Travis Head is the latest player to join Australia’s extensive injury list and has been ruled out of the final ODI against Sri Lanka with a minor hamstring strain.
Melinda Farrell
Cricket Australia hopes the introduction of an overseas draft will be enough to entice the world’s best cricketers to the BBL in the face of a growing number of competing cashed-up T20 leagues.
Sri Lanka held their nerve in a thriller that went down to the last ball to win the fourth ODI by four runs and secure their first ODI series win against Australia at home in 30 years.
Mitchell Starc is hopeful he can recover from a lacerated finger in time to play at least one of Australia’s three remaining ODIs against Sri Lanka.
On pitch that was difficult for batters on both sides, Sri Lanka made the best of the conditions before their bowlers piled pressure on Australia, culminating in the loss of five wickets for just 19 runs.
Marcus Stoinis has been ruled out of the remainder of Australia’s ODI series against Sri Lanka after suffering a side strain.
A commanding innings from Glenn Maxwell helped Australia to a two-wicket victory in their first ODI against Sri Lanka at Pallekele.
A blistering half-century by Dasun Shanaka blew Australia away in a thrilling chase at Pallekele as Sri Lanka claimed victory in the third T20 International.
Mitchell Starc will continue to train with the Australian squad but will be out of the playing XI for a minimum of seven days after sustaining a lacerated finger.
Ricky Ponting has signed a three-year deal with the Hobart Hurricanes as Head of Strategy for the men’s program and will lead the search for a new head coach.
Australia have sealed the T20 series on the first leg of their tour of Sri Lanka, a superb all round bowling effort paving the way for a three-wicket victory in the second T20 International.
Josh Hazlewood is cricket's dance remix of Nessun Dorma, a timeless classic that has been remade for the modern age but loses none of its spine-tingling majesty in the process.
Twelve months ago, Aaron Finch was preparing for a white ball tour of the Caribbean and Bangladesh as part of Australia’s build up to the T20 World Cup in the UAE.
Matthew Mott came up on the rails to be confirmed as England's new white-ball coach. A close ally of new Test supremo Brendon McCullum, he promises a fearless approach.
TSN's Melinda Farrell reflects on a historic visit to Pakistan as part of Australia's recent tour.
Ashton Agar has tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the first One-Day International against Pakistan and will remain in isolation for five days, keeping him out of the three-match ODI series.
Mitch Marsh is likely out of the white ball series against Pakistan after sustaining a hip flexor injury at training on Saturday that could also see him miss the IPL.
If Karachi was an epic draw, then Lahore was a monumental victory, the magnitude of which can hardly be overstated.
It may have been Pakistan Day everywhere else - but in the middle of Gaddafi Stadium, it was definitely Australia’s day.
Watching the progress of Cameron Green feels a little like checking on the health and growth of a favourite plan...Cameron Green is a long-term project for Australia, a rare cricketing orchid highly coveted and delicately handled.
Australia have named an unchanged XI for the third Test against Pakistan in Lahore.
For three-and-a-half days, Australia had done virtually everything right in Karachi - but a Test is played over five days, not three-and-a-half, and the best laid plans of would-be conquerors can be thwarted by a determined resistance.
In terms of experience in the subcontinent, let alone captaining a Test side, Pat Cummins is a toddler, with two Tests in India and one at Rawalpindi under his belt. But he is learning fast. Scary fast. And he’s not alone.
Mitchell Swepson and Ashton Agar grew up idolising Shane Warne and, with both spinners in the mix for selection in Australia’s second Test, the pair have spoken about the influence the Test great had on their respective careers.
Initial discussions are underway between Cricket Australia and the Pakistan Cricket Board for Australia Women, Australia A and the national U19s side to tour Pakistan after the Australian Men’s side have paved the way for possible future tours.
Australian interim coach Andrew McDonald is backing Nathan Lyon to bounce back from a gruelling Test in Rawalpindi and has hinted selectors may opt for two spinners for the second Test in Karachi.
Us cricket fans are a funny lot - we can be difficult to please, even at the best of times. We know Test matches last five days and yet we often fall into the trap of thinking the first session has decided the result.
Marnus Labuschagne mentions tempo several times as he sits in his hotel room in Islamabad - and he believes that will be an important component of the tour of Pakistan that could define his career.
The first training session of the tour is the Australian players’ first venture outside the hotel; so, too for the small number of journalists to have arrived in Islamabad.
A threatening social media message sent to Ashton Agar’s wife has been investigated and deemed not credible ahead of the first Test of Australia’s historic tour of Pakistan.
Australia are prepared for all-out aggression from England in the three remaining matches of the Women’s Ashes series after the thrilling drawn Test match left the home side just one win away from retaining the Ashes.
Nothing that came before mattered - all that mattered now was the chase. England needed 257 runs from 48 overs - and it went down to the wire.
While selectors mull over the make up of Australia’s fast bowling line up and the possible inclusion of Usman Khawaja for the pink ball Test in Hobart, their thoughts are also turning towards the subcontinent and a string of tours with vastly different requirements to the current home Ashes series.
