India 'A' bowlers were largely ineffective, allowing Steve Smith and senior batsman Shaun Marsh to strike comfortable hundreds as Australia started their Test tour in impressive fashion in the three-day warm-up game in Mumbai on Friday.
Jasprit Bumrah is also the second fastest Indian along with Ravindra Jadeja to complete 200 wickets in Test cricket.
A man who boasts a strike rate of 159.22 in the shortest format, Head became the fifth Aussie cricketer to score most runs in an over in T20Is.
The three-match ODI series between Australia and West Indies will start from February 2 till February 6 in Brisbane, Sydney, and Canberra respectively.
2021 World T20 champions Australia will be mindful of the dangers of taking Bangladesh lightly.
India will be under tremendous pressure when they face an equally circumspect Australia in a battle of two out-of-form batting units in the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth
After restricting Lucknow Super Giants to 171 for 7 on a tricky Ekana surface in Lucknow, Punjab Kings chased down the target with ease, losing just two wickets, on Tuesday, April 1 2025.
Jurel has produced a solid body of work in first-class and Test cricket alike, even though he displayed a completely different avatar for the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as a finisher since his debut in 2023.
Defeat will severely dent both the teams' dreams of a semi-final berth in the tournament, as South Africa and Australia have already notched two points.
Australia say they're ready and waiting to take a new-look England head on in the Ashes.
The two teams last met in the ODI World Cup in 2023. It was in Mumbai where Glenn Maxwell had played a once-in-a-generation knock to notch up a sensational double hundred while battling cramps all over his body, with Pat Cummins in tow who provided sturdy support from the other end.
Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh is aware that he's no Jacques Kallis but would like to bat well and contribute to the team's win in the World Twenty20, something the legendary South African is known for.
England will be looking to bounce back from a rain-affected opening match and solidify their T20 World Cup campaign
Cameron Green said that his body is in great shape, where he can contribute well as a bowler
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match played between Australia and Pakistan in Bengaluru, on Friday.
Australian team will be aiming to put up a much better batting performance with a rejigged playing eleven against an upbeat South Africa
Pooran, Powell make fifties as WI hammer nine-man Australia by 35 runs
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Pat Cummins registered the first hat-trick of the 2024 T20 World Cup as Australia restricted Bangladesh to 140 for 8 in the Super Eight match at the Sir Vivian Richards stadium, in Antigua, on Friday.
Images from Day 4 of the fourth Test between Australia and India at the MCG on Sunday.
Australia will look for another dominating show but need to be cautious when they face a tenacious Netherlands in the World Cup 2023 match in New Delhi.
Australia's cricketing DNA is constructed by meticulousness and Pakistan's by explosiveness.
Prabhsimran Singh - Punjab Kings' pint-sized powerhouse whose explosive batting, sharp game sense, and newfound maturity have made him the breakout Indian star of the tournament.
After defeats in their opening two matches, Australia came roaring back, winning their next nine games in succession
From a bowler's paradise on Day 1 to a batting haven on Day 2, the Perth pitch has defied expectations.
Fans and family celebrated in style after Australia won the Ashes in glorious style
A day after Kings XI Punjab'sGlenn Maxwell was sent home due to a side strain, team-mate Marcus Stoinis has also joined the list of Australian players leaving the ongoing Indian Premier League.
'As a South African team, we know we're going to have that chip on our back, or that narrative that we have to get over'
India launched their home World Cup campaign with a six-wicket victory over Australia after Virat Kohli and KL Rahul guided them through a jittery run chase on Sunday.
Fine knocks by Brandon McMullen and George Munsey powered Scotland to formidable total in their T20 World Cup Group B match against and Australia in St. Lucia on Sunday.
Glenn Maxwell took the India A bowlers to the cleaners yet again, smashing a quickfire half-century, to help Australia A win by 25 runs and storm into the final of the A teams tri-series in Pretoria, on Sunday.
Australia at least on paper, can't be rated ahead of India and England during this edition of the tournament.
Images from Day 2 of the 'Pink-ball' second Test between Australia and India in Adelaide on Saturday.
All-rounder James Faulkner has been named captain of Australia's 'A' team for the four-day series against India 'A' and South Africa 'A' in July and August, Cricket Australia said on Friday.
Images from the ICC World Cup match between Australia and New Zealand, in Dharamsala, on Saturday.
Images from the T20 World Cup final between New Zealand and Australia, in Dubai, on Sunday.
Following their 11-match winning streak, Kolkata Knight Riders will be aiming to keep their juggernaut rolling as they meet Perth Scorchers in their third Group A league match of the Champions League T20 in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Maxwell put on a solid partnership of 103 runs with Pat Cummins for the highest seventh-wicket stand or lower for Australia in World Cups.
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Captain Rohit Sharma's return will certainly give solidity to the top order in the second ODI against Australia.
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