Australian cricket
Next instalment of Amazon Test series to feature Pakistan triumph
First devised to capture last summer’s Ashes, Amazon’s follow-up documentary about the Australian men’s team is still filming.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Karunaratne helps Sri Lanka level ODI series vs Australia
Sri Lanka has evened the five-match, one-day international series against Australia with a 26-run win.
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Cummins hopeful mounting injuries won’t hinder Test preparation
Ashton Agar and Marcus Stoinis have become the latest casualties on Australia’s mounting injury list, raising fears about preparation for the Test series.
- by Malcolm Conn
Maxwell stars as Australia beat Sri Lanka in record run chase
Glenn Maxwell has helped Australia pull off their greatest ODI chase against Sri Lanka while England have wrapped up the three-Test series against New Zealand.
- by Scott Bailey
Cummins fit but injuries test Australia’s bowling depth
Injuries are testing Australia’s bowling depth heading into five one-day matches in 11 days, and disrupting Test preparations for the series against Sri Lanka.
- by Malcolm Conn
‘We want to be ambitious’: Lanning takes aim at ICC boss for putting women’s Tests in too hard basket
Meg Lanning believes cricket’s leaders will be guilty of lacking ambition if they do not plan for more women’s Test matches.
- by Daniel Brettig
Warne, Barty, Lanning recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Shane Warne and Ash Barty have each received due vice regal garlands in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, alongside Meg Lanning’s award for leading the world champion women’s cricket team.
- by Daniel Brettig
‘Too predictable’: Australia’s weakened case for the defence
Twenty20 world champions or not, Australia are still struggling to improve their ability to defend a target.
- by Daniel Brettig
Shanaka helps Sri Lanka avoid whitewash by Australia in Twenty20 series
Dasun Shanaka led from the front with a scintillating half-century as Sri Lanka edged world champions Australia by four wickets in the third and final Twenty20 International to avoid a series whitewash on Saturday.
- by AAP
Yes man? Andrew McDonald and how international cricket coaching really works
Asked about the “yes man” tag, Andrew McDonald deftly flips perspective. Why shouldn’t a coach accentuate the positives? Since taking over from Justin Langer, he has lightened the mood and let the Australian men’s team breathe a little easier.
- by Daniel Brettig
Wade lukewarm on Langer as potential Hurricanes coach
Hobart Hurricanes captain Matthew Wade has played a straight bat to Ricky Ponting’s suggestion that Justin Langer could be next coach of the Tasmanian BBL team.
- by Malcolm Conn