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Former Test allrounder Andrew McDonald has been officially confirmed as Australia’s new full-time men’s coach and selector for all three formats after signing a four-year contract. McDonald takes over the same roleJustin Langer resigned from messy circumstances in February following an offer from the Cricket Australia board for a six-month contract extension only. McDonald, who

In Jackson Bird‘s last Test match for Australia in 2017 he had to bowl 30 overs on a lifeless MCG pitch as Alastair Cook piled up 244 not out across 10 hours of batting. Bird faced Cook for the first time in five years as Kent took on Essex on a highway at Chelmsford in

As was widely expected, Ramiz Raja‘s proposal for a quadrangular T20 event got no further than a presentation to the ICC board meeting, the board deciding such a tournament could not fit into the next rights cycle. But Ramiz, whose own future at the board is now under a cloud, took some solace from the

Ramiz Raja‘s proposal for a quadrangular T20 event may have acquired some non-specific support ahead of his presentation of the plans to the ICC Board on Saturday. Ramiz, the PCB chairman, will present an idea for an annual tournament involving Pakistan, India, Australia and England, but one, he says, will create revenue for all members.

Legspinner Mitchell Swepson was left “frustrated” by his challenging introduction to Test cricket in Pakistan but is being backed to play a key on Australia’s next tour to Sri Lanka in the middle of the year. Swepson, who was the first specialist legspinner to make his Test debut for Australia’s men’s team since 2009, managed

Yuzvendra Chahal has opened up – for the second time this year – about instances of physical harassment when he was a junior player in the IPL. The latest revelation relates to an incident in 2013, when Chahal was with Mumbai Indians, and a player allegedly dangled him from a 15th-floor hotel balcony after “getting

Chairman of selectors George Bailey insisted fast bowler Jhye Richardson remains a key part of Australia’s plans across all three formats and could even tour Sri Lanka in June despite being dropped off the central contract list. Richardson was the most notable omission from the 20-man list having returned to Test cricket last summer for

Kane Richardson also drops out along with Tim Paine (indefinite leave) and James Pattinson (retired) from the previous group which had included 17 names instead of the full 20. Travis Head, who was Player of the Series in the Ashes, Marcus Stoinis and Mitchell Swepson are also included after not being part the previous original

On a pitch that posed problems to every other batter, and in a chase that had just got tense, Pat Cummins walked out and produced an innings for the ages. The Kolkata Knight Riders allrounder hammered an unbeaten 56 off just 15 balls to utterly stun the Mumbai Indians. Here is a snapshot of the

Skipper Aaron Finch predicts the future is bright for Nathan Ellis and Josh Inglis after the inexperienced pair played a vital role in Australia’s one-off T20 international win against Pakistan in Lahore. Australia were missing David Warner, Mitch Marsh, Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Wade, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc from the side

Pakistan, who had begun brightly with Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, as they often tend to do, lost their way through the middle overs, losing six wickets for 24 runs in a disappointing game for the middle order. Babar did bring up his own 33-ball half-century but struggled thereafter. Ben Dwarshuis aside, every specialist bowler

Among the bowlers, Sophie Ecclestone continues to lead the rankings, despite going wicketless in the final. She picked six wickets in the semi-final against South Africa. Shabnim Ismail, who finished second among the wicket-takers in the World Cup, gained a spot to be ranked second. Anya Shrubsole’s five wickets across two knockout games saw her

Golf and family time are top of Matthew Mott‘s agenda once he returns home, but it won’t be long before the planning starts for the next challenges in front of Australia’s latest invincibles after their five-year mission to rule the game was crowned with the ODI World Cup title. The summit was reached with what

Australia interim coach Andrew McDonald is in no doubt that captain Aaron Finch will lead Australia’s T20 World Cup title defence later this year on home soil despite Finch’s current lengthy form slump. Since the start of the last T20 World Cup in the UAE in October 2021, Finch has played 12 T20Is and three

A one-off T20I at the end of the tour does not come with a huge amount of context, but if the last two ODIs are anything to go by, the atmosphere in Lahore should at least be terrific with the game starting after the heat of the day has passed. What either team can take

