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Moeen Ali says Brendon McCullum is “definitely the right person” to lead England’s Test team forward but insists “tweaks” are needed following their disappointing Ashes tour.England lost 4-1 in Australia as they performed well below expectations on a tour that Moeen believes represented a “golden opportunity” to claim a first away Ashes win since 2010-11. The performance has raised questions over the future of McCullum, who leads England across all three international formats and will take his T20 side to a World Cup next month. Moeen, who made 68 Test appearances for England, the last of which came under McCullum…
Jofra Archer has been named in England’s team to face Sri Lanka in the first T20 on Friday after recovering from injury.The 30-year-old fast bowler missed the final two Tests of England’s 4-1 Ashes defeat after sustaining a side strain and was not initially named in the squad for the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka. He was expected to make his return at the T20 World Cup, which begins for England against Nepal on February 8, but Archer has made a faster than expected return and goes straight into the line-up for the series-opener in Kandy. Archer joins Jamie…
Glenn Maxwell endured a torrid BBL campaign but Ricky Ponting sees the T20 World Cup as a perfect stage for Australia’s X-factor star to find top gear Australian cricket legend Ricky Ponting has backed star allrounder Glenn Maxwell to flick a switch and bounce out of his form slump at the T20 World Cup. Maxwell has been sidelined for the three-match T20 series against Pakistan due to workload management on the back of a horror BBL campaign.He will join the Australian squad in Sri Lanka ahead of the team’s World Cup opener against Ireland on February 11. Maxwell contributed only…
There are 68 eligible free agents that could find new a home over the BBL player movement window, and a number of potential trades and deals that could shake up the competition. With every side searching for the right talent and combination of players to give themselves the best shot at championship glory, every move shapes as an important one that will help chart the course of BBL|16. Take a look at what every side may be looking for heading into next season, the players up for grabs and all the latest news before the player movement window closes on…
Mahli Beardman, Jack Edwards and Matthew Renshaw will play their first T20I for Australia Australia will unleash three debutants in the series opener against Pakistan, with Mahli Beardman, Jack Edwards and Matthew Renshaw all earning their maiden T20I caps. Travis Head will captain the Aussies when the first T20I begins at 10pm AEDT on Thursday night with Mitch Marsh resting up given he only arrived in the country under 48 hours ago. Australia XI: Travis Head (c), Matthew Short, Cameron Green, Matthew Renshaw, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Josh Philippe, Jack Edwards, Xavier Bartlett, Adam Zampa, Mahli Beardman Pakistan XI:…
Sophie Molineux says it will take courage, but Australia’s new captain believes she can keep the national side at the top – and reach new heights – as they look to replenish their depleted World Cup trophy cabinet. Molineux was on Thursday unveiled as the successor to Alyssa Healy, with her first assignment the upcoming T20I leg of the multi-format series against India, before she takes over the ODI and Test formats in the Caribbean in March.The left-arm spin-bowling allrounder takes over a team that remains at the top of the world rankings in both white-ball formats, but which is…
Marsh is unlikely to play in the first match due to his late arrival, with Travis Head tipped to step in as captain Captain Mitch Marsh insists there’s “no stress” about Australia’s disjointed preparation for the looming T20 World Cup. Marsh was a late arrival in Pakistan for Australia’s three-match T20 series in Lahore starting on Thursday at 10pm (AEDT). The skipper describes the brief series – three games in four days – as an important tune-up for Australia’s World Cup campaign starting on February 11 in Sri Lanka. Selectors named a piecemeal 17-man squad for the Pakistan series, without…
There are no major surprises within the Australian squad that will take on India across the multi-format series, with all-rounder Nicola Carey winning a recall to the white-ball squads and youngster Lucy Hamilton among the 14 players named in the Test squad. Veteran seamer Megan Schutt is also missing from the ODI squad, with the right-armer overlooked following Australia’s disappointing campaign at last year’s ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup. Australia T20I squad: Sophie Molineux (c), Ashleigh Gardner (vc), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia…
Sophie Molineux will usher in a new era for the Australian women’s team after being named Alyssa Healy’s successor as national captain across all three formats. The 28-year-old spin-bowling allrounder will officially take the reins of the T20I side when Australia hosts India in an all-format series next month, before assuming the ODI and Test captaincies for Australia’s tour of the Caribbean in March. Current deputy Tahlia McGrath will remain in her position, joined by allrounder Ashleigh Gardner who has been promoted to co-vice-captain. Australia have also named their T20I, ODI and Test squads to play India, with Nicola Carey…
Two-time Olympic champion Anna Meares has one abiding memory of the elite young cricketers with whom she shared the Australian Institute of Sport’s (AIS) training base in Adelaide back in the early 2000s. “Some of our training days were long as cyclists,” Meares said. “You’d start early, we’d do double, triple (sessions) … you’d get home, have a shower, you’re absolutely cooked, and all you’d want is a nice meal. “And I remember by the time we got to the dinner hall, the cricketers had eaten all the food, and we were just pissed (laughs). “But it was also really…