Australia cricket
Defiant India stand firm for fighting draw in third Australia Test
No team had ever bettered 288 to clinch victory in the fourth innings at the Sydney Cricket Ground, with Australia achieving that mark against South Africa in...
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Warner doubtful over match fitness against India
The explosive opener was named in the squad after he sat out the first two Tests with a groin injury and has been badly missed as Australia's top order struggled to build partnerships.
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Burns flops again to give Australia selection issues as Test looms
Joe Burns managed just one at the Sydney Cricket Ground before being trapped lbw by India's dangerous Mohammed Shami, leaving him with only 62 runs from nine first class knocks this summer.
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India win toss, bowl in second Australia T20
Australia, to be led for the first time by Matthew Wade in the absence of injured Aaron Finch, also go into the game without their pace spearheads Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood.
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Former Australia batsman Dean Jones dies of heart attack
Dean Jones, who played 52 Tests and 164 one-day internationals in the 1980s and 1990s, winning the World Cup in 1987, was one of Australia's most popular cricketers.
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Australia's Finch says test career probably finished
Finch, Australia’s limited-overs skipper, made his test debut in 2018 against Pakistan in Dubai as fellow opener David Warner served a one-year suspension for his role in the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal.
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Australia revert to using Kookaburra balls only in domestic cricket
Cricket Australia introduced the Dukes ball in 2016 and they were used in the second half of each Shield season to try to accustom players to conditions in England, where Australian batsmen had often struggled.
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Australia confident of hosting India, could tour England
While travel curbs remain Australia has begun easing social distancing restrictions after infections slowed to a trickle.
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Australia crush India to win women's T20 World Cup final
Alyssa Healy smashed a quick-fire 75 and Beth Mooney an unbeaten 78 as the defending champions plundered an ominous 184 for four - the highest score ever in a women's T20 final.
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Australia win toss, bat in women's T20 World Cup final
Top-ranked Australia, the defending champions, are targeting a fifth title, while India are playing in their first final.
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Labuschagne hits century on return to roots
Applauded by a large group of his South African family at Senwes Park, Marnus Labuschagne made 108 in an Australian total of 254 for seven after they were sent in to bat.
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Australia beat New Zealand by 247 runs in second Test, win series
The Blacks Cap, chasing a massive 488 to win, were dismissed for 240 in the evening session of the fourth day with Lyon taking 4-81 and Blundell last man out for 121.
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Stunned New Zealand fight to save second Australia Test
At the close on day three, the home team were 137 for four, building on their first innings 467 to be 456 runs in front.
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Australia's Starc sets record for most wickets at a single World Cup
That gave the left-arm quick his 27th wicket of the 2019 tournament, breaking the record of 26 for a single edition he had previously shared with retired Australia paceman Glenn McGrath.
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Smith cops an earful from Lord's boo brigade
This was a hostile chorus of boos that greeted Australia’s Steve Smith as he emerged from the red-bricked pavilion of the self aggrandising Home of Cricket.
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Khawaja causes selection headache before Australia's opener
Usman Khawaja, who only returned to the one-day side earlier this year after a two-year absence, has prospered upon his recall and scored 655 runs in 10 innings as an opener.
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Australia's Smith, Warner ready for hostile crowds at World Cup - Langer
The pair have returned from year-long bans following a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa and are expected to play vital roles in Australia’s title defence although they will not be in leadership positions.
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Smith's classy 89 not enough as N.Zealand win World Cup warm-up
The visitors chased down their 278 target with 10 balls to spare, inflicting the first one-day defeat on Australia in 10 games, although this was not counted as a full international.
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Australia to confront past as ball-tampering bans expire
Much has changed since Cricket Australia slapped former captain Smith and his deputy Warner with 12-month suspensions for the Cape Town scandal, while giving Cameron Bancroft a lighter nine-month sentence as the rookie opener caught up in a plot driven by others.
