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Green’s five sixes in career-best T20 knock An exceptional all-round effort from Cameron Green helped Australia storm to a series sweep over Scotland with a six-wicket win in the third T20I in Edinburgh. Green (62no off 39 balls) and Mitch Marsh (31 off 23) saw Australia comfortably home with just shy of four overs to...

‘I’ll bat anywhere!’: Inglis speaks after record ton He’s bided his time on the bench for Australia’s T20 side but now that the door is ajar for Josh Inglis to cement a spot, he’s cashing in. Inglis overnight became just the third man alongside Glenn Maxwell and Aaron Finch to hit multiple T20 international centuries...

Every six from Inglis’ record-breaking T20 ton for Australia Josh Inglis smashed the fastest T20 international century for Australia as the tourists cantered to a series win over Scotland in the second T20I at The Grange. Inglis overcame the Edinburgh fog and the hot hand of Brad Currie to raise his ton from 43 balls,...

Riley Meredith added to Australian squad for England T20 series with fellow Tasmanian quick Nathan Ellis injured Returning Meredith ‘fitter, stronger, hungrier’ than ever: Ellis Australia quick Nathan Ellis’ UK tour is over without bowling a ball after being ruled out of the rest of the Scotland leg and the T20 and ODI series against...

Refreshed Travis reflects on his Head-line act Australia’s new opening combination may have stumbled out of the blocks, but Travis Head says he and Jake Fraser-McGurk won’t deviate from their method in Friday’s second T20 in Edinburgh. While Head took full toll on Scotland’s inexperienced pace attack in the series opener, blazing the equal quickest...

Marsh hits consecutive sixes out of the park in 30-run over Travis Head blazed the equal fastest T20 international half-century by an Australian man and Mitch Marsh slammed a 30-run over as the tourists issued a telling statement in the first match of their UK tour. Sean Abbott (3-39), Xavier Bartlett and Adam Zampa (two...

JFM to debut as new-look Aussies face Scotland Jake Fraser-McGurk has succeeded David Warner in Australia’s T20 team as express quick Riley Meredith returns to international cricket for the first time in three years for today’s series opener against Scotland. Mitch Marsh won the toss and Australia will bowl first in their first outing in...

Scotland talisman Mark Watt has declared the Saltires are out for “blood” this week as the world’s 13th-ranked men’s T20 team dream of toppling a new-look Australian outfit. The charismatic left-armer was one of his team’s best during their most recent encounter at the T20 World Cup in June, a match he feels they let...

Brendon McCullum will oversee England’s fortunes in all three cricket formats from the start of next year after agreeing to succeed Matthew Mott as white-ball head coach. The 42-year-old former New Zealand captain will replace Australian Mott, who stepped down following England’s T20 World Cup semi-final exit against eventual champions India in June. McCullum has...

Earlier this year, The South Australian Cricket Association announced from the 2024/25 cricket season onwards the state representative teams will return to their historical name of ‘South Australia’. Subsequently, we are excited to release the new South Australia cricket teams’ playing kits featuring the new name and playing logo. For the first time since the...

Nathan Ellis is quick to admit he still feels like a “fresh face” in the Australian team, but he knows this next week in Scotland shapes as his chance to emerge from the shadows of the ‘big three’. Having won out over a crowded field to secure Australia’s fourth fast-bowling spot at this year’s men’s...

No Australian cricketer knows their way around Scottish culture quite like George Bailey. As Australia’s selection chief notes: “It always feels like you’re going to have a good night when you’ve got a kilt on.”  He has been known to don one in the daytime too.  Bailey dons a kilt for a 2015 World Cup...