Australia

News Knowing he was locked in as David Warner’s partner for the start of the Ashes put the Australia opener’s mind at ease Marcus Harris is grateful for the vote of confidence from national selector George Bailey early in the season which ensured he was locked in as David Warner’s opening partner for the start

News Although out for two low scores he came through his return to play The priority of Tasmania coach Ali de Winter has been Tim Paine‘s welfare as he prepares to help the wicketkeeper take another significant step towards the first Ashes Test. Paine, who underwent neck surgery in September, will bat at No. 3

News Offspinner says having a bowler and batter as captain and vice-captain would be beneficial, also states he wants Tim Paine behind the stumps at the Gabba Australia’s most experienced Test player Nathan Lyon believes Pat Cummins and Steven Smith will make a good leadership duo as Cricket Australia appears set to announce the pair

News England’s 2005 Ashes-winning bowling coach links up with squad ahead of first Test Stuart Broad hopes that the appointment of Troy Cooley as a consultant fast-bowling coach ahead of next month’s first Test at Brisbane will help provide England’s bowlers with vital “one-percenters” in their quest to regain the Ashes on Australian soil. Cooley,

News Marcus Harris said that Paine remains the best wicketkeeper in the country Paine remains available for selection with every indication he will be included in the first Test at the Gabba providing he comes through his return-to-play following neck surgery. He is currently part of a 2nd XI match against South Australia and will

News Another Australia men’s captain has lost his job in dramatic circumstances Late last week, the Australia men’s team lurched into another crisis with the resignation of Tim Paine as captain following the emergence of explicit messages he sent to a female colleague in 2017. Pat Cummins is in line to replace him although Paine

News Chairman Andrew Gaggin describes CA’s treatment of Paine as “appalling” and “the worst since Bill Lawry” Cricket Tasmania chairman Andrew Gaggin has lashed out at Cricket Australia, describing their treatment of Tim Paine as “appalling” and “the worst” of any Australia captain in 50 years. Gaggin released the statement on behalf of the Cricket

News Heat and Hurricanes will be able to travel to Perth to play under strict biosecure protocols despite having been in New South Wales in a positive sign for the Perth Ashes Test Cricket Australia has been forced to move one BBL fixture out of Perth due to Western Australia’s Covid border restrictions but has

News The Brisbane Heat keeper-batter has had another impressive season Jess Jonassen believes her Brisbane Heat team-mate Georgia Redmayne should be in the Australia side after another prolific WBBL campaign where she has excelled in front and behind the stumps. Redmayne, who has yet to be capped at international level, made 436 runs at 36.33

News He was part of the Tasmania 2nd XI facing South Australia in Hobart Three days after resigning as Australia’s Test captain, Tim Paine makes his return to playing as he bids to be part of the upcoming Ashes series. The Tasmania 2nd XI match against South Australia, at Lindisfarne Memorial Park in Hobart, will

News Analysis They may not force their way in this season against England but opportunity could come next year Australia’s 15-player Ashes squad did not include any new faces or unexpected call-ups, but in the additional group who will make up the A side to face England Lions there was a glimpse at the selectors’

News The former Australia captain was a member of the board that retained Paine in 2018 Mark Taylor, the former Australia captain and CA board member, has defended the 2018 decision to keep the investigation of Tim Paine‘s explicit text messages in-house Taylor is the first person who was on the board at the time

News In a newspaper interview on Sunday, Paine spoke about the controversy that has ended his Test captaincy Tim Paine has admitted he believed the texting scandal that has cost him the Australian Test captaincy was a ticking time bomb that was always going to become public at some point. The ramifications of Paine’s resignation

News The board accepted Paine’s resignation and has said that process of identifying and appointing a new Test captain will be accelerated Tim Paine has quit as Test captain after being investigated by Cricket Australia for allegedly sending explicit messages to a female co-worker. The board accepted Paine’s resignation and has said that process of

News CA chief executive Hockley says he was aware of the case but found out details only last week The current Cricket Australia board would not have endorsed Tim Paine as Test captain if the information around his explicit text messages to a female colleague in 2018 had been available, the chairman of the body

