
Aussies back Head to make back-end impact
Australia are “aware of the risk” of carrying Travis Head in their World Cup team despite an injury and hope the opener will recover soon.
Australia are “aware of the risk” of carrying Travis Head in their World Cup team despite an injury and hope the opener will recover soon.
Rain on Saturday forced the World Cup warm-up match between Australia and the Netherlands to be called off after Mitchell Starc claimed a hat-trick.
Marnus Labuschagne has been drafted into Australia’s ODI World Cup squad.
Love him or hate him, David Warner’s self-belief and single-mindedness has seen him withstand scandals and slumps to remain Australia’s key batsman at the World Cup.
Glenn Maxwell returned career-best figures of 4-40 to end Australia’s five-match losing streak with a consolation 66-run win over India in the third ODI on Wednesday.
Australia pace bowler Mitchell Starc says he and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell are close to match fitness ahead of the World Cup.
Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill hit attacking centuries to help India thrash Australia by 99 runs in a rain-hit ODI on Sunday to clinch the series 2-0.
Suryakumar Yadav hit four successive sixes off Cameron Green during the second ODI in Indore.
Pace bowler Mohammed Shami took five wickets before India’s young openers ensured a five-wicket win over Australia in the first ODI in Mohali on Friday.
Australia captain Pat Cummins says he has fully recovered from a wrist injury and hopes to play all three ODIs against hosts India, starting Friday.
The Proteas outplayed Australia at the Wanderers to claim a come-from-behind series win.
Marco Jansen took 5-39 as the Proteas beat Australia by 122 runs in the fifth ODI at the Wanderers on Sunday to win the series 3-2.
Aiden Markram and David Miller hit half-centuries as the Proteas posted 315-9 in the series-deciding fifth ODI at the Wanderers on Sunday.
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Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller produced a partnership of 222 runs off 94 balls as the Proteas levelled the series in Centurion.