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Report Australia make three changes with Wareham missing with a quad injury, while India have brought back Sneh Rana in place of Poonam Yadav Toss Australia Women chose to bat vs India Women Meg Lanning won a third straight toss in the multi-format series as Australia opted to bat against India in the third ODI

Beth Mooney put on a century stand with Tahlia McGrath © Albert Perez/Getty Images Beth Mooney reckons that Australia will attack the ODI World Cup with belief that anybody can help them win from any position, having produced a career-best knock to snatch a stunning victory over India in Mackay. Mooney, promoted to open in

Report India Women made one change to the side that lost the first ODI, bringing in left-arm spinner Gayakwad for offspinner Rana Toss: Australia Women chose to bowl vs India Women Meg Lanning won the toss in the second ODI and opted to bowl first once again against India. Lanning said the new pitch at

Report South Australia took just four wickets on the opening day of a new season with Green warming up for the Ashes in fine style sharing a 199-run stand with the ageless Marsh Western Australia 4 for 324 (Marsh 118, Green 106) lead South Australia A new Sheffield Season brought the same old story for

News The allrounder picked up his form from the recent Australia tours at the start of the summer Mitchell Marsh said there’s one key factor behind his batting revival as he carried his Australia form into the new domestic season with 111 to help Western Australia trounce the Redbacks by 78 runs in the opening

News The allrounder limped of the attack after seven balls in Delhi Capitals match against Sunrisers Hyderabad Australia face a nervous wait to find out the severity of the injury allrounder Marcus Stoinis suffered in Delhi Capitals’ first match of the resumed IPL in Dubai after he limped out of the attack in his second

News Analysis There isn’t much domestic cricket locked in yet, but should Covid-19 allow here’s some names with plenty to play for The Australia domestic season remains very piecemeal at the moment with only a handful of games confirmed and two states – Victoria and New South Wales – still unsure when they will start

News The vice-captain was struck a painful blow on the elbow in the nets and sent for a scan Australia suffered an injury scare on the eve of the second ODI against India in Mackay when Rachael Haynes was struck a painful blow on the elbow during a net session. Footage from Cricket Australia showed

Report Pair shared a record 217-run partnership to put South Australia to the sword, with a remarkable century from Alex Carey the only shining light on a dark day for the Redbacks Western Australia 6 for 352 (Philippe 137, Marsh 111) beat South Australia (Carey 128*, Behrendorff 4-39) by 78 runs (DLS method) Twin centuries

News Analysis It is already accepted that Meg Lanning’s team has enviable depth and they are likely to need it over the next year It’s one of sports many clichés that players don’t look too far ahead and only take each match as it comes. So let’s do it on behalf of Australia. The opening

News Need to find a way to take 20 wickets more regularly to complement a strong batting unit Captain Mitchell Marsh Coach Adam Voges FixturesSeptember 22: South Australia (Marsh Cup), Karen Rolton OvalSeptember 24-27: South Australia (Sheffield Shield), Karen Rolton Oval Winter movesThe bulk of the squad is unchanged from last year with only changes

News For the visitors, Poonam Yadav claimed 3 for 28 while Vastrakar and Deepti impressed with a middle-order fightback Australians 278 for 9 (Haynes 65, Lanning 59, Mooney 59, Yadav 3-28) beat Indians 242 for 7 (Vastrakar 57, Sharma 49*, Campbell 3-38) by 36 runs Rachael Haynes, Meg Lanning and Beth Mooney all struck half-centuries

News Analysis Will any of the new signings make a mark as the tournament resumes? A number of Australian players have opted not to return to the IPL, but there will still be strong representation in the UAE and for some of them it is a vital lead in to the T20 World Cup. Here’s

News Australia’s Test captain believes he made the right decision to go under the knife Australia captain Tim Paine is “extremely confident” of being fit for the first Ashes Test despite undergoing invasive neck surgery. A bulging disc had been causing the wicketkeeper pain in his neck and left arm, leading Paine to have an

News The workloads, especially around the day-night Test, will be closely monitored by coaching staff Australia fast bowler Tayla Vlaeminck will not be considered for selection until the T20I series against India next month as head coach Matthew Mott weights up the delicate balancing act of protecting the young quick bowlers. Mott confirmed that Vlaeminck,

