After sweeping the test series in Sri Lanka, an injury-depleted Australia will look to carry the momentum into ODI matches against the South Asians and build confidence ahead of the Champions Trophy. Selectors will confirm Australia’s final Champions Trophy squad on Wednesday as a bevy of fringe players look to impress in the first of … Read more
Australia captain Steve Smith backed number three batter Marnus Labuschagne to regain his form and hinted spin-bowling all-rounder Cooper Connolly could make his test debut in the second match against Sri Lanka on Thursday. Labuschagne has scored one hundred in his last 49 innings and managed 20 in the opening test against Sri Lanka, while … Read more
Australia is not yet a great team but completing a series sweep in Sri Lanka would push it closer, according to spin bowler Nathan Lyon. Australia won the first Test by an innings and 242 runs in Galle and will look to wrap up the series 2-0 with another win at the same venue when … Read more
Two unlikely heroes stepped up for Australia as it handed host Sri Lanka its biggest-ever test defeat, and coach Andrew McDonald was impressed by both after a dominant start to the two-test series. Left-arm spinner Matthew Kuhnemann fractured his thumb last month and McDonald had assumed the bowler would not be available for the match, … Read more
Aussie batter Josh Inglis in action. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Aussie batter Josh Inglis in action. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
Steve Smith’s 10,000 Test runs milestone: The numbers behind the Aussie captain’s latest record
Australia will play an additional ODI during its Sri Lanka tour starting later this month for two Tests as part of the ICC World Test Championships, the hosts said Wednesday. Both teams were originally due to play a one-off One-Day international at Hambantota, but another match has been added to the schedule, with both to … Read more
Australia captain Pat Cummins hinted that he may skip the tour of Sri Lanka later this month to be present for the birth of his second child. Australia is scheduled to play two Tests in Sri Lanka on January 29 and February 6, around the same time his wife — Becky — is due to … Read more