Australian cricket news

Steve Smith, the former Australian Test captain, remains a natural candidate to take over as stand-in captain in Cummins’ absence.

Nathan Lyon's premature exit from the Ashes series earlier this year due to a calf injury left a void in the Australian bowling lineup.

Australia thrashed New Zealand Women by eight wickets in the second Twenty20I and clinch the three-match series with a game to spare in Brisbane on Sunday. The Australian women's cricket team clinched a 17-run win in the opening match against the White Ferns on Saturday. Australia will now eye to complete a clean sweep when they take on New Zealand in the third and final T20I at the same venue on Wednesday.

Alyssa Healy achieved the feat during the second T20I of the ongoing three-match series against New Zealand at the Allan Border Field. Healy now has 92 dismissals to her name in 99 T20I innings, one more than Dhoni who made 91 dismissals in 97 innings. The 39-year-old former Indian wicketkeeper-batsman is followed Sarah Taylor of England, who has 74 dismissals to her name.

Voges, 29 not out overnight at Southampton, was in sight of what would have been his 33rd first-class century when, just three deliveries after Hampshire took the new ball, he was caught behind off former South Africa fast bowler Kyle Abbott.

Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi on Monday paid tribute to late BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya, saying the visionary administrator was a "worthy opponent".

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) today said that it had lost a sincere friend with the demise of Indian cricket supremo Jagmohan Dalmiya.

Indian batsman Rohit Sharma will hope to get some much needed runs under his belt in the upcoming series against South Africa. The Mumbai batsman who had a mixed Test series in the 2-1 victory over Sri Lanka in August this year claims that he isn't a naturally talented batsman like the way people have described him to be.