Toss England won the toss and chose to bowl first vs Australia Matthew Short has returned from paternity leave and will open the batting in Australia’s first of three T20Is against England at the Utilita Bowl near Southampton. Australia opted to leave out Jake Fraser-McGurk — who managed 0, 16 and 0 during their 3-0

Mitchell Marsh has hinted that his five-month absence from the bowling crease is unlikely to come to an end during Australia’s T20I series. Marsh has not bowled in a competitive match since tearing his hamstring during the IPL, including in last week’s 3-0 clean sweep up in Scotland. Australia have an abundance of allrounders in

Emerging quick Lance Morris admits it’s been “frustrating” working his way through another rehab from a back injury, but hopes a cautious approach will prove beneficial as he earmarks playing in the Sheffield Shield ahead of Australia’s Test series against India this summer. The 26-year-old has not played since the ODI series against West Indies

Australia 153 for 4 (Green 62*, Marsh 31, Currie 2-20) beat Scotland 149 for 9 (McMullen 56, Green 3-35, Hardie 2-18) by six wickets An all-round display from Cameron Green, coupled with some excellent fielding, helped Australia complete a 3-0 sweep against Scotland at Edinburgh. Green first registered his career-best figures to help restrict the

Australia 196 for 4 (Inglis 103, Green 36, Currie 3-37) beat Scotland 126 (McMullen 59, Stoinis 4-23, Green 2-16) by 70 runs In conditions where every other batter from both sides struggled for timing, Josh Inglis struck the ball with remarkable fluency on his way to the fastest T20I hundred by an Australia batter. He

A hamstring injury sustained in the Hundred has denied Nathan Ellis the opportunity to nail down a spot in Australia’s T20I side, ruling him out of the rest of their series against Scotland and the eight subsequent white-ball games in England. Ellis was targeting the Scotland series as a rare chance to lead Australia’s attack,

Matthew Mott has joined Sydney Sixers in the BBL on a three-year deal as assistant coach following his departure as head coach of the England Men’s white-ball team. Mott, who was in charge of Australia Women for eight years before shifting to England, will link up with Greg Shipperd at Sixers as a replacement for

Towards the end of the opening T20I between Australia and Scotland in Edinburgh, talk switched from Travis Head’s pyrotechnics to the ‘long ball’ tactics of left-arm spinner Mark Watt and the grey areas of the Law that his innovation approach challenges. The ball after having Mitchell Marsh taken on the rope, Watt delivered one of

Australia 156 for 3 (Head 80) beat Scotland 154 for 9 (Abbott 3-39) by seven wickets Travis Head produced a brutal display of hitting, scoring the most individual runs in a powerplay and hitting a record-equalling 17-ball fifty, as Australia raced to a seven-wicket victory with more than 10 overs to spare in the first

Scotland pushed Australia hard at the T20 World Cup earlier this year – a victory would have dumped England out of the tournament – and have genuine belief they can go a step further in the three-match ODI series in Edinburgh. After Brandon McMullen’s 60 off 34 balls, the equation got down to Australia needing

India and Australia are currently the top two teams on the points table with 68.52 and 62.50 percentage points respectively, but the identity of the finalists will not be known till next year. For India, who were the losing finalists in both the previous WTCs, there are ten Tests left to play in the cycle

After two poor performances in the space of 48 hours dumped Australia out of the T20 World Cup earlier this year having previously been unbeaten, they are back in action with an eye to building towards the next event in 2026 with three-matches series against Scotland and England. David Warner has retired and other senior

England are not overly concerned about Buttler’s fitness ahead of their first T20I on September 11 and remain hopeful that he will be available to captain the side throughout Australia’s eight-match white-ball tour. England’s new-look squad are due to report to the Utilita Bowl on Sunday ahead of two training days, when their medical staff

Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma headlined the platinum-round picks in the second Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) overseas draft. Rodrigues reunited with Jess Jonassen after being Brisbane Heat’s first pick while Deepti was Melbourne Stars’ first pick. Rodrigues and Jonassen are already team-mates at Delhi Capitals in the Women’s Premier League (WPL) and Trinbago Knight

