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News The legspinner’s 2 for 20 was a key part of Australia’s victory in the fourth game With West Indies surging away in their chase on the fourth T20I, threatening to make a mockery of Australia’s 189, Adam Zampa went to Aaron Finch and told him he wanted to bowl inside the Powerplay. It hadn’t

News Marsh continued his fine form in the series with a player-of-the-match display When Fabian Allen kept depositing the ball in the stands in the penultimate over, bowled by Riley Meredith, at Daren Sammy Stadium, it seemed as though one of Mitchell Marsh‘s best nights in coloured clothes for Australia might not end in victory.

Report Jason Behrendorff comes in for Josh Hazlewood as Australia’s one change Australia won the toss and decided to bat against West Indies For the fourth time in the series Aaron Finch won the toss and he opted to bat as Australia seek their first victory on the tour. They made one change with left-arm

News Clubs can start building their lists for the tournament which will begin on December 5 The proposed BBL draft for overseas players has been postponed for another year due to the ongoing uncertainties created by the pandemic. Initially pushed back from the 2020-21 season, it had been hoped to get the system up and

Play 01:45 ‘We’ve probably let the bowlers down’ – Henriques Big Picture West Indies have hit their stride in the last few days to give Australia some harsh lessons. They had a helping hand in the opening game as the visitors’ batting lost the plot, but the following matches have been superb all-round displays where

Report West Indies have brought in Obed McCoy for the injured Fidel Edwards Australia won the toss and decided to bat against West Indies Australia have rung the changes and will also take a different approach as they aim to keep the series alive in St Lucia. Alex Carey and Ashton Turner come into a

Play 01:39 Mitchell Marsh: Australia won’t make excuses for West Indies loss Big Picture In the space of barely 24 hours this series is potentially one match away from being decided. Australia need to win to keep things alive, a position they found themselves in on the New Zealand tour which will give them some

Report Hetmyer, Bravo and Russell starred with the bat for the hosts as Australia fell in a heap for the second night running West Indies 196 for 4 (Hetmyer 61, Bravo 47*) beat Australia 140 (Marsh 54, Walsh Jr 3-29) by 56 runs A superbly constructed century partnership between Shimron Hetmyer and Dwayne Bravo was

West Indies produced a stunning fightback in the opening game © AFP Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against West Indies Australia have chosen to take the same route as the opening game of the series by bowling first and fielding the same XI less than 24 hours after they collapsed to defeat.

News Her withdrawal further depletes a Phoenix squad that will already be without Sophie Devine Australia allrounder Ellyse Perry is the latest high-profile player to pull out of the inaugural season of the Hundred. The 30-year old, who was due to play for Birmingham Phoenix, has withdrawn from the tournament, citing personal reasons. Perry’s absence

News The coach admitted reports of unrest over his coaching style in recent months hurt him Australia coach Justin Langer said he was hurt and confused by some of the things he read about his style of working but remains keen to lead the side and get an extension when his current contract runs out

News Australia’s top-order batters have all made some runs across the two intra-squad matches Australia II 166 for 2 (Philippe 67, Henriques 51) beat Australia I 165 for 6 (Wade 52, Starc 3-30) by eight wickets Josh Philippe cut loose in Australia’s second intra-squad warm-up match in St Lucia while Matthew Wade and Moises Henriques

Marnus Labuschagne will return to Australia in a couple of weeks © PA Images via Getty Images Marnus Labuschagne emerged from isolation and cracked a massive double century with a record score for Glamorgan’s 2nd XI ahead of his final few weeks in county cricket. Labuschagne and his Queensland team-mate Michael Neser had been forced

Sydney Thunder are the defending champions © Getty Images The final of next season’s WBBL will be played following the opening day of the Australia-Afghanistan Test on November 27. The tournament, which will start on October 14 following Australia’s multi-format series against India, is also set to return to a country-wide fixture list with at

News The allrounder spent time working on his lower-order hitting ahead of the West Indies tour Ashton Agar‘s primary role in Australia’s T20I team is with the ball, but he knows contributing with the bat is key to the balance of the side and adds to his value. Though he opened in the first intra-squad

