Wade dumped from Australia's test squad for South Africa tour Wade, who scored 173 runs at an average of 21.62 in four tests against India, will instead head to New Zealand with Australia's Twenty20 squad for a five-match series starting on Feb. 22 in Christchurch. Sports 27 Jan, 2021
Warner, Pucovski in Sydney test squad, Burns dropped MELBOURNE: Opening batsmen David Warner and Will Pucovski have been included in Australia's 18-man squad for the third test against India in Sydney but Joe Burns has been dropped after twin failures in Melbourne. Regular opener Warner missed the... 30 Dec, 2020
Opener Burns fails again as Australia's selection woes mount SYDNEY: Joe Burns' poor run at the top of the order continued on Sunday when he fell for one in a warmup match against India A, leaving hosts Australia with a selection headache ahead of Thursday's first test at Adelaide. Burns has now managed 62... 13 Dec, 2020
Australia kicks Smith captaincy question down the road MELBOURNE: The question of whether Steve Smith will regain the captaincy of the test team continues to gnaw at Australian cricket nearly three years after the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa. Australia's selectors, however, are refusing to... 12 Nov, 2020
Australia's Labuschagne wants to flourish across formats MELBOURNE: Australia's Marnus Labuschagne wants to enhance his power-hitting ability in one-day internationals as he seeks to establish himself as an all-format player, the 25-year-old said on Monday. Labuschagne has been a revelation in test... 04 May, 2020
Khawaja, Shaun Marsh miss out on Australia contracts MELBOURNE: Top order batsman Usman Khawaja has been omitted from Australia's annual list of 20 elite, contracted players in 2020 after falling out of favour with selectors midway through last year's Ashes. The 33-year-old... 30 Apr, 2020
Australia unchanged for New Zealand one-day series MELBOURNE: Australia named an unchanged squad on Wednesday for next month's one-day international home series against New Zealand. Paceman Jhye Richardson, coming back from a serious shoulder injury, missed out on the 14-man squad but will... 26 Feb, 2020
Labuschagne called up for Australia's one-day India tour SYDNEY: Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis were left out of the Australia squad for next month's limited overs tour of India on Tuesday as Marnus Labuschagne was handed a chance to earn his first one-day cap. Australia return to the 50-overs... 17 Dec, 2019
Starc named in Australia squad for New Zealand test series MELBOURNE: Paceman Mitchell Starc has been named in Australia's 13-man squad for the three-test series against New Zealand starting in Perth on Dec. 12 despite struggling with a foot injury in the second test win over Pakistan. Starc appeared to... 04 Dec, 2019
Khawaja, Harris dumped from Australia test squad MELBOURNE: Australia selectors have shaken up the squad's underperforming batting lineup for the two-test series against Pakistan by dumping top order batsmen Usman Khawaja and Marcus Harris while handing a surprise recall to Cameron... 14 Nov, 2019
Smith, Warner named in Australia World Cup squad SYDNEY: Former captain Steve Smith and Vice-captain David Warner were on Monday named in Australia's squad for the Cricket World Cup after completing 12-month suspensions for ball tampering. Both players also regained their Cricket Australia... 15 Apr, 2019
Smith, Warner omitted from Australia ODI squad Smith, Warner will have to find form and fitness in IPL Starc ruled out after injury setback Australia squad unchanged MELBOURNE: Steve Smith and David Warner will have to find form in the Indian Premier League to win places in... 08 Mar, 2019