News There has been some unease over Eddings staying on, but four our of six states would need to vote against it Earl Eddings has been unanimously endorsed for a second term as Cricket Australia chairman by the board, but if elected he will stand down during the period with a deputy chair to be

News Prospect of boycott still on the cards as players await clarity on quarantine and bubble life The prospect of England fielding a significantly under-strength squad in the Ashes would appear to have grown following talks between the team and officials at the ECB. ESPNcricinfo understands that some members of the playing squad and some

Play 01:45 Ellyse Perry excited by ‘complete’ Australia attack Teenage tearaway Darcie Brown is confident Australia’s young attack will step up in coming weeks as they prepare to confront India without spearhead Megan Schutt. Schutt, who last month celebrated the birth of her first child with wife Jess, and injured spinner Jess Jonassen are missing

Nathan Ellis picked up a hat-trick on his international debut © AFP/Getty Images Two years ago, Nathan Ellis was sitting in Adam Griffith’s office at Bellerive Oval in Hobart pondering whether his professional cricketing dreams might be over. Two years later, he might get his chance to make an IPL debut in the coming weeks

News Australia’s Test captain is likely to be out of action until early November, giving him a month to prepare for the Ashes Australia Test captain Tim Paine faces a disrupted build-up to the Ashes after it was decided that he would undergo surgery on a pinched nerve in his neck, which has been causing

News Australia will play two Tests this season and there is a push to see more of the format Australia allrounder Ellyse Perry believes it is a “no brainer” that there should be multi-day cricket at domestic level in the women’s game. Test cricket has returned to the women’s game this year for the first

News Australia’s Test captain was fully supportive of CA’s decision to signal the cancellation of the Hobart match Tim Paine has made a pitch for Hobart to host the fourth Ashes Test while casting doubt on teams’ willingness to play Afghanistan at the T20 World Cup. Cricket Australia (CA) all but confirmed on Thursday its

News CA chief executive Nick Hockley hopeful to give assurances to England players in the coming weeks about families being allowed to tour The Ashes could become the first sporting event in Australia where fans will require a vaccine passport to attend as Cricket Australia hopes for full crowds for all five Test matches. CA

News On Wednesday, the Taliban indicated that women would not be able to take part Cricket Australia will cancel the Test match against Afghanistan in November if women are not allowed to play the sport under the Taliban regime. The updated stance from CA follows the developments on Wednesday where the Taliban indicated that women

News The board will be led by discussions with the government ahead of the November meeting The fate of the Afghanistan Test in Hobart later this year will rest with Australia’s federal government following the Taliban takeover of the country. The match, Afghanistan’s first Test against Australia, is due to take place from November 27

News Changes to the Marsh Cup, Sheffield Shield, and WNCL fixtures due to state lockdowns and border closures Cricket Australia has confirmed changes to the domestic schedule with this weekend’s opening round to the 50-over Marsh Cup competition delayed as Covid-19 lockdowns in New South Wales and Victoria and border closures between states continue to

News David’s Hobart Hurricanes coach Adam Griffith will work with him at RCB and sees a player who could go a long way Tim David has had a meteoric rise over the past two years. He went from a fringe player in Western Australia and with Perth Scorchers to an Associate star with Singapore and

News Heat expect the batter to be available for the entire tournament, which begins on December 5 at the SCG Brisbane Heat have signed England top-order batter Ben Duckett for the upcoming Big Bash League season. This will be the 26-year old’s first experience of the BBL, although he did spend some time with the

News Peter Gutwein said he would be seeking the advice of the local Hazara community Hobart’s Hazara community will help determine whether the city hosts a men’s cricket Test between Australia and Afghanistan. The first ever Test involving the two nations, originally slated for 2020 but delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, is scheduled to

News Starc will have done four weeks quarantine out of the last five and faces more after the T20 World Cup Alyssa Healy has been joined in Brisbane quarantine by husband Mitchell Starc amid the challenges posed by their competing schedules in the Covid era, the difficulty of travel and the need for players to