur and Hyderabad. “Delhi

As he prepares to take the reins of Australia’s ODI team amid a gruelling schedule marked by a World Cup less than 12 months away, Pat Cummins said prioritising being physically and mentally “fresh” was behind his decision to skip next year’s IPL. Now, juggling Test and ODI captaincy, Cummins calculated that he would be

Travis Head has vowed not to let himself become distracted by a World Cup berth as he prepares to take over from Aaron Finch at the top of Australia’s ODI order. Head will open in Thursday’s one-dayer against England in Adelaide, set to partner with David Warner for the first time since Finch’s retirement in

NOVEMBER: Three ODIs vs England (home)NOVEMBER-DECEMBER: Two Tests vs West Indies (home)DECEMBER-JANUARY: Three Tests vs South Africa (home)FEBRUARY-MARCH: Four Tests and three ODIs vs India (away)MARCH: Three ODIs vs Afghanistan (neutral – TBC)JUNE: World Test Championship final (in England, if qualify)JUNE-JULY: Five Tests vs England (away)AUGUST-SEPTEMBER: Five ODIs and three T20s vs South Africa (away)SEPTEMBER:

David Warner has indicated he could retire from Test cricket after next year’s Ashes, with the opening batter confirming he will walk away from the red-ball format first. The futures of Warner and several senior teammates have been plunged into the headlines in recent days after Australia’s shock exit from the T20 World Cup. Matthew

South Australia 299 & 6 for 66 (Hunt 27*, Morris 3-32, Kelly 2-12) trail Western Australia 444 (Whiteman 193, Bancroft 135, Manenti 5-107) by 79 runs In-form speedster Lance Morris tore through South Australia late on day three to leave Western Australia on the brink of victory at the WACA. After gaining a 145-run first

Eyeing Australia’s tour of India early next year, Ashton Agar has started his preparation towards a potential long-awaited Test recall, confident he can shift between formats “quickly”. Agar was a notable inclusion in the Prime Minister’s XI squad to play West Indies in Canberra in a four-day day-night first-class fixture starting on November 23. Back

Finger spinners Ashton Agar and Todd Murphy have been named in the Prime Minister’s XI squad to play West Indies in Canberra as national selectors look to give a range of spinners Australia A opportunities ahead of next year’s tour of India. The PM XI’s match is a four-day day-night first-class fixture starting on November

Australia have Daniel Sams, Jason Behrendorff and Ben Dwarshuis in the wings but none bring quite the same weaponry at their best. Riley Meredith‘s express pace could bring another dimension, but he would need more experience in the conditions to be considered a chance. Jhye Richardson remains a highly skilled bowler but his shoulder issue

Travis Head has returned to Australia’s ODI squad for the series against England and Marcus Harris has been included as the spare batter for the Test matches against West Indies. Following the early exit from the T20 World Cup, a full-strength squad has been named for the three games against England in Adelaide, Sydney and

Matthew Hayden has urged Australia’s selectors to be ruthless as they build towards future World Cups following the team’s early exit for the T20 event on home soil. There is expected to be a significant turnover in players for the 2024 T20 World Cup in West Indies and the USA, but before that, there is

There is a working theory developing among Australia’s hierarchy that Mitchell Starc‘s decision not to participate in the IPL could have had a major detrimental effect on his T20 form over recent years, highlighting the difficulty of playing all three formats as a fast bowler. Starc was a shock axing from Australia’s line-up to face

Aaron Finch won’t rush into a decision over his international future following Australia’s exit from the T20 World Cup, instead giving himself a chance to see how this season’s BBL goes. Having retired from ODIs in September, there are no international commitments for Finch until next August when Australia have T20s in South Africa. The

“Bugger…”, tweeted Glenn Maxwell, moments after England had edged to a two-wicket victory over Sri Lanka. But Australia’s fate was already out of their hands before that match, though they had been teased that they could yet get a reprieve to their stuttering title defence. In the end, however, their home World Cup ended in

Australia’s assistant coach Daniel Vettori pointed to Kane Richardson‘s death-bowling prowess as he defended the decision to leave out pace bowler Mitchell Starc for their match against Afghanistan on Friday. Starc was used as a third or fourth bowling option – as opposed to a new-ball bowler – for the best part of the men’s

Australia 168 for 8 (Maxwell 54*, Marsh 45, Naveen-ul-Haq 3-21) beat Afghanistan 164 for 7 (Rashid 48*, Gulbadin 39, Zampa 2-22) by four runs Glenn Maxwell did his best to keep Australia’s semi-final hopes alive with an assertive, unbeaten half-century, but the hosts’ chances of reaching the knockouts are out of their hands after a

Big picture Australia have everything to play for. The defending champions must win big and make huge net run rate gains against Afghanistan to have any hope of reaching the semi-finals. But even if Australia achieve both those things, their destiny is out of their hands as England’s match against Sri Lanka on Saturday will

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes there will be some questions asked of Australia’s T20I team if, as the defending champions, they don’t progress to the semi-final of a home World Cup. Ponting, who had led Australia to two 50-over World Cup triumphs and also captained a team that made the semi-final in the inaugural

Australia captain Aaron Finch says he has a 70% chance of playing against Afghanistan on Friday night but was firm in stating that he would not compromise the team in any way if he is not fully fit given there is a possibility it might be his last game for Australia. Both Finch and Tim

Despite carrying a hamstring injury, captain Aaron Finch remains a chance to play in Australia’s must-win T20 World Cup game against Afghanistan on Friday night. Finch, Marcus Stoinis and Tim David all suffered hamstring injuries in Australia’s win against Ireland in Brisbane on Monday night. Finch suffered what he described as a “little hammy twinge”

Alan Thomson, the former Australia and Victoria fast bowler who took the first wicket in ODI history, has died aged 76. Thomson, who bowled with an unusual action where he delivered off the wrong foot, played four Tests in the elongated 1970-71 seven-Test Ashes series. He played in the first two Tests of that series

Australia 179 for 5 (Finch 63, McCarthy 3-29) beat Ireland 137 (Tucker 71*, Maxwell 2-14) by 42 runs The margin of victory will suggest the defending champions have got their campaign back on track. But it was a less-than-perfect performance from Australia as they beat Ireland by 42 runs to join New Zealand on five

While not yet certain, it feels as though this group is becoming a race for the second semi-final spot after New Zealand made a further statement with their big win over Sri Lanka. If that is indeed the case, then Australia and Ireland are firmly in that tussle. It may have felt unlikely that these

Aaron Finch has pondered whether removing double-header match days at a single venue would be a worthwhile option to avoid rain scuppering consecutive games as happened in Melbourne although conceded the logistical challenges of staging a World Cup were vast. The Australia-England contest at the MCG was abandoned, a decision that had felt inevitable for

Australia vs England – match abandoned Australia and England took a point each from their Group 1 match at the T20 World Cup after a wet, unsafe outfield led to their match being abandoned at the MCG. Both teams now have three points, after a win and a loss apiece in their opening two games.

Will Pucovski has taken an indefinite leave of absence from cricket for personal reasons that are unrelated to his repeated concussion troubles over the years. Pucovski played in Victoria’s first two Marsh Cup and Sheffield Shield games of the new season earlier this month, but he did not play in the last two Marsh Cup

Australia are negotiating a second Covid-positive case in three days with wicketkeeper Matthew Wade testing positive just 24 hours out from their vital clash with England at the MCG on Friday. Wade did not train at Australia’s optional indoor session at the Junction Oval on Thursday afternoon after testing positive. It follows hot on the