Australia

News “All I wanted to do was to be responsible and accountable for my own actions and part” Cameron Bancroft has conceded there had to be wider knowledge of Australia’s ball-tampering tactics in the Newlands Test than the punished trio of himself, David Warner and Steven Smith. Speaking to the Guardian interviewer Donald McRae in

News The summer will include four Tests, three ODIs and 15 T20Is in the lead-up to the T20 World Cup Cricket West Indies has announced a packed home schedule for the 2021 season, which includes visits from South Africa, Australia and Pakistan. In all, West Indies will play four Tests, three ODIs and 15 T20Is

News “Obviously I don’t make that decision but the time I played with Steve as captain he was excellent,” Paine said of Smith Australia captain Tim Paine has argued that Steven Smith was too immature for the demands of captaincy when the national role was first handed to him in 2014 and 2015. But Paine

News The group of 38 would be able to take a charter flight out of the Maldives via Malaysia to Sydney on May 16 Australian cricketers, coaches and media currently stranded in the Maldives may be able to return to home shores as soon as Sunday. Cricket Australia, the Australian Cricketers Association and the BCCI

News A review of the India Test series has unpacked how Australia’s dysfunctional batting might have been mitigated by the addition of a specialist mentor Australia’s uncertain top six are likely to be bolstered by a full-time batting coach or specialist consultants for the Ashes and beyond, after a review of the series defeat to

News Reports said MacGill was allegedly abducted from near his home in Sydney on April 14 Australian police arrested four men in dawn raids on Wednesday in connection with the alleged kidnap and assault of former Test cricketer Stuart MacGill. Reports said MacGill, 50, was allegedly abducted from near his home in Sydney on April

News He is the first member of the overseas contingent to test positive in the 2021 IPL Chennai Super Kings batting coach Michael Hussey has become the latest member in the IPL bubble to have tested positive for Covid-19. ESPNcricinfo understands Hussey reported “borderline” symptoms but will stay in isolation for 10 days at the

News There are close to 40 Australians in the IPL bubble comprising players, coaching staff and commentators A mass exodus of Australian players, coaches and support staff to the Maldives is the expected remedy to a dilemma created by the postponement of the 2021 IPL and the current closure of the Australian border to citizens

News Sussex overseas signing yet to speak to Justin Langer since central contract omission Travis Head is yet to speak to Justin Langer after his surprise omission from Australia’s central contracts list two weeks ago, but says that the channel of communication with selectors Trevor Hohns and George Bailey has been “ultra-clear” regarding his standing

News IPL 2021 was meant to be a test case for the BCCI to understand if the T20 World Cup could’ve been held in a ‘caravan model’ Will the postponement of the IPL have an impact on the 2021 men’s T20 World Cup, scheduled in India later this year? It is clearly too early to

Nick Hockley, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has said there are currently no plans for a charter flight to get Australians – players and others – involved in the IPL back home at the end of the tournament. Hockley, speaking to SEN Radio, mentioned that the players in India “are generally in good spirits” despite

News The major story of the week for the Australians came off the field rather than on it What now for Warner? There’s only one place to start. All is not well at Sunrisers Hyderabad, especially for David Warner. Last week he questioned team selection, then he produced his slowest T20 half-century (which he held

News There were concerns the pair could be stranded after the government’s suspension of flights from India Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson have managed to leave India after pulling out of the IPL. Zampa and Richardson, team-mates for Royal Challengers Bangalore, were expected home in Australia later on Thursday, a spokesman for the Australian Cricketers’

News Mumbai Indians opener also says they would be “getting vaccinated next week” Mumbai Indians opener Chris Lynn has urged Cricket Australia (CA) to arrange for a chartered flight to bring him and his countrymen home on the conclusion of the ongoing IPL. Lynn was speaking following a deadly surge of Coid-19 cases in India,

News “As players, we are privileged to have a platform that allows us to reach millions of people that we can use for good” The Kolkata Knight Riders’ Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins has donated $50,000 “specifically to purchase oxygen supplies for India’s hospitals” to PM Cares, a fund-raising scheme set up by the prime