Adelaide Strikers Pre-draft signing Ollie PopeRetention rights Adam Hose, Jamie Overton, David PayneDraft picks 5, 11, 20, 29 Current squadJames Bazley, Jordan Buckingham, Cameron Boyce, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Chris Lynn, Lloyd Pope, Ollie Pope, Alex Ross, D’Arcy Short, Matt Short, Henry Thornton, Jake Weatherald What might they want in the draft?It will be interesting

Jess Jonassen has been given hope of forcing her way back into the Australia side after she was omitted from a World Cup squad for the first time where she has been available. Despite having 105 T20Is to her name, the writing was on the wall for Jonassen when she was left out of the

Darcie Brown has recovered from a stress fracture of the foot to take her place in Australia’s 15-player squad for the T20 World Cup which has been moved to the UAE from Bangladesh. Jess Jonassen, who was left out of the tour of Bangladesh earlier this year, misses a World Cup for the first time

Josh Hazlewood will miss the T20I series against Scotland next month after suffering a calf strain during training last week. Riley Meredith, who played the last of his five T20Is in 2021, has been added to the squad. Hazlewood’s injury is described as minor and he is expected to be available for the T20Is and

Former Australia opening batter Matthew Hayden is against the idea of Steven Smith playing as a Test opener. Hayden believes Smith should bat where he has scored most of his runs, suggesting moving him to a “completely different position” is “crazy”. Hayden, Australia’s most prolific opener in Tests before David Warner went past him in

Former Australia batter Matthew Hayden believes Australia’s home advantage “has been taken away quite a lot” in recent years, and that runs are going to come at a “premium” in the forthcoming five-match Test series between Australia and India to be played from November 2024 to January 2025. As for the nature of pitches at

The Northern Territory has set its sights on Australia’s white-ball series against South Africa next winter as their chance to end a 16-year wait for international cricket in Darwin. Since then, two drop-in wickets have been installed at the ICC-accredited TIO Stadium and the Top End T20 series launched, as part of the all-year Cricket

A return to Test cricket is at the forefront of Nic Maddinson‘s mind, as he looks to bring last season’s strong finish in the Sheffield Shield to New South Wales after his winter return home, while he also hopes to reignite his T20 career after completing a double switch by joining Sydney Thunder. Those performances

The Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 has been moved out of Bangladesh and will now be held in the UAE. “It is a shame not to be hosting the Women’s T20 World Cup in Bangladesh as we know the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) would have staged a memorable event,” ICC chief executive Geoff Allardice said

Steven Smith has not ruled out the possibility of pushing to represent Australia at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles with T20 likely to be a format he keeps playing longer than others although he has no retirement plans in his mind. Smith has signed a new three-year deal with Sydney Sixers in the BBL,

David Warner will be available for a full BBL season for the first time in his career after signing a new two-year deal with Sydney Thunder while Steven Smith could play the competition beyond his Test career as part of a new three-year contract to remain at Sydney Sixers. It comes as Test team-mates Marnus

Pat Cummins expects Cameron Green to have a greater workload with the ball against India this summer with Australia’s allrounders set to play a key role in ensuring the first-choice pace attack can sustain through five Tests in little more than seven weeks. Green gave Australia an additional bowling option when he returned to the

On Sunday it was confirmed that the Queensland government had only signed a two-year hosting agreement with Cricket Australia which means beyond the upcoming India Test and next year’s men’s Ashes fixture there is great uncertainty when, or if, the famous ground will be back on the schedule. The Ashes encounter in 2025-26 will be

India A 242 for 9 (Bist 53, Hasabnis 50, Brown 3-39) beat Australia A 72 (Mishra 5-14) by 172 runs India A picked up their first win of their tour of Australia, with a massive 171-run victory in their third one-dayer, in Mackay on Sunday. Legspinner Priya Mishra, playing her first match of the tour,

Nathan Lyon hopes to make use of the knowledge gained from England’s Tom Hartley during his spell with Lancashire when he comes up against India later this year as Australia look overcome a decade of “unfinished business” against them. Australia have not held the Border-Gavaskar Trophy since 2014-15 when they won 2-0 and that period

Left-arm quick Spencer Johnson has been ruled out of the T20I series against Scotland and England next month after picking up a side strain in the Hundred with Oval Invincibles. He will be replaced by New South Wales allrounder Sean Abbott who had initially only been due to be part of the ODI squad for