Play 00:50 Paine open to Smith missing T20 World Cup for Ashes State batters should be “licking their lips” at the prospect of pushing for an Ashes batting spot according to Test captain Tim Paine with vacancies in Australia’s top order. ESPNcricinfo understands that more than half the Sheffield Shield, which is scheduled to return

News Lehmann will step back into an assistant role despite signing a new deal earlier this year Wade Seccombe has been tipped as a future Australia coach amid a restructuring at Brisbane Heat which has seen him take the head coach position while Darren Lehmann steps back into a senior assistant role for the BBL.

News The squad was split into two teams of 10 for a 22-over-a-side match in the first proper hit-out of the tour Australia I 195 for 6 (Marsh 56, Turner 45) beat Australia II 193 for 5 (Christian 47, Henriques 36) by four wickets Dan Christian, Mitchell Marsh and Ashton Turner made an impression with

News Australia captain also excited at the prospect of playing both Tayla Vlaeminck and Darcie Brown in the same XI Australia captain Meg Lanning has endorsed the view that if Test cricket is to grow as a viable format in the women’s game, then multi-day matches need to be played at domestic level as her

Mitchell Starc will be a key figure in Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign © Cricket Australia via Getty Images Mitchell Starc is prepared to improvise to give himself the best chance of being ready for Test cricket amid a schedule crunch which is further complicated by the quarantine requirements in Australia. Starc is one of

News He expects the wicketkeeper to bat in the top three of the T20 side even when all players are available Matthew Wade expects Australia’s wicketkeeper to bat in the top three for the T20I side as he looks to keep hold of the position that is currently his in the build-up to the World

News Ben Sawyer has joined the national set-up as full-time pace-bowling coach Matthew Mott, head coach of the Australia women’s team, has signed a two-year contract extension which means he will remain in charge until after the defence of the T20 World Cup title in 2023. The next two years includes a host of major

News ‘If anything we’ll be a bit vulnerable because we won’t have had a lot of cricket” Australia women’s head coach Matthew Mott is wary that India may be the better-prepared side when the two teams meet in September, with the home side coming off an extended period without playing and a chance that their

News Storm Elsa is making its way north west through various parts of the Caribbean Australia’s preparations for the T20 series against West Indies are facing disruption with St Lucia bracing for the impact of a tropical storm over the next 48 hours. The island will go into a lockdown early on Friday morning with

Justin Langer has not gathered a full squad since early in the year © Getty Images Justin Langer addressed the “confronting” team reviews that led to talk of unrest in the Australia dressing room before the limited-overs squad departed for West Indies with a greater use of assistant coaches one of the key recommendations. Reports

News Only the MCG will not be sold to capacity for the Boxing Day Test, although the current lockdowns are a reminder of the challenging situation Cricket Australia will sell venues at 100% capacity for next season, with the exception of the Boxing Day Ashes Test at the MCG, in the hope of bumper crowds,

News Analysis The captain and chief selector have indicated there is plenty to play for over the next few weeks Australia’s tour squad to West Indies (and maybe onwards to Bangladesh) is missing a number of big names who have opted out, been rested, or are injured. That continues to disrupt preparations for the T20

News The Australia captain said that performances on the upcoming tours will count for a lot in final selection Australia’s planning for the 2021 T20 World Cup has been significantly disrupted by tour pullouts but captain Aaron Finch is maintaining his focus – in more ways than one. Finch underwent surgery on his left eye

News Former England batter says he would back player withdrawals from “insane” schedule Kevin Pietersen has branded the prospect of England’s cricketers not seeing their family for four months during this winter’s Ashes as “absolutely insane”, and said he would support anyone who pulled out of the tour. Those players involved in both the T20I

News The travelling party will have their passports processed separately, and will not face immigration authorities The Australian men’s team will have heightened bio-bubble measures on their tour to Bangladesh next month. The visitors are likely to touch down on July 29 to play five T20Is against Bangladesh in early August, with all matches being