Tag: Australia

Starc released from IPL amid contracts debate in Australia

Mitchell Starc is set to miss out on a handsome Indian Premier League (IPL) pay packet for the second year in a row after...

Australia captain Finch says whole team under microscope

MELBOURNE:  Australia captain Aaron Finch has said his whole team are under pressure after losing their fourth consecutive one-day international series, with the batting...

Talented Pakistani cricketers get their big break in Australia

Talented youngsters, who are part of the Lahore Qalandars side touring Australia, got their big break in Sydney where played several matches to prove...

Miller, Du Plessis power South Africa to series win

HOBART: David Miller and Faf du Plessis scored sparkling centuries in a 252-run partnership as South Africa beat Australia by 40 runs in a...

Pressure eases on Australia after ODI win, says Hazlewood

MELBOURNE: Australia’s victory over South Africa in a one-day international on Friday helped lift the pressure following a poor run of results for a...

New Australia cricket buzzwords make Warne ‘vomit’

PERTH: Test great Shane Warne says Australian cricket´s new buzzwords, including "elite honesty", make him "vomit" and actions not words should be the focus...

South Africa thrash ‘careless’ Australia by six wickets

PERTH: South Africa hammered a careless Australia by six wickets in the first one-day international in Perth on Sunday, with a Dale Steyn-led pace...

Pakistan’s Rabia Shahzad bags gold in weightlifting

SYDNEY: Pakistan’s talented weightlifter Rabia Shahzad on Saturday bagged gold at the Ralph Cashman Open Weightlifting Championship in New South Wales, Australia. 20-year-old Rabia participated...

Proteas pledge not to taunt Australia over ball-tampering

PERTH: South Africa promised not to wind up Australia over ball-tampering Sunday when they meet for the first time since this year's ill-fated Test...

‘Biscuit trophy’ embarrassment irks PCB

The embarrassment caused by the so-called ‘biscuit trophy’ of Pakistan-Australia T20I series has irked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after which it is expected...

Australia women whitewash Pakistan

Alyssa Healy’s 41-ball 67* powered Australia to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over Pakistan in third and final Women’s Twenty20 International in Kuala Lumpur on...

Australia greenwashed in T20I series

DUBAI: Pakistan on Sunday whitewashed Australia in the three-match T20I series by winning the final game by 33 runs in Dubai. Aussies faced yet another...

Pakistan looks to whitewash Australia in third T20I

DUBAI: Pakistan will face Australia in third and final T20 International in Dubai on Sunday. Pakistan have already won the three-match series 2-0 after the defeated...

Australia fume at umpire over Short’s dismissal against Pakistan

DUBAI: Australia were left fuming by the dismissal of Darcy Short after the tourists lost to Pakistan by 11 runs in Dubai on Friday...

Australia’s Warner leaves field after ‘sledging’ in grade cricket

Disgraced Australian opener David Warner walked off the field mid-innings after being sledged during a Sydney grade game on Saturday, reports said. The former Test...

Finch named Australia ODI captain, Paine dropped

SYDNEY: Australia have dropped Test skipper Tim Paine from their one-day squad for next month´s series against South Africa and named opening batsman Aaron...

India drop Dhoni from T20 squad against West Indies, Australia

MUMBAI: Former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been dropped from India’s Twenty20 squad for their matches against West Indies and Australia, raising serious doubts...