News Fast bowler has to quarantine despite having arrived from “secure bubble” Billy Stanlake, the Australia fast bowler, has been prevented from making his Derbyshire debut this week as the County Championship is not considered “elite sport”. Stanlake arrived in England on Sunday and was hoping to play in the Championship match against Nottinghamshire starting

Richardson played one game for RCB in IPL 2021 © BCCI The Australian pair of Kane Richardson and Adam Zampa, part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad have left the IPL. They will be returning to Australia for ‘personal reasons’, according to a statement by the franchise. Richardson and Zampa are the second and third

News It wasn’t the best of weeks for Australian players at the IPL with some being dropped and a couple of costly errors playing parts in defeats Cummins goes for plenty, scores a few Pat Cummins made a bigger impact with the bat this week than the ball. Off 7.5 overs in the two games

News Trevor Hohns knows that those players also involved in the T20 World Cup will get very little red-ball preparation Australia’s national selector Trevor Hohns has admitted to being “very concerned” about the lack of Test cricket the team will play ahead of the Ashes next season. With the tour of South Africa last month

Travis Head and Matthew Wade have lost their Cricket Australia contracts while allrounder Cameron Green has earned his first deal though Will Pucovski has not been included. Joe Burns, who lost his place during the series against India, and Mitchell Marsh have also been cut from last year’s original list with just 17 deals handed

News The city is the frontrunner to stage the Games in 11 years and could be confirmed by mid-2021 The Gabba is slated for an A$1 billion (USD777 million) rebuild before hosting the opening and closing ceremonies as part of Brisbane’s bid for the 2032 Olympics, officials said on Tuesday. Queensland state capital Brisbane was

News Catch up with how the Australian names have gone in the opening stages of this year’s IPL Maxwell’s revival Last year’s IPL was a forgettable one for Glenn Maxwell as he tallied just 108 runs in 11 innings for Kings XI – without hitting a single six – and was subsequently let go. That

News He played four Tests for Australia and was within 11 runs of a century on debut in 2014 Tasmania batter Alex Doolan, who played four Tests for Australia, has announced his retirement. He finishes with 6824 runs in first-class cricket, of which 5978 came in the Sheffield Shield putting him eighth on the list

News “What we’ve seen during Covid is the drop off in the amount of international cricket in the women’s game” Any push to increase the amount of Test cricket in the women’s game would need to be balanced against the wider development of the sport, according to Australia selector and female high-performance manager Shawn Flegler.

News Allrounder Kimmince played 16 ODIs and 44 T20Is after making her Australia debut in 2008 Fast bowler Darcie Brown has been handed her first Cricket Australia contract in the one change from last year’s list replacing Delissa Kimmince who has announced her retirement. Brown, 18, made her Australia debut in T20Is and ODIs on

News Lancashire consider options to sign another overseas player after Australia seamer is told to rest Jackson Bird has a bulging disk in his neck and has been ordered to rest for a month, ruling him out of his planned County Championship stint with Lancashire. Bird, the Australia seamer who has 414 wickets from 99

Among the many things Covid-19 did to Australian cricket was finally provide an answer to questions about how state teams might perform if asked to depart from the formulas they have honed over generations of playing games on extremely familiar home ground pitches. For some, it was not so well: deprived of Bellerive Oval’s seaming

News The New Zealand offspinner took all the pace off the ball during a spell that included three wickets in an over Australia’s depth and confidence again shone through as they secured a 3-0 ODI series victory over New Zealand, to keep their record run going, but there was a glimpse at a potential weakness

Report Leigh Kasperek picked up three wickets in five balls to boost New Zealand, but in the end it wasn’t enough Australia 149 for 7 (Healy 46, Kasperek 3-24) beat New Zealand 128 for 9 (Schutt 2-22, Wareham 2-25) by 21 runs Before this match, in the several hours of waiting created by persistent showers

News The allrounder admits this season has been a challenge but is committed to a spell overseas Sean Abbott admitted that there have been days during a long season when finding the motivation to train has been difficult but after a brief break he is ready to keeping playing in order to push his case