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Beth Mooney will take the gloves in the absence of Alyssa Healy, who will miss at least one game Alyssa Healy has been ruled out of Wednesday’s ODI World Cup blockbuster against England due to a calf injury, with Australia to face an anxious wait on their skipper’s availability for the business end of the tournament. Healy, who is in red-hot form atop the tournament runs table after scoring 142 against India and an unbeaten 113 against Bangladesh, suffered a minor calf strain during a training session held on Saturday.The 35-year-old will miss at least the game against England at…
Steve Smith insists it will be a “seamless transition” should he have to fill in for Pat Cummins as Australia captain at any point during this year’s Ashes. Cummins has not played since July because of a back injury and said last week he was “less likely than likely” to feature in the series opener at Perth’s Optus Stadium from November 21. Australia’s chair of selectors George Bailey is “hopeful” that Cummins will play a “major part” in the series, despite being a major doubt for the first Test, although Smith is primed to step in if required. Please use…
Matt Short says Australia’s bowlers will continue with recently successful tactics against the champion batter Australia’s bowlers will stick to a recently successful script in a bid to ruin Indian legend Virat Kohli’s return to his happiest hunting ground. Kohli will likely grace Adelaide Oval for the last time in Thursday’s second ODI against Australia.The Indian great has plundered five centuries in all formats at Adelaide Oval – the most of any venue in the world in his esteemed career. Kohli has also scored four half-centuries in Adelaide, where he averages 65. Shaun Marsh and Virat Kohli go head-to-head in…
With Josh Inglis and Alex Carey both absent for the series opener against India, the WA-turned-NSW keeper grabbed his chance At times over the past two years, Josh Philippe has wondered if he’d ever get another chance at international level. But not even he could have scripted it better when arrived on Sunday in Perth. While he switched states to NSW last year having been behind Josh Inglis in Western Australia, Perth is still home for the 28-year-old gloveman.And after playing his first 15 one-day and T20 internationals overseas, including 13 of those in bio-secure bubbles during the Covid pandemic,…
THE ASHES 2025-26 Steve Smith praised Labuschagne for backing up his words and proving his worth in the ongoing Sheffield Shield © Getty Steve Smith praised Marnus Labuschagne for making a ‘big statement’ in the summer as the latter is in contention to make a Test squad return for next month’s Ashes at home. After a prolonged lull in form, Labuschagne had been dropped from the West Indies Tests earlier this year. But he has hit the ground running in the ongoing Sheffield Shield, hitting centuries for fun. “He said to me at the start of the summer, ‘I’ll be…
PAKISTAN CRICKET Shaheen Afridi has replaced Mohammad Rizwan as the ODI captain who stepped up to the role last year after Babar Azam had relinquished his captaincy © AFP Shaheen Afridi has been named captain of the Pakistan ODI side with immediate effect. The left-arm fast bowler will begin his captaincy stint in the three-match ODI series against South Africa from November 4 to 8. He has replaced Mohammad Rizwan as the ODI captain who stepped up to the role last year after Babar Azam had relinquished his captaincy. This will not be the first time that Afridi will lead…
On the road to the 2027 Cricket World Cup Shastri and Ponting shared their thoughts on Rohit and Kohli with host Sanjana Ganesan on the most recent episode of The ICC Review and the pair agreed that time will tell whether the duo will still be around in 2027. “When you come back from a long layoff, you are obviously going to be rusty,” Shastri noted. “It’s not easy for any overseas team to land in Australia, say, two days prior to a game in Perth and adjust to those conditions straight away, especially when you have that extra bounce…
Steve Smith is ‘proud’ of the way Marnus Labuschagne has rebounded from his Test axing and says a transition to opening will be no problem Steve Smith says has detailed how “proud” he is of Marnus Labuschagne’s return to form and backed him to make the transition to Test opener in this summer’s Ashes. Smith, having returned from New York ahead of his first Sheffield Shield match of the summer for NSW in Brisbane next week, had some simple advice for Labuschagne after he was dropped ahead of the winter’s Caribbean tour. “He said to me at the start of…
Steve Smith believes pre-seasons spent in New York are providing the perfect tonic to keep him fresh to to score runs deeper into the Ashes series Steve Smith is bullish his six weeks in New York has him perfectly poised for the Ashes, also warning standing in as captain only lifts his batting to another level. Smith returned to Sydney last week after not picking up a cricket bat since late August, what he believes is now his ideal preparation for the summer. Often renowned for being a cricket nuffie who can be heard tapping his bat in hotel rooms,…
Match facts Who: Australia v India What: BKT Tyres ODI Series, second ODI When: Thursday October 23, 2025, first ball 2:30pm AEDT (2pm ACDT) Where: Adelaide Oval Live scores: Match Centre How to watch: Kayo Sports and Foxtel How to listen: ABC Radio, Triple M and SEN Radio. New this summer, the CA Live app has teamed up with NRMA Insurance so you can listen to radio streams in real-time with no delay to live play using zero-latency technology. Cricket Radio (both standard and real-time) is available anywhere in Australia in the CA Live match centre,…