
England pile pressure on Aussies
Tim Paine’s new-era Australians suffered their second successive ODI defeat to England, going down by 38 runs in Cardiff after their bowling attack was dismantled.
Tim Paine’s new-era Australians suffered their second successive ODI defeat to England, going down by 38 runs in Cardiff after their bowling attack was dismantled.
Justin Langer says Australia played like ‘spoilt brats’ under Steve Smith, whose leadership ‘wasn’t strong enough’.
The new-look Australian team under Tim Paine were exposed by the spin of Moeen Ali and the pace of Liam Plunkett to lose the first ODI by three wickets.
David Warner, banned for 12 months from playing international cricket for his role in the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal this year will be part of Channel Nine’s commentary team for the second ODI between Australia and England.
James Sutherland has resigned as the chief executive officer of Cricket Australia (CA).
Iain Roy, Cricket Australia’s head of integrity, who was dispatched to clean up the ball-tampering mess on the Australia tour of South Africa, has been dismissed.
Al Jazeera has defended their documentary on corruption in cricket in the face of criticism from the ICC and denials from Cricket Australia and the ECB.
Justin Langer said he aims to restore the pride of the Australia supporters after their nation’s embarrassing ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.
Australian quick Pat Cummins says he ‘felt ill’ when he saw footage of the ball-tampering episode on the big screen at Newlands, but the team had no idea of what was to follow.
Disgraced Australia opener David Warner will play Sydney grade cricket with Randwick Petersham.
Newly appointed Australia head coach Justin Langer says he would have tampered with the ball if his captain had asked him to.
In another blow for the smaller Test nations, Australia have called off the Bangladesh two-Test tour this year because it is ‘not financially viable’.
Former Australia head coach Darren Lehmann will take up a new coaching role under National Performance Program head coach Troy Cooley.
Tim Paine will lead the ODI side and Aaron Finch will skipper the T20I side for Australia’s limited-overs tour of England in June.
The BCCI forced Cricket Australia to scrap the idea of a day-night Test against India in December.