‘Australia’ Archives
Haddin urges new direction
Australia's cricketers and coaches cannot be allowed to persist with the same methods that took them through a disastrous past 12 months, according to the wicketkeeper Brad Haddin. Last summer's loss of series to India and England, plus a failed World Cup defence, has left 33-year-old Haddin [...]
Stuart Law joins as Bangladesh Coach
Bangladesh have talent, need self-belief - Law Stuart Law, the new Bangladesh coach, has said his aim is to build a self-reliant Bangladesh team that can help each other and rely less on the natural talent of individuals. Having arrived in Dhaka on [...]
SLC confirms DRS for Australia series
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have confirmed that the DRS will be used in the upcoming home series against Australia, contradicting earlier reports. Sri Lankan media had previously reported that a cash-crunched SLC was looking at saving money by not using the DRS, the technology for which is [...]
Australia A vs Zimbabwe | Warner, Ferguson thump Zimbabwe
Australia A 427 for 4 (Ferguson 156*, Warner 152) v Zimbabwe XI Australia A piled on the runs against Zimbabwe XI on day one of the two-day tour match in Kwekwe, going to stumps on 427 for 4. Australia, who chose to bat, were powered early on by a hard-hitting century from opener David [...]
Johnson denies to play in Big Bash
Mitchell Johnson has boldly turned his back on the Twenty20 Big Bash League in order to keep himself fit for one of Australia's most taxing Test summers. Having fielded an offer from the Perth Scorchers, Johnson decided it would do him little good to try to squeeze T20 appearances in between [...]
Tri-series: Australia A defeated South Africa A by 1 wicket
sagacious half-centuries of Mitchell Marsh, Callum Ferguson and 28-runs partnership between tail enders steered Australia ‘A’ to a sensational 1-wicket victory over South Africa ‘A’ in the 5th match of Zimbabwe A Team Tri-Series, played at Harare Sports Club on Tuesday. Batting first [...]
Australians Make Strong Start To Tri-Series
Australia A have made a strong start to the one-day tri-series in Zimbabwe by winning their opening two matches against hosts Zimbabwe and South Africa A. Share The opening match of the tournament saw Australia A post 232 and then dismiss the Zimbabweans for 142 to take a 90-run win and it [...]
Million-dollar salary cap for Big Bash League
The eight new teams in Australia's Big Bash League will each have a $1 million salary cap to spend on their 18 players. Cricket Australia has confirmed the figure, and while the minimum playing contract has been set at $20,000, there is no maximum, so international stars like Chris Gayle are [...]
Back-to-back Ashes in 2013
Australia is facing some problem in scheduling Ashes series due to 2015 Cricket World Cup so they are set to play consecutive Ashes series against England in 2013. According to media: “Australia will play 10 back-to-back Ashes Tests in 2013 as a result of hosting the World Cup in 2015 [...]
Tri-series returns to Australia
India's visit to Australia in 2011-12 has ushered in the return of the limited overs tri-series and the reinstatement of the Australia Day Test match at Adelaide Oval. The summer from which Cricket Australia makes the lion's share of its total income, via the sale of television rights for [...]
