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Three-match ODI series in Rawalpindi and Lahore to begin the day before the IPL final Pakistan have confirmed Australia’s three-match ODI series beginning later this month will overlap with the conclusion of the Indian Premier League. The Pakistan Cricket Board today announced Australia will play 50-over matches in Rawalpindi and Lahore on May 30, June 2 and 4. The Aussies will then head to Bangladesh for a ODI and T20I campaign beginning June 9. The IPL’s regular season concludes on May 24, while the playoffs culminate with the final in Ahmedabad on May 31. Given the involvement of a host…

Lawyer says David Warner knows he made a ‘foolish decision’ when he decided to drive after having three glasses of wine One of the Australia’s greatest batters was both foolish and reckless when he drove after sharing a few glasses of wine with friends on Easter Sunday, his lawyer says. David Warner returned a positive result for alcohol after he stopped short of a roadside test in Sydney’s east on April 5, police said.When he was taken to Maroubra Police Station for a secondary test, the 39-year-old allegedly blew 0.104 – more than double the legal blood alcohol limit.  The…

Men’s and women’s A sides, as well as the men’s U19s, will all play multi-format series in India this September-October Test hopefuls will be given a final trial run for next year’s Border-Gavaskar Trophy tour as part of a bumper September-October stretch that will see three Australian development teams play simultaneously in India. The Australia A men’s team will return to India for a second time in a year, facing India A in a two four-dayers and three one-dayers from September 22 to October 11, the Board for Control of Cricket in India announced Thursday. All five matches will be…

Queensland Fire have gone heavy on youth after winning last season’s Ruth Preddey Cup Laura Harris has not been offered a new Queensland contract for the upcoming summer, with the reigning 50-over champions instead backing a quintet of rising talent as they eye back-to-back domestic one-day titles. The Fire revealed their 20-player contract list for the 2026-27 Women’s National Cricket League on Thursday, with three fresh faces awarded full contracts for the first time alongside two rookies. There was no room for Harris, 35, who played just six matches for the Fire last season, averaging 10.83, and who was left…

Back-to-back WNCL finalists New South Wales have named a stable contract list, adding ‘keeping depth and promoting one of the country’s most exciting young allrounders Emma Manix Geeves has made the move from Tasmania to New South Wales, with the wicketkeeper-batter the sole fresh face in an otherwise stable Breakers group for the 2026-27 season. Manix-Geeves arrives having scored 1,339 runs at 28.48 since debuting for the Tigers in 2019, with the most recent of her two Women’s National Cricket League centuries coming against NSW in February. The 25-year-old had a taste of NSW cricket last season, when she signed…

Young Western Australian joined an elite group but his Punjab Kings were no match for the Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Sunrisers’ victorious skipper Pat Cummins beamed that it had been “good to see the Aussies doing well” as he won the player-of-the-match award and Cooper Connolly joined the elite gang of IPL centurions in a losing cause. But the Aussie who did best to summon a smile on Wednesday was Punjab Kings coach Ricky Ponting, who watched unimpressed as his side spilled a host of chances, helping Sunrisers to leapfrog them to the top of the table with a…

The big news for New Zealand is that their pace resources have been bolstered with the return of Kyle Jamieson and Will O’Rourke. This will be Jamiseon’s first Test outing since February 2024, and O’Rourke’s first game in the format since the Zimbabwe Test in August 2025. The duo will join a hefty pace contingent, meant to exploit the English conditions, featuring Zak Foulkes, Matt Henry, Nathan Smith, and Blair Tickner, who are a part of both the tours. Michael Rae and Kristian Clarke, on the other hand, are only part of the Ireland leg of the tour. Ben Sears…

England pace prospect Sonny Baker says a debut Test cap this summer would be “an absolute dream come true”, but the Hampshire fast bowler insists his focus is on performing for his county as international recognition “will take care of itself”.The 23-year-old has been touted as a potenital pick for England’s first Test squad of the summer to face New Zealand at Lord’s from June 4, given the hosts’ need for a new-look attack. Chris Woakes was a mainstay of the Test team last summer but has since retired from international cricket, Mark Wood and Brydon Carse are both ruled…

Aussie left armer’s second IPL match this season was less fruitful than the first as he went wicketless in Delhi’s loss to Chennai Sanju Samson, the man who spearheaded India’s T20 World Cup triumph, has again flexed his muscular hitting as he led Chennai Super Kings to an easy victory over Mitchell Starc’s Delhi Capitals. The opener dominated a low-scoring match, his 87 not out more than twice the next-best score as CSK won by eight wickets with 15 balls to spare. Starc escaped fairy lightly, his 16 deliveries at Samson going for 14, including a wide with two fours.…

Queensland look to the future as Aussie Under-19 stars Steven Hogan and Charlie Lachmund earn maiden state deals Veteran fast bowler Cameron Gannon will bring his career full circle next summer as Queensland deepened their pace stocks with the acquisition of rising stars Oli Patterson and Charlie Lachmund. The 37-year-old, who claimed career-high 42 wickets for Western Australia last Sheffield Shield season, has signed with the Bulls for 2026-27 after it was announced last month he was returning to Queensland for family reasons. He effectively replaces fellow right-armer Gurinder Sandhu, who has lost his state contract, on the Queensland list,…