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India took on Australia in the third Test on 11 January 2021. Picture: Twitter/Cricket Australia

Australia cricket

Defiant India stand firm for fighting draw in third Australia Test

By AFP

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...

  • FILE: Australia's David Warner. Picture: @cricketcomau/Twitter

    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.

    583 days ago
  • Australia’s Joe Burns in action during his team’s second Test against Sri Lanka in Canberra. Picture: @cricketcomau/Twitter

    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.

    603 days ago
  • Australia's captain Aaron Finch (L) bumps fists with India's captain Virat Kohli after victory during the one-day international cricket match at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney on November 27, 2020. Picture: AFP

    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.

    610 days ago
  • Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones in February 2014. Picture: AFP

    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.

    683 days ago
  • Australia's Aaron Finch gloves a ball down leg from the Indian bowling on the third day of the second cricket Test match in Perth on 16 December 2018.  Picture: AFP

    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.

    711 days ago
  • Picture: 123rf.

    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.

    767 days ago
  • FILE: Australia's Mitchell Marsh celebrates taking the wicket of England's Jack Leach (unseen) for 21 runs during play on the second day of the fifth Ashes cricket Test match between England and Australia at The Oval in London on 13 September 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    808 days ago
  • Australian players celebrate beating India to win the Women's T20 World Cup final on 8 Match 2020. Picture: Twitter/@AusWomenCricket

    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.

    883 days ago
  •  Australia and India are competing in the women's Twenty20 World Cup final on 8 March 2020. Picture: Twitter/@ICC

    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.

    883 days ago
  • Australia's Marnus Labuschagne scored a century against the Proteas in Potchefstroom on 7 March 2020. Picture: Twitter/@cricketcomau

    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.

    884 days ago
  • FILE: New Zealand fans cheer on their team as New Zealand loses to Australia on the fourth day of the second cricket Test match at the MCG in Melbourne on 29 December 2019. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    953 days ago
  • Members of New Zealand's cricket team pictured on 28 December 2019. Picture: @BLACKCAPS/Twitter

    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.

    954 days ago
  • Australia paceman Mitchell Starc. Picture: @CricketAus/Twitter.

    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.

    1124 days ago
  • FILE: Australia's Steve Smith. Picture: Twitter/ @CricketAus.

    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.

    1140 days ago
  • Usman Khawaja. Picture: cricketworldcup.com

    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.

    1168 days ago
  • Australia's batsman David Warner (L) plays a shot during the 2015 Cricket World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand in Melbourne on March 29, 2015.  Picture: AFP

    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.

    1177 days ago
  • New Zealand's Will Young plays a shot during a warm-up cricket against Australia in Brisbane on 8 May 2019. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1188 days ago
  • A screengrab shows David Warner who was emotional during a press briefing on his involvement in the Australia ball-tampering scandal, on 30 March 2018.

    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.

    1230 days ago
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