“You think we will come only to play with Maxwell? Do you think it will be like that?,” asked Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, as he addressed the media ahead of the Champions Trophy group league fixture against Australia. He paused for a moment, and added with a smile: “We have plans for the entire Australian … Read more
Welsh Fire added former Australia captain Steve Smith to its squad while defending champions Oval Invincibles signed Rashid Khan, the England and Wales Cricket Board’s franchise-based The Hundred league said on Tuesday Teams in the 100-ball format can retain 10 players and have been permitted to make one new overseas signing each, before completing their … Read more
Australia: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa. England: Jos Buttler (c), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Jamie Smith, Liam Livingstone, Adil … Read more
England skipper Jos Buttler expects Australia to pose a tough challenge when they meet in a Champions Trophy Group B clash in Lahore on Saturday, despite missing their pace trio. Australia’s campaign in the eight-nation Champions Trophy was hit hard after its regular skipper Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were ruled out due to ankle … Read more
After a gap of eight years, the ICC Champions Trophy is set to return in a hybrid format, with Pakistan and the UAE hosting games between February 19 and March 9, 2025. There have been eight editions of the Champions Trophy held so far, with Australia and India leading the pack with two titles apiece. … Read more
Mitchell Starc withdrew from the upcoming Champions Trophy as Cricket Australia (CA) announced its final squad for the ICC tournament on Wednesday. This means that the pace troika of Starc, Pat Cummins, and Josh Hazlewood will be missing out on the competition which is set to begin on February 19 in Pakistan. “Starc, who will … Read more
Australia captain Steve Smith attributed its 2-0 series victory against Sri Lanka to the perfect execution of its batting plans against the turning ball in Galle. A test series in Sri Lanka is often a trial by spin for any touring side but Australia came prepared with its batters using every trick in the book … Read more
Australia beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets inside four days of the second test to complete a 2-0 series sweep in Galle on Sunday. Replying to Sri Lanka’s first innings score of 257, Australia made 414 riding hundreds by skipper Steve Smith and Alex Carey to take charge of the contest. Australia bowled out Sri … Read more
Captain Steve Smith produced a batting masterclass against spin bowling as he and Alex Carey smashed unbeaten hundreds to power Australia to a commanding 330 for three on Day two of the second and final test in Galle on Friday. Smith’s unbeaten 120 is his second successive hundred of the series while Carey made a … Read more
Steve Smith on Wednesday became the 15th player to complete 10,000 runs in Test cricker during Australia’s 1st Test match against Sri Lanka in Galle. The interim Australia captain is the fourth from his country to cross the milestone after Alan Border, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting. Sachin Tendulkar remains the highest scorer in Tests … Read more