News National selector George Bailey has said he has a firm idea over who will bat No. 5 in the Ashes Travis Head believes he is a better batter than when he last played for Australia ahead of next week’s crucial duel with Usman Khawaja. Selectors now have two big calls to make ahead of

News The early days to becoming Australia’s accidental Test captain and, now, stepping down after emergence of details of an old off-field scandal Tim Paine‘s tenure as Australia’s Test captain came to a sudden end on Friday when he resigned from the position following the emergence of details of explicit messages he sent a co-worker

News He has stepped down as Australia’s Test captain with immediate effect Australian cricket was sent into crisis on Friday when Tim Paine quit as captain following the emergence of explicit messages sent to a female colleague in 2017. Here is his statement in full “Today I am announcing my decision to stand down as

News Victoria allrounder Will Sutherland ‘returned a test result which requires further analysis’ The Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and Victoria at the SCG has been postponed after allrounder Will Sutherland tested positive for Covid-19. Confirmation arrived less than an hour before the toss was due to take place with the Victoria team

News Wicketkeeper revealed he suffered the injury at training the day before and didn’t want to know the result of his scan Australia wicketkeeper Matthew Wade has revealed he played the T20 World Cup final with a grade two tear in his side after suffering the injury at training the day before the game. Wade

News Australia’s players will get to play up to four 50-over domestic matches before the multiformat Ashes begins Cricket Australia has announced new fixtures for the Women’s National Cricket League season which will provide Australia’s players the perfect lead-in to the Women’s Ashes starting on January 27. The WNCL was initially set to begin back

News Michael Neser and Jhye Richardson are the back-up quicks; Mitchell Marsh named in Australia A group Travis Head and Usman Khawaja are set to battle it out for the final middle-order spot in Australia’s Test side having been included in a 15-player squad for the first two matches of the men’s Ashes next month.

News Australia skipper won’t play in Tasmania’s Shield clash against WA; will instead play club cricket and in Tasmania’s Second XI against South Australia Australia captain Tim Paine is set to go into the Ashes series without a first-class fixture under his belt but he is set to play club cricket and second XI cricket

News Harris will open with Warner in the first Ashes Test, says the chief selector There will be no bat-off for the final batting spot in Australia’s side for the first Ashes Test at the Gabba, despite both Usman Khawaja and Travis Head being named in the 15-man squad. The two men will face each

News “I was batting extremely well in the nets, and it was only a matter of time before it all started to work out” Player of the Tournament of the T20 World Cup 2021 David Warner has revealed he was training the “hardest I ever did” and knew he would get a “second chance” to

News Adelaide Oval to host a global semi-final for the first time, alongside the SCG Seven cities will play host to the 2022 men’s T20 World Cup in Australia with the semi-finals to be held in Sydney and Adelaide ahead of the final at the MCG under lights on November 13. The ICC announced on

News Kane Williamson praised his bowlers for their performance over the tournament despite a tough night in the final New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has refused to blame his bowling attack and instead credited Australia’s batters after they hunted down 173 with considerable ease to win their first-ever T20 World Cup title. Trent Boult aside,

News Williamson’s innings would have ended on 21 off 22 balls; he went on to score 85 off 48 balls Kane Williamson was the star of New Zealand’s innings with a stunning 85 off 48 balls, but his innings would have ended on 21 off 22 balls had Josh Hazlewood held on to a regulation

News The Queensland quick is the current leading wicket-taker in the Sheffield Shield Queensland skipper Usman Khawaja has likened team-mate Mark Steketee to South Africa great Dale Steyn, labelling the quick’s current form as career-best. Steketee is among a host of fast bowlers fighting for advantage in the pecking order behind Australia’s Test trio Mitchell

News She made a double century on Test debut against England in 2001 The thoughts of Australia’s cricket community are with ex-Test player Michelle Goszko, who is in a Sydney hospital after suffering a stroke. Former team-mate Lisa Sthalekar revealed the 44-year-old’s condition during the Seven Network’s broadcast of the WBBL match between the Brisbane