Australia ‘comfortable’ with Pakistan security
Pat Cummins says Australia are excited by what lies ahead as they prepare to jet into Pakistan on their first tour since 1998.
Pat Cummins says Australia are excited by what lies ahead as they prepare to jet into Pakistan on their first tour since 1998.
David Warner and Pat Cummins were among the big names left out of Australia’s 16-man squad for the ODI series and one-off T20I in Pakistan.
Kusal Mendis hit an unbeaten 69 as Sri Lanka won the fifth and final T20I against Australia by five wickets at the MCG on Sunday.
An aggressive 71-run stand from Josh Inglis and Glenn Maxwell powered Australia to a six-wicket win at the MCG.
Australia batsman Glenn Maxwell switch hit Sri Lanka spinner Jeffrey Vandersay for six during the third T20I in Canberra.
Glenn Maxwell slammed 39 off 25 balls as a dominant Australia thumped Sri Lanka by six wickets in Canberra on Tuesday to win their third straight T20I clash.
Steve Smith will miss the rest of Australia’s T20I series against Sri Lanka with concussion.
Australia scraped past Sri Lanka to take control of their five-match T20I series on Sunday.
Josh Hazlewood took 4-12 on his return from a long injury layoff as Australia began the post-Justin Langer era with a 20-run T20I victory over Sri Lanka in Sydney.
Australia will look to move on from the polarising departure of coach Justin Langer when they line up for their T20I clash against Sri Lanka on Friday.
Limited-overs Australia captain Aaron Finch has hailed the “calm” approach Andrew McDonald brings to the team.
Australia Test captain Pat Cummins has denied that a player revolt over Justin Langer’s intense management style was behind the head coach’s shock resignation.
New Zealand Cricket has scrapped next month’s T20I series against Australia, saying the move was “inevitable” due to strict Covid-19 border controls.
Australia have named a full-strength squad for their first Pakistan tour in 24 years, with spinners Mitchell Swepson and Ashton Agar drafted to back up their formidable pace attack.
Former Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson says Pat Cummins has “failed his first big test as captain pretty miserably”.