Cricket Australia stick with Sydney Test plan despite Covid surge
SYDNEY: Cricket Australia Sunday said they were pressing ahead with plans to the hold the third Test against India in Sydney despite a growing coronavirus outbreak in the city. A…
SYDNEY: Cricket Australia Sunday said they were pressing ahead with plans to the hold the third Test against India in Sydney despite a growing coronavirus outbreak in the city. A…
SYDNEY: Star opening batsman David Warner faces a battle to be fit for the India Test series after Cricket Australia said Monday he will miss the last one-day international and…
SYDNEY: Australia's Twenty20 women's Big Bash League was Friday shifted entirely to Sydney as coronavirus travel restrictions forced drastic venue and schedule changes. The eight-team tournament was originally set to…
SYDNEY: James Sutherland was Monday appointed head of Golf Australia, two years after stepping down as the country's cricket chief in the wake of a damaging ball-tampering scandal. The 55-year-old…
SYDNEY: Cricket Australia will closely monitor the mental health of players living inside a bio-secure bubble during the upcoming limited-overs tour of England, captain Aaron Finch said Tuesday. The team…
SYDNEY: Australia's October Twenty20 series against the West Indies was called off Tuesday, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the international sporting calendar. It follows the postponement of the…
SYDNEY: Australia named three uncapped players Thursday in a preliminary 26-man squad for a potential limited-overs tour of England, while recalling Glenn Maxwell and Usman Khawaja. Australia originally scheduled three…
SYDNEY: Cricket Australia announced Wednesday plans for a full Twenty20 Big Bash League season starting in December, but acknowledged the schedule could be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 10th…
SYDNEY: Australia are still preparing to tour England, white-ball cricket captain Aaron Finch said Tuesday, even as the pandemic forced the postponement of a series against Zimbabwe slated for August.…
SYDNEY: Australia on Tuesday postponed the one-day international series against Zimbabwe in August, the latest sporting fixtures to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic. Citing "concern for the health and…
SYDNEY: Staging the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia this year is "unrealistic" in the midst of a global coronavirus pandemic, Cricket Australia chairman Earl Eddings admitted Tuesday. The tournament is…
SYDNEY: Staging the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia this year in the midst of a global coronavirus pandemic is "unrealistic", Cricket Australia chairman Earl Eddings admitted Tuesday. The tournament is…
SYDNEY: Cricket Australia chief Kevin Roberts looks set to be axed this week, with stakeholders and staff disgruntled over his handling of the coronavirus shutdown, reports said Monday. The Australian…
MELBOURNE: The Australian authorities have informed its cricketers that they won’t be allowed to use saliva and sweat to shine the cricket ball. The move has been announced by the…
MELBOURNE: Zero tournaments in the recent months has forced Cricket Australia (CA) to lay off its staff until the end of the financial year in order to stabilize the department amid…
MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia is hoping to tour Pakistan in 2022, but chief executive Kevin Roberts said security remains a concern and he would never jeopardise the safety of players. Most…
SYDNEY: Australia's cricketers were headed Saturday to the battlefields of Gallipoli for inspiration to kick off a gruelling four-month tour taking in the defence of their World Cup crown and…
SYDNEY: Australia coach Justin Langer Monday admitted some players will be "brutally unlucky" as he faces a World Cup selection dilemma with the return of Steve Smith and David Warner.…
SYDNEY: Australia on Monday appointed ex-England bowling coach Troy Cooley for their upcoming Ashes series as they bid to win the urn on away soil for the first time in…
AUCKLAND: Steven Smith admitted that Usman Khawaja has the right to feel aggrieved after the Australia captain confirmed the in-form batsman had been overlooked for Wednesday's opening one-dayer against New…
SYDNEY: In-form batsman Usman Khawaja was Saturday brought into Australia’s squad for the final Twenty20 match against India, as captain Aaron Finch was sidelined with injury. Finch injured his left…
SYDNEY: Australia on Monday named a powerful 17-man squad for the three-match T20 international series against India this month, with an eye to the upcoming World T20. However, Test captain…