Australia
Australia’s top cricket body appointed Andrew McDonald as national coach on Wednesday, two months after the shock departure of Justin Langer.
Australian cricketer Shane Warne was farewelled at a state memorial at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday where tens of thousands of people gathered to remember one of the game’s finest players at his home stadium.
No foul play is suspected in the death of Australian cricket great Shane Warne at a Thai holiday island villa, local police said Saturday.
Australia cricket great Shane Warne, widely regarded as the greatest leg-spinner of all time, has died aged 52, according to a statement issued by his management company.
Australia flew into Pakistan Sunday for their first cricket tour in nearly a quarter of a century - and into a high-security bubble that will envelop them throughout their six-week stay.
Australia will welcome international tourists on Monday after nearly two years of sealing its borders, relying on high COVID-19 vaccination rates to live with the pandemic as infections decline.
Steve Smith has been ruled out of the rest of Australia’s Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka with a concussion after landing heavily as he made a spectacular attempt to take a catch.
Australia named a full-strength squad on Tuesday for their first Pakistan tour in 24 years, with spinners Mitchell Swepson and Ashton Agar drafted to back up their formidable pace attack.
Justin Langer has resigned as coach of the Australian men’s cricket team, his management company said on Saturday.
New Zealand’s limited-overs tour of Australia has been postponed indefinitely due to uncertainty over when the visitors would be able to return home due to COVID-19 protocols, the cricket boards of both countries said on Wednesday.
Cameron Green led the way as Australia rode roughshod over England’s hopes of an Ashes victory by dismissing the tourists for 124 in Hobart on Sunday evening to clinch the fifth test by 146 runs and seal a 4-0 series triumph.
Australia retained the Ashes with thumping innings and 14-run win in the third test in Melbourne on Tuesday, with debutant pacer Scott Boland laying waste to England’s hapless batsmen with a devastating six-wicket haul.
Australia on Monday reported its first confirmed death from the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 amid another surge in daily infections, but the authorities refrained from imposing new restrictions saying hospitalization rates remained low.
England were folded for just 185 in their first innings of the third Ashes Test in Melbourne on Sunday.
Australia on Wednesday reopened borders to vaccinated skilled migrants and foreign students after a near two-year ban on their entry, in a bid to boost an economy hit by stop-start COVID-19 lockdowns and restart international travel.
Australia pace bowler Josh Hazlewood is doubtful for the second Test against England with a side strain and has returned home, Cricket Australia said on Sunday.
Australia confirmed their line-up for the first Ashes Test three days early on Sunday, recalling Travis Head for the hotly contested No 5 spot while retaining Mitchell Starc in the bowling attack.
Mitchell Marsh and David Warner’s splendid performance with the bat helped Australia to hammer New Zealand by eight wickets to clinch their maiden Twenty20 World Cup title on Sunday.
Australia reached the Twenty20 World Cup final with a five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the second semi-final on Thursday.
Australia are looking to their top-order batting led by the explosive David Warner as well as Adam Zampa’s bag of leg-spin tricks to get past a red-hot Pakistan in Thursday’s second semi-final of the Twenty20 World Cup.
