Australia

News The left-armer joins legspinner Georgia Wareham on the sidelines leaving the hosts needing further reinforcements Australia have suffered yet another blow ahead of this summer’s Women’s Ashes series after star spinner Sophie Molineux was struck down by a stress fracture in her right foot. Molineux suffered the injury during the last week of the

News Warm up or go for the toss? “Maybe I’ll just get here a bit earlier,” says the premier quick Less than three weeks ago, Pat Cummins being the Test captain of Australia was still a concept for the future. But on Wednesday morning – weather permitting – he will walk to the middle of

News They will replace two other Englishmen Harry Brook and Jordan Thompson for Hurricanes’ season opener Jordan Cox and Tom Lammonby have become the latest county cricketers to sign up for the BBL, taking the tally of England players involved in this season’s competition to 17. Cox and Lammonby have both been in Sydney playing

Big Picture There are always nerves and excitement on the eve of an Ashes series, but some actual cricket being played might be sweet relief to Australia and England and their fans alike after a bizarre build-up. There have been both literal clouds and thunderstorms that have hampered both teams’ preparation in Queensland following the

Chris Rogers is frustrated that his memory of specific moments of his playing career is not as clear as he would like. But when asked to sum up David Warner‘s talent as a Test match opener, one moment rang clear as a bell. “I’ll never forget the four fours he hit in a row against

News The left hander got the nod for Australia’s final batting position ahead of the Ashes Familiar faces and a well-known opponent are making Travis Head‘s return to Australia’s Test team a comfortable, relaxed experience. Rather than feeling the pressure to perform after his axing midway through last summer’s series against India, Head feels he’s

News The order of the Tests will not change after a late bid by the WA government for a swap The fifth Ashes Test will be relocated away from Perth after Cricket Australia confirmed it could not be held in Western Australia due to border restrictions in place. There will also be no change in

News Mitchell Starc will complete the fast-bowling trio alongside Josh Hazlewood and captain Pat Cummins Travis Head has won the race to be Australia’s No. 5 for the opening Ashes Test at the Gabba with Mitchell Starc also locked into the pace attack. Starc was expected to be retain his place ahead of the in-form

News “Not sure we’ve seen the end of him but we’ll wait and see, that will be his decision” Justin Langer retains hope that Tim Paine will return to international cricket after terming the former Australia captain “one of the best people in the game” following his whistle-stop visit to Hobart ahead of the Ashes.

News Justin Langer confident in Australia’s fast-bowling depth if reinforcements are needed Cameron Green‘s role with the ball shapes a crucial part of Australia’s Ashes plans both in terms of the workload of captain Pat Cummins and whether rotation of the other quicks will be needed during the series. It is, though, unlikely that Australia

News The series will involve Ashes veterans and some players new to the contest After fraught build-ups for both teams, the actual cricket part of the men’s Ashes is almost here. England are unfancied coming into the series, but Australia have not played Test cricket since January when they lost at home against India. There

News “Mistakes will be made, but whoever can capitalise next week will come out on top” Stuart Broad has suggested England’s freshness could stand them in good stead for their attempts to regain the Ashes. The final day of their intra-squad warm-up in Brisbane became more of a practice session for the batters, but with

News Not since Gilchrist’s debut in 1999 as an Australia keeper made their Test debut at home Adam Gilchrist expects Alex Carey to warm to Test cricket, knowing all too well the upside of serving a long-term apprenticeship in the coloured clothes before donning the baggy green. Carey, having captained Australia’s ODI side earlier this

News The South Australia left-hander has been preferred ahead of Josh Inglis Alex Carey will make his Test debut against England at the Gabba after being confirmed as Tim Paine’s replacement. In a move that had been expected for the last couple of days, Carey has been preferred ahead of Western Australia’s Josh Inglis. Carey

News The uncapped wicketkeeper is in the running alongside Alex Carey to replace Tim Paine Frustration over his own inability to convert starts into big scores was the catalyst for Josh Inglis‘ rapid rise towards Test selection for the Ashes. Inglis is likely to find out in the coming days if he has bolted into

