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Technically this tour had 3 ODIs as well but they played those before the World Cup. Test cricket is back though after a 4 month hiatus. The last Test played was the 5th Test of the Ashes back in July. Bangladesh won the toss in the 1st Test and are batting. Bangladesh playing XI: 1 Mahmudul...

Queensland won the toss and elected to bowl (but it's now raining). QLD: Bryce Street, Matt Renshaw, Joe Burns, Usman Khawaja (c), Jack Clayton, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Michael Neser, Jack Wildermuth, Gurinder Sandhu, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson SA: Henry Hunt, Jake Carder, Daniel Drew, Nathan...

NSW won the toss and elected to bowl. NSW: Ryan Hackney, Daniel Hughes, Blake Macdonald, Jason Sangha, Moises Henriques (c), Ollie Davies, Matthew Gilkes (wk), Jackson Bird, Nathan Lyon, Chris Tremain, Liam Hatcher WA: Cameron Bancroft, Sam Whiteman (c), Teague Wyllie, Hilton Cartwright, Josh...

With the current series against Australia they're well on their way to winning their 16th consecutive home series in a row. The most home series wins in a row before that was 10 by the Australian teams of 1994-2000 and 2004-2008. As pointed out in this piece by Jarrod Kimber, the combination of...

Given there is discussion about this series in other threads here's an actual thread to discuss it. It's Stumps on day 2 of the 1st test and Sri Lanka are 1/36 in their 2nd innings. Dinesh Chandimal managed to get them to 222 after they were 8/133 with a counter attacking 76. Pakistan's pace...

First ball: 2:30pm AEST We're back for the 2nd and deciding Test of the series. Australia won the 1st Test with a convincing 10 wicket win on the back of their spinners and it looks like it will need to be more of the same if they are to win the 2nd. If they can win (or draw) the 2nd Test it...

First ball 2:30pm AEST. Australia return to Sri Lanka for a Test match for the first time since 2016. They were put in a spin by Rangana Herath on that tour losing 3-0 and the previews of the pitch for the 1st Test at Galle suggest it will be spin to win again. Indications suggest Sri Lanka...

Squads out today for the tour in June-July which comprises 3 T20Is, 5 ODIs and 2 Tests. Australia T20 squad: Aaron Finch (c), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis...

I thought the semi final probably deserved its own thread even though Australia aren't involved in this one. It was South Africa who finished the higher of the two after the group stage and they also won the meeting between the two earlier in the tournament. However it is England who go in to...

This historic series is back, this time in Lahore for its last thrilling instalment. We head in to the match with it all to play for having witnessed 2 draws in the the first 2 matches of the series the second a bit more exciting for the fans than the first thanks to Australia's 1st innings...

Starts this morning with NZ winning the toss and bowling first. New Zealand XI: Tom Latham (c), Will Young, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Colin de Grandhomme, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Matt Henry. South Africa XI: Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee...

Teams SA: Jake Weatherald, Henry Hunt, Jake Carder, Travis Head (c), Alex Carey (wk), Harry Nielsen, Liam Scott, Nathan McAndrew, Daniel Worrall, David Grant, Lloyd Pope QLD: Joe Burns, Bryce Street, Marnus Labuschagne, Usman Khawaja (c), Matthew Renshaw, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Jack Wildermuth...

Here we are the 2nd semi final between Australia and Pakistan to decide who will meet New Zealand in the final. The two sides have met in the semi final of a T20 World Cup before back in 2010. One of the greatest T20 innings ever played by Mike Hussey saw Australia home on that day to break...

Tonight England take on New Zealand to decide the first team through to the final of the 2021 T20 World Cup. It is the first meeting of the two sides in an ICC tournament since a fairly uneventful 2019 ODI World Cup final. England come into the game on the back of finishing on top of Group 1...

We're back with Australia's 4th match of the group stage and it is a must win match as they take on Bangladesh. Both sides coming off big losses against England and South Africa respectively so will be looking to bounce back here. The group currently looks like this: Although Bangladesh have...

Tonight Australia take on Sri Lanka in the 2nd match of their 5 Super 12 group stage matches. Both teams are coming off wins in their opening games of the Super 12. Australia over South Africa and Sri Lanka over Bangladesh. The group standings at the moment look like this: Australia more than...

We thought we'd have separate threads for Australias games at the T20 World Cup. First up Australia take on South Africa in Abu Dhabi. Both sides are perennial under performers in T20 World Cups so will be looking to get off to a good start with a win. South Africa have won 9 of their last 10...

5 T20Is and 3 ODIs on the tour. Cummins, Warner, Maxwell, Stoinis, J. Richardson, K. Richardson, Sams all made themselves unavailable for the tour and Smith is out with an elbow injury. Australia squad: Aaron Finch (c), Ashton Agar, Wes Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey, Dan Christian, Josh...

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/icc-expands-men-s-world-events-odi-world-cup-to-14-teams-t20-world-cup-to-20-teams-1264847 Basically the ICC have gone back to the format used for the 2003 ODI world cup where we have 2 groups of 7 followed by a super 6 for the ODI WC. The T20 WC from 2024...

Starts tonight at 8pm AEST on Fox Cricket and Kayo in Australia. This series which is not part of the Future Tours Program nor is it part of the World Test Championship is essentially being used as a warm-up by both teams. For New Zealand it's preparation for their World Test Championship Final...

This is the thread to discuss the ongoing ODI World Cup Super League. It essentially acts as the initial qualifier for the 2023 World Cup and consists of 13 teams (the 12 test playing nations + the Netherlands) playing 24 matches (8 x 3 match series) with each match being worth 10 points. This...

1st Test just started. Bangladesh missing Shakib Al Hasan due to his IPL commitments. Line-ups as follows: Sri Lanka: 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 2 Lahiru Thirimanne, 3 Oshada Fernando, 4 Pathum Nissanka, 5 Angelo Mathews, 6 Dhananjaya de Silva, 7 Niroshan Dickwella (wk), 8 Wanindu Hasaranga...

The auction starts tonight. It's on Fox Cricket from 8:30pm. Most big name players have been kept by their franchises but Glenn Maxwell and Steve Smith are probably the 2 biggest name Australians up for grabs tonight. Others in the auction include Labuschagne, Jhye Richardson, NCN, Alex Carey...

1st Test starts Today 3:30pm AEDT Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne fractured his thumb on the eve of the test and has been ruled out. Dan Lawrence to make his debut for England. Sri Lanka won the toss and will bat. Teams: Sri Lanka: 1 Lahiru Thirimanne, 2 Kusal Perera, 3 Kusal Mendis, 4...

Just because there's no thread yet. Williamson with yet another hundred. What a special player he is.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29155144/change-ball-tampering-lbw-laws I really don't think he's thought that through.

Queensland (2nd) take on Tasmania (4th) at Blundstone Arena. The teams: Tasmania XI: Alex Doolan, Jordan Silk (c), Beau Webster, George Bailey, Ben McDermott, Mac Wright, Jake Doran (wk), Jackson Bird, Alex Pyecroft, Gabe Bell, Riley Meredith Queensland XI: Matthew Renshaw, Bryce Street...

In the absense of grimlock :'( here's the thread for the match between Victoria and New South Wales at the MCG. NSW have made a dominate start to the Shield however are without all their test stars whereas Victoria are basically full strength apart from Maxwell. Victoria won the toss and will...

1st Test starts today. New Zealand won the previous Test series between the 2 sides 1-0 earlier this year and will go in slight favourites however home conditions as well as Sri Lanka's 2-0 series victory over South Africa in South Africa means they are certainly more than a fair chance. This...

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