A replacement will be announced in the coming days as Australia look to storm back through T20Is after losing the ODI assignment 1-2 against Pakistan. Cooper Connolly fractured his left hand after being hit by Mohammad Hasnain short delivery during Australia's batting innings in the third ODI.
Australia vs Pakistan Highlights: Pat Cummins held his nerves of steel and took Australia home in a low-scoring thriller in the first ODI at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Aussies won the series opener by 2 wickets as they managed to chase 204 at the end.
Australia's search for a Test opener has reached its last stages with Ricky Ponting finalising his pick. The likes of Sam Konstas, Marcus Harris or Cameron Bancroft haven't really made their mark in the ongoing game for Australia A against India A and Ponting has leaned towards the experienced one.
Matthew Wade, a T20 World Cup winner for Australia and one of the best flexible batters across the batting order while being really safe behind the stumps, has decided to call it a day as far as his international career is concerned. Wade will continue to ply his trade in BBL and domestic cricket.
Afghanistan A clinched their maiden Emerging T20 Asia Cup title after beating Sri Lanka A in the final while Mohammad Rizwan was named the new white-ball captain for Pakistan as the squads for the Australian tour were named on Sunday. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on October 28.
Australia will name a new T20 captain but not just yet ahead of the series against Pakistan with the Test players - the likes of Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head and Pat Cummins among others - set to miss the three-match assignment, which ends on November 18, four days before the start of India Tests.
Australia might be without their regular skipper Pat Cummins for one of the two Tests against Sri Lanka or probably the whole series next year in January-February with the pacer set to be on paternity leave for the birth of his second child.
Former captain Babar Azam was dropped from Pakistan's Test squad alongside star pacers Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi while India suffered a close defeat to Australia in the Women's T20 World Cup and stand on the brink of elimination. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on October 14.
Australian all-rounder Cameron Green is set to undergo a surgery for back stress fracture and is in doubt for next year's IPL with his potential absence lasting six months. Green will miss the entire Australian summer to get his back right once and for all.
Regular captain Pat Cummins returned after opting out of the England tour while Australia will be without a couple of their key white-ball players including stand-in captain Mitchell Marsh. The three-match ODI series begins on November 4 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
England on the back of two stupendous performances have levelled the five-match ODI series and are favourites to win three in a row with the momentum they have and Australia being under pressure. Australia haven't been at their best and will need an inspirational performance in the decider.
Australia took a 1-0 lead in the five-match ODI series against England at Trent Bridge with a magnificent run-chase of 316 runs rather comfortably in just 44 overs. Travis Head was the star of the show for Australia with an unbeaten 154 with Marnus Labuschagne having his stamp all over the game.
England chased down 194 against Australia to level the three-match T20I series in Cardiff on Friday, September 13. Liam Livingstone and Jacob Bethell's 90-run partnership off just 47 balls was the clinching moment for England as all-rounder-heavy Australia missed their key pacers.
Travis Head is in some monstrous mood in the powerplay in T20 cricket in 2024, whether for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Washington Freedom or Australia. After inflicting an assault on Scotland, Head pegged England back, especially Sam Curran whom he took down for 30 runs in an over.
Australia eventually prevailed against England in the first T20I of the three-match series at the Rose Bowl despite running out of steam in their batting innings. Australia's bowling came to the party as England's batting was just about there but not totally and eventually fell short by 28 runs.
England have sort of hit the transition button across all three formats in this summer. After a largely successful Test summer, England are set to introduce a few fresh faces in white-ball cricket, starting with the T20Is against Australia after the disappointing loss in the T20 World Cup semis.
Australia shrugged off Scotland like dust in the three-match T20 series opener in Edinburgh with Travis Head blowing them out of the waters in the powerplay itself. There has been a bit of war of words between the two teams and Scotland will be keen to bounce back in the series to keep it alive.
Australia will take on Scotland in a three-match T20 series, a first-ever bilateral assignment between the two countries starting Wednesday, September 3 in Edinburgh. Australia have introduced some fresh faces for the assignment and would aim for a good outing against a good Scottish side.
Australia will take on Scotland for the first time in a bilateral series as the two teams will be up against each other for three matches. Scotland put up more than a decent fight against Australia in the T20 World Cup in June and that should keep the hosts in good stead ahead of a historic series.
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting spoke about the possibility of the World Test Champions changing their combination around Steve Smith if the World No 5 batter doesn't want to open anymore. Smith took up the mantle of opening the innings for Australia after David Warner's Test retirement.
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