Green, 22, who made his debut against India last season, was smart enough not to buy-in as Australia continued their preparations in Brisbane. “No, no, no, I’m definitely not in the same conversation that he is,” he said. “He’s a world-class player and you always look forward to playing against the best in the world

News A lean run in the Sheffield Shield has not dented the wicketkeeper’s confidence Despite a relatively lean Sheffield Shield season Alex Carey feels he is well placed should he get the nod to be Australia’s wicketkeeper in the opening Ashes Test at the Gabba. Thirty-year-old Carey, who plays for South Australia, is the frontrunner

News He was part of the Test squad for the South Africa tour earlier in the year tour but not included for the Ashes Moises Henriques was left confused by his omission from the entire Ashes build-up having been part of Australia’s previous Test squad, but holds no ill-will towards the national selector George Bailey

News Former head coach admits build-up has been less than ideal for England and Australia Trevor Bayliss‘ only away Ashes series during his five-year tenure as England’s head coach ended in a 4-0 defeat and was overshadowed by off-field distractions amid questions about his squad’s drinking culture and the absence of Ben Stokes due to

News Players’ wives and girlfriends would not be able to make the trip while broadcast crews are also an issue Perth’s hopes of hosting the fifth Ashes Test have taken another big hit after Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan reiterated his hardline stance on quarantine rules and banned players’ wives and girlfriends for the trip

England’s Ashes campaign officially gets underway on Tuesday, according to Joe Root, the Test captain, with the emergence from quarantine of the multi-format players who featured in the recent T20 World Cup in the UAE, and the scheduled start of an intra-squad four-day match in Brisbane. Jos Buttler, Mark Wood, Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan and

News The Hobart Hurricanes quick is now looking ahead to the prospect of a home World Cup It’s been a whirlwind few months for Nathan Ellis and he is still trying to take it all in. A late call-up to Australia’s tours of the Caribbean and Bangladesh culminated in a debut hat-trick, then came a

News Tourists yet to make a call on whether Stokes will play first Test England’s cricketers are hopeful that the discovery of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Australia won’t impact the Ashes Tests – or their families’ travel plans, Ashley Giles says. But Giles, the managing director of England men’s cricket, admitted the

News Carey makes 101 off 93 for South Australia, but Australia assistant coach Andrew McDonald does not know yet who will play the first Test against England As clear as the decision was on Tim Paine’s successor as Australia’s Test captain, the decision to find his successor behind the stumps remains up in the air

News A statement said he will be “taking a leave of absence from all forms of cricket for the foreseeable future” Tim Paine has taken an indefinite mental health break from the game which means he is unavailable for the start of the Ashes and raises the prospect that he has played his last Test.

News “I think there will be some negativity from some people about it – I understand that and I get that,” says Smith While the pair had been the favourites to take their respective roles after a dramatic week that likely saw the end of Tim Paine‘s Test career, Cummins almost made it a non-negotiable

Despite being only “a heartbeat away” from the United States Presidency, John Nance Garner, Vice-President under Franklin D. Roosevelt, once described his job as “not worth a bucket of warm piss”. There will be some in Australia who feel the same way about Steven Smith‘s leadership with the anger of ‘Sandpaper-gate’ and what he supposedly

News Australian cricket heads into a new era following a tumultuous week Pat Cummins has been named Australia’s 47th Test captain and will lead them in the Ashes after the resignation of Tim Paine. There are a number of key challenges that he is set to face in the role. History of Australian bowling captains

News The two left handers are in the running to bat No. 5 against England Khawaja and Head are bidding for the vacant No. 5 batting berth in Australia’s team for the first Test against England starting on December 8. The state captains squared off in a Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide in their last

News Steven Smith returns to a leadership position with the vice-captaincy Pat Cummins has been named Australia’s new men’s Test captain on the day it appeared Tim Paine’s international career may have come to an end a week after he stood down following the emergence of explicit text messages. Steven Smith has returned to his