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News Whether the allrounder is available for Victoria next season will depend on the schedule and potential quarantine Victoria coach Chris Rogers is not convinced Glenn Maxwell needs to play Sheffield Shield cricket in order to be recalled to the Australia Test side although would gladly welcome him back. Due to IPL and international commitments,

Play 00:39 Young bowlers ‘exciting for Australian cricket’ – Lanning Ryan Harris is keen for a more permanent role with the Australia women’s team, having been brought on as a short-term bowling coach for the ongoing New Zealand tour. Harris admitted he was “a bit nervous” when he came into the squad but was very

South Australia’s chairman Andrew Sinclair has responded to his New South Wales counterpart John Knox’s opposition to a second term for the Cricket Australia chair Earl Eddings, writing to ask for greater clarity as to why the largest state association is eager for change at the top of the game’s governance. Last month, Knox sent

News On and off the field the allrounder is playing an increasingly central role in Australian cricket There are many factors that have created the daylight that is between the Australia team and the rest of the world. One of them was on view in their record-breaking 22nd ODI win when Ash Gardner came in

News Says he isn’t stressed about the burden of expectations thrust upon him by his big price tag Glenn Maxwell wants to be a “positive influence” on the Royal Challengers Bangalore, his new IPL team, and isn’t stressed about the burden of expectations that comes with his price tag of INR 14.25 crore (approx AUD

News The former Olympic rower, who was appointed in 2019, suffered a health scare late last year Drew Ginn’s future as Cricket Australia’s high performance boss is uncertain after he took personal leave from the role in late February with no set return date. CA’s acting chief executive Nick Hockley authored a reshuffle of Ginn’s

News Australia seamer available for three Championship games and full Blast season Sean Abbott, the Australia seamer, has signed to play for Surrey this summer. He will be available for three LV= Insurance County Championship fixtures and the whole of the Vitality Blast group stage. Abbott had been due for his first stint in county

News Head admits to “mixed emotions” about six months on the road; Handscomb “pumped” to get going Travis Head has admitted he has “mixed emotions” about travelling to England to play county cricket for Sussex this month, balancing the opportunity to remind the Australia selectors of his Ashes credentials with the prospect of spending six

Report New Zealand had given themselves a platform at 159 for 2 in the 38th over but the borderline stumping of Amelia Kerr set in motion a collapse of 8 for 53 Australia 215 for 4 (Healy 65, Perry 56*, Gardner 53*) beat New Zealand (Down 90, Schutt 4-32) 212 by six wickets Australia secured

News New Zealand hope to spoil the moment: “It’s always nice to mess up the Aussies’ plans,” says Lea Tahuhu One of the must-do things in the picturesque setting of Mount Maunganui is to climb to the top of the extinct volcano which gives the town its name. On Sunday, Australia can scale their own

Chadd Sayers has been one of South Australia’s finest bowlers © Getty Images Chadd Sayers, the South Australia seamer who earned one Test cap for Australia, has announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the end of the season. Sayers, 33, will play his final game when the Redbacks take on Victoria in Melbourne over

News The home side have not won a one-day series against Australia since 1999 Amy Satterthwaite, New Zealand’s stand-in captain, hopes they are able to “unleash” fast bowler Lea Tahuhu on Australia in the Rose Bowl one-day series. Tahuhu, who remains one of the quickest bowlers in the game, has been out of action since

News He said he wants to be ready for a “big 12 months” with Australia Australia and Chennai Super Kings fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has withdrawn from this year’s IPL in order to stay in shape for Australia’s upcoming calendar. He becomes the third Australian player, after Josh Philippe and Mitchell Marsh, to withdraw ahead

News The allrounder is working her way back at international level but has an outstanding record in the 50-over format Meg Lanning expects Ellyse Perry to play a more significant role in the ODI series against New Zealand than she did in the T20Is, but also stressed the importance of building a varied attack around

Report Less than three overs were possible at Eden Park with the attention now switching to the ODIs Australia 14 for 1 v New Zealand – Match abandoned Australia and New Zealand shared the spoils in the T20I series after rain forced the decider at Eden Park to be abandoned with less than three overs

