Australian captain Mitch Marsh denies the T20 team is going through a “reset” after the failed World Cup campaign and says the three-game series against Scotland is more about “opportunity” for the incoming generation of white-ball stars. Marsh said the team for Wednesday night’s opening match at The Grange in Edinburgh was locked in but...
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‘They’ve improved a hell of a lot’: Scotland eager to prove full-member credentials after T20 World Cup heartbreak
It has been more than a decade since the Australian men’s cricket team visited Scotland, facing the hosts in a one-off ODI in Edinburgh in 2013. Australia, featuring the likes of Shane Watson, Adam Voges and Clint McKay, cruised towards a 200-run victory in the Scottish capital, with openers Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh cracking...
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Australian captain Pat Cummins endorses Adelaide Oval as future home of pink-ball Tests
Australian captain Pat Cummins has endorsed Adelaide Oval as the future home of pink-ball Tests after Cricket Australia unveiled its allocation of men’s international hosting rights over the next seven seasons. On Sunday, Queensland Cricket confirmed the Gabba would not host a Test match during the 2026/27 summer amid ongoing speculation around the future of...
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Australian captain Alyssa Healy hopes T20 World Cup is moved from strife-torn Bangladesh
Australian captain Alyssa Healy says she’d find it “hard to fathom” playing the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh in October because “people are dying” amid ongoing political turmoil. The International Cricket Council is actively seeking another country to host the tournament but has been rejected by India and Healy said “as a human being” it...
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‘Strong guys that smack it miles’: Steve Smith opens up on T20 disappointment after World Cup omission
Australian cricketer Steve Smith has vowed to keep pushing his case for a national T20 recall after missing selection for the upcoming tour of the United Kingdom. The 35-year-old, who played the most recent of his 67 T20Is in February, was not selected for June’s T20 World Cup campaign in the Caribbean, where Australia failed...
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Ex-Test captain Tim Paine appointed new coach of the Adelaide Strikers
Former Test captain Tim Paine is back in a major role in Australian cricket after winning the battle to replace Jason Gillespie as coach of the Adelaide Strikers. It comes nearly three years after he was forced to quit his role as skipper ahead of the 2021 Ashes after revelations of improper behaviour. Having been...
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Cricket Australia satisfied Geelong’s ‘ridiculous’ Big Bash debacle won’t be repeated
Cricket Australia is satisfied the “ridiculous” Kardinia Park pitch debacle that resulted in the abandonment of a Big Bash League match last summer won’t be repeated, with the Geelong venue set to host another of the Melbourne Renegades’ home matches this season. Last December’s clash between the Renegades and Perth Scorchers at Kardinia Park, also...
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Australian captain Mitch Marsh flags injection of new T20 players after World Cup disappointment
Australian T20 captain Mitch Marsh says some of the veteran members of the team that failed to make the World Cup semi-finals would need to “make decisions” about their future as part of the review of the failed campaign. The exit of opener David Warner, who toasted the arrival of his potential replacement Jake Fraser...
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David Warner’s international career ends with a whimper: Australian Player Ratings from the T20 World Cup
Australia has crashed out of the T20 World Cup after suffering back-to-back defeats against Afghanistan and India during the Super Eights in the Caribbean. Afghanistan’s dramatic victory over Bangladesh in Kingstown sealed Australia’s fate on Tuesday, preventing the 2021 champions from becoming the first nation to unify the three major ICC trophies. Rashid Khan’s side,...
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How Australia can still qualify for T20 World Cup semi-finals despite crushing loss to India
After suffering consecutive defeats to Afghanistan and India during the Super Eights, Australia’s T20 World Cup dream is hanging by a thread — but the 2021 champions could still qualify for the semi-finals. On Tuesday morning AEST, Rohit Sharma led India towards a clinical 24-run victory over Australia in Gros Islet, booking their spot in...
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Mitchell Starc’s absence sorely felt as Australia’s T20 World Cup gamble backfires: Talking Points
Australia’s T20 World Cup campaign is in jeopardy after the 2021 champions suffered a historic loss to Afghanistan in Kingstown on Sunday AEST. Chasing a 149-target for victory at Arnos Vale Ground, Australia was rolled for 127 in 19.2 overs after Afghanistan quicks Gulbadin Naib and Naveen-ul-Haq wreaked havoc with the Kookaburra. “They outplayed us,...
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T20 World Cup 2024: Talking Points, analysis from group stage, Pakistan eliminated, USA qualifies for Super Eights, Australia, video, highlights, cricket news
And then there were eight. We’re halfway through the T20 World Cup in the West Indies and United States, with the Super Eight stage tournament set to get underway on Thursday morning AEST. To the surprise of many, both host nations have qualified for the Super Eights, while former champions Sri Lanka and Pakistan were...
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