Australia collapse, humbled in second India Test loss
Australia's hopes of securing the Border-Gavaskar trophy in India for the first time in 19 years are over after collapsing to a second straight Test defeat.
Australia's hopes of securing the Border-Gavaskar trophy in India for the first time in 19 years are over after collapsing to a second straight Test defeat.
Australia's hopes of securing the Border-Gavaskar trophy in India for the first time in 19 years are over after collapsing to a second straight Test defeat.
Mitchell Starc will give himself every chance to return from his finger injury for the second Test in India but admits he is no certainty.
Australia have clinched their second straight win at the T20 World Cup, with Meg Lanning making 48 not out in their eight-wicket defeat of against Bangladesh
Birmingham Bears have signed Australian Glenn Maxwell for their forthcoming Vitality Blast campaign.
Australia coach Andrew McDonald has told his players to recommit to the plan they came to India with, despite being crushed in the opening Test in Nagpur.
Victoria have made light of a host of absentees to earn a thumping 164-run Sheffield Shield win over Queensland in Will Sutherland's first start as skipper.
Australia quick Scott Boland has hopes of retaining his spot for the second Test in India but is aware Mitchell Starc or Josh Hazlewood could take his place.
Head coach Shelley Nitschke said the defending champions are wary of the threat their next opponents pose at the T20 World Cup.
Allrounder Ashleigh Gardner has landed a big payday as one of 14 Aussies picked up at the inaugural player auction for the Indian WPL T20 league.
Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey believes the tourists are playing with the right mentality despite coming under fire from cricket legend Allan Border.
Matt Short starred to keep Victoria's One-Day Cup hopes intact with a crushing penultimate-round win over an outclassed Queensland.
Victoria boast a 153-run lead with eight wickets in hand against Queensland following a Sheffield Shield day two dominated by the ball at the MCG.
South Australia have lost just one wicket during the opening session of the key Sheffield Shield match-up against a bolstered Western Australia side.
Teenager Courtney Webeck has played tennis against Alicia Molik and now she is at the National Inclusion Cricket titles as one of two females on the NSW team.
Todd Murphy has spun his way to a five-wicket haul on Test debut but India remain in full control of the Border-Gavaskar series opener after day two in Nagpur.
The return of Meg Lanning and Alyssa Healy has bolstered the reigning champions ahead of their Twenty20 World Cup opener against New Zealand in South Africa.
Captain Meg Lanning wants her Australian champions to soak up the pressure and dish it out in equal measure as they prepare for their T20 World Cup opener.
Victoria need eight wickets and Queensland 285 runs heading into the final day of their Sheffield Shield clash at the MCG
Australia have crumbled to an innings and 132-run defeat to India, having no answers to the hosts' star spinners in the first Test in Nagpur.
Waterlogged pitches in Nagpur have prevented Australia from getting back to training following their humbling first Test defeat to India.
Australia have opened their women's T20 World Cup defence in style with a 97-run win over New Zealand in Paarl, South Africa.
Queensland spinner Matthew Kuhnemann is flying to join Australia's Test squad in India with Mitchell Swepson returning home for the birth of his first child.
Young spinner Todd Murphy has become Australia's 465th Test cricketer after being handed a debut in the opening match of the Border-Gavaskar series in Nagpur.
Australia have endured a nightmare start to their tour of India, crashing to be all-out for 177 before the hosts raced to 1-77 at stumps in Nagpur.
Former Australia captain Tim Paine has fuelled a debate around what star India spinner Ravi Jadeja was doing with an unidentified substance near the ball.
Australia have a genuine opportunity to win in India for the first time in 19 years, which would solidify their status as Test cricket's No.1 team.
After playing just seven first-class matches, Victorian offspinner Todd Murphy is in line to be handed a dream debut in Australia's first Test against India.
The Sheffield Shield resumption has afforded opening bat Marcus Harris an opportunity to let his bat do the talking after his Test squad omission.
Australia will give allrounder Cameron Green every opportunity to play in the first Test against India, most likely as a batter only.
Aaron Finch has retired from T20 international cricket and reckons Travis Head, Ashton Turner or Steve Smith could be his captaincy successor.