News Australia’s captain picked up back-to-back ducks to continue a lean year but has faith he can bounce back Aaron Finch reckons he doesn’t need to be told he’s struggling with the bat after Australia’s ODI series defeat in Pakistan – but the white-ball captain is confident he’s going to fight back at 35. Finch’s

Report England go in unchanged to defend their title Toss England Women chose to bowl vs Australia Women England have opted to bowl in the final of the 2022 World Cup against Australia in Christchurch. Ellyse Perry will play for Australia – who have progressed through the tournament undefeated – most likely, as captain Meg

Big picture And then there were two: Australia and England. Predictable? In part. They are the two most successful teams in the Women’s ODI World Cup history and were considered frontrunners for the silverware in the ongoing 12th ODI edition. But neither favourites Australia nor defending champions England could have potentially foreseen the contrasting campaigns

Report Jason Behrendorff has replaced Mitchell Swepson to strengthen the fast-bowling attack for Australia Toss Pakistan chose to field against Australia Pakistan have won the toss and will field first in the final – and decisive – ODI of the three-match series against Australia in Lahore. For the third time in a row, the coin

News His life was remembered and celebrated at the MCG One of Shane Warne‘s former foes Nasser Hussain has described the legendary legspinner as the greatest cricketer who ever lived. Former Australian team-mates and rivals paid tribute to Warne at the MCG in a star-studded state memorial service on Wednesday. Ex-England captain Hussain, who Warne

Big picture After five weeks of a historic tour where the cricket has been tough and competitive for the most part, we have a decider to look forward to. It’s a tour that has perhaps attracted more attention off-field than on it, though the cricket has been of a high standard, and Pakistan can finally

As Shaun Marsh and Peter Handscomb posed for the cameras, the iconic Sheffield Shield nestled between the skippers made for a magnificent sight in front of the WACA’s famous scoreboard. After a 23-year drought, the burly trophy was back on Western Australian turf but not yet in the WACA’s possession, reinforced by a Cricket Australia

News Nevill captained NSW in a record 43 Shield games and played 17 Tests and 9 T20Is for Australia Former Australia Test and T20I wicketkeeper Peter Nevill has announced his retirement from all forms of professional cricket after 13 years at the top level. Nevill, 36, played 17 Tests and nine T20Is for Australia but

News Up-and-coming seamer set to join Hampshire after IPL stint Hampshire have announced the signing of Nathan Ellis, the Australia fast bowler, as one of their overseas players for this year’s Vitality Blast. Ellis, 26, has been capped twice in ODIs and twice in T20Is, and took a hat-trick on international debut against Bangladesh last

News Family members, colleagues, stars from sport, music, television and film come together to say goodbye to “the greatest” For one more time, thousands made the journey to the MCG for Shane Warne. It was a chance to farewell one of the game’s greats at the ground he graced on so many occasions: the scene

News “What that defeat brought was a form of professionalism and accountability that we didn’t have back then” Megan Schutt has harked back to Australia’s shock exit from the 2017 ODI World Cup as the “kick up the butt” the team needed to create the kind of “professionalism” that has underpinned their dominance in the

Preview Only Zimbabwe and Netherlands have won fewer ODIs in this World Cup cycle than Babar Azam’s men Big picture If there were optimists who believed the ODI series would gradually pick up interest once the ball was rolling, what the first game threw up will have done plenty to extinguish that kind of positive

News He will continue his recovery with Patrick Farhart in the Capitals squad in India Former Australia and current New South Wales physiotherapist Patrick Farhart, who has been with Capitals since the 2020 IPL season, will manage Marsh’s recovery after the allrounder finishes his quarantine on arrival in India. Marsh will be the second Capitals

Report The match has been shortened to a 45-overs-a-side contest because of a rain-delayed start in misty Wellington Toss West Indies Women chose to bowl vs Australia Women West Indies won the toss and sent Australia in to bat in a World Cup semi-final reduced to 45 overs per side because of a rain-delayed start

Report Hosts hand ODI debuts to Mahmood and Wasim; Swepson and Ellis debutants for Australia Pakistan chose to bowl vs Australia Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl against a shorthanded Australia in the series-opening ODI in Lahore, as both teams return to the 50-over format after lengthy absences. Missing a host of stars