News Her debut was full of promise as one of the team’s next generation showed her pace Darcie Brown is hoping to soak up knowledge and experience from all corners during the tour of New Zealand as Australia’s young quick bowlers push each other to elevate the speed gun. Eighteen-year-old Brown made her debut in

Report Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins took three wickets apiece but NSW will lose five players to the IPL New South Wales 2 for 204 (Hughes 101, Smith 86*) beat Queensland 203 (Peirson 59, Cummins 3-34, Starc 3-46) by eight wickets New South Wales secured the hosting rights for the Marsh Cup final with a

News “I’m always going to have to live with Cape Town regardless of whether I lead again or not” Three years after his ignominious exit as Australia’s captain in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal, Steven Smith has said he is keen and ready to lead the national side again if an opportunity came his

News South Africa’s Sune Luus and Nadine de Klerk also gain following 2-1 series win in India India Women’s T20I opener Shafali Verma has consolidated her position at the top of the batting rankings table in the format. Verma’s 30-ball 60 in the third T20I against South Africa last week helped her gain another 26

Report Maddy Green and Hannah Rowe scored 29 off the last three overs after Megan Schutt had put Australia in sight of victory New Zealand 131 for 6 (Mackay 46, Schutt 2-24) beat Australia 129 for 4 (Mooney 61*, Mackay 2-20) by four wickets Without their captain, with another player barely able to move and

It would not be this cricket season without Covid-19 making a late reappearance. After the WNCL final was briefly caught up in the fallout of the new community outbreak in Brisbane, the last rounds of the Marsh Cup and Sheffield Shield, with finals berths up for grabs, will now try and avoid the ramifications. So

Report The visitors stumbled to 14 for 3 in the chase but such is their ability to recover they won with two overs to spare Australia 133 for 4 (Gardner 73*) beat New Zealand 130 for 6 (Satterthwaite 40, Jonassen 3-26) by six wickets Australia wobbled but, as so often when that happens, the world

Report South Australia lost their fourth game in a row Queensland 6 for 321 (Labuschagne 82, Heazlett 65, Renshaw 56, Khawaja 50) beat South Australia 161 (Weatherald 68, Kuhnemann 4-37) by 160 runs Half-centuries from Queensland’s top four and a four-wicket haul by left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann saw Queensland stay unbeaten in the Marsh Cup

Report Victoria, led by stand-in captain Elyse Villani, suffered a 112-run loss chasing a mammoth 318 Queensland Women 317 for 8 (Redmayne 134*, Hinkley 53, Garth 3-45) beat Victoria Women 205 (Garth 48, Sutherland 42, Harris 4-35, Mills 3-36) by 112 runs Captain Georgia Redmayne‘s unbeaten 134, Mikayla Hinkley‘s 53, and ten wickets between Grace

News Analysis There are pace bowlers to keep an eye on and the superb Amelia Kerr Australia will return to action for the first time in almost six months with another Trans-Tasman battle against a struggling New Zealand side. The main focus for the next 12 months will be one-day cricket ahead of the World

News Also said the Australia women have received some advice from their male counterparts on how to adjust to cricket after a period of quarantine in NZ It has been more than a year since Ellyse Perry limped out of the T20 World Cup after severely injuring her hamstring. She has admitted it has taken

News The venue will have a capacity of 10,000 and include a range public facilities plus a new indoor cricket centre Final designs for the redevelopment of the WACA have been revealed as the ground becomes a boutique venue with a capacity of 10,000. The project has been in the works since Perth Stadium became

News Meg Lanning’s team will ramp up their preparations over the next week ahead of the T20I series There could be some fiercely-contested training sessions among the Australia squad in New Zealand over the coming days as players stake their claims for a spot in the side for the first T20I later this month. Having

News Picking the final XI will be a tough task although the returning Tayla Vlaeminck won’t play every game Australia coach Matthew Mott knows that he will have to manage the disappointment of players who fail to make the starting XI against New Zealand later this month, with the return of Tayla Vlaeminck and Ellyse

News The broadcaster has been told it can get back just over A$5 million Cricket Australia has emerged strongly in the latest stage of its battle with Seven West Media with the broadcaster awarded just a small reduction in its rights fee by an independent arbitrator. However, the two parties are still due in court