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  T20 World Cup: Australia have fair chance of winning tournament, feels Michael Hussey

  Cricket | October 17, 2021 20:07 IST

  His country may not have won a T2O international series since February 2020 but former Australia batter Michael Hussey remains optimistic about the team's prospects in the shortest format's World Cup.

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  T20 World Cup: Australia want nothing less than title, says Mitchell Starc

  Cricket | October 17, 2021 16:10 IST

  Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc on Sunday asserted that they can defy their recent slide in the shortest format and win the T20 World Cup since they are going into the tournament full-strength.  

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  Australia desperate to win elusive T20 World Cup title, says captain Aaron Finch

  Cricket | October 16, 2021 13:50 IST

  Australia will play South Africa in the 'Super 12' opening game on October 23 and would hope to overcome the jinx that has plagued them all these years.

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  Paine devastated by Pucovski's latest concussion, says big blow to Ashes

  Cricket | October 15, 2021 11:07 IST

  Puckovski was struck on the head during a training session last Tuesday, leading to the 10th concussion of his nascent career.

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  No Ben Stokes as England announce squad for Ashes

  Cricket | October 10, 2021 18:00 IST

  Silverwood and captain Joe Root are unable to call on a full-strength group due to the continued hiatus of star all-rounder Ben Stokes and injuries to Jofra Archer, Olly Stone and Sam Curran.

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  Finch backs Warner to open in T20 World Cup, despite woes in IPL 2021

  Cricket | October 06, 2021 17:51 IST

  Finch backed Warner to be his opening partner at the T20 World Cup to be played in Oman and UAE from October 17, despite Warner being dropped by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL this year.

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  England players agree to tour Australia for Ashes: Report

  Cricket | October 06, 2021 17:06 IST

  The tour headed in the right direction following positive talks between players' representatives, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Cricket Australia and the Australian government on Tuesday.

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  Cricket Australia to announce indefinite postponement of one-off Test against Afghanistan

  Cricket | September 29, 2021 16:31 IST

  The one-off Test was originally scheduled in 2020 but was postponed to November 27 this year because of COVID-19. The Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) had supported CA's decision to put the game on hold.

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  On This Day: India beat Australia to reach final of WT20 2007; Watch Video

  Cricket | September 22, 2021 12:01 IST

  On this day in 2007, The MS Dhoni-led Team India beat Australia to reach the final of the inaugural T20 World Cup in South Africa.

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  Indian women lose by 36 runs against Australia in 50-over warm-up

  Cricket | September 18, 2021 16:30 IST

  Opener Rachael Haynes (65), Meg Lanning (59) and Beth Mooney (59) smashed individual fifties as Australia posted a challenging 278 for nine after batting first at the Ian Healy Oval.

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  Tim Paine 'extremely confident' of being fit for Ashes in December

  Cricket | September 17, 2021 10:30 IST

  Paine is facing problems with a bulging disc and also had an operation to lessen the pain in his neck and left arm.

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  Adam Gilchrist backs Pat Cummins to succeed Tim Paine as Australia Test captain

  Cricket | September 15, 2021 20:08 IST

  Cummins is currently serving as the vice-captain of Australia in all formats since 2019. The last time a pacer captained Australia, it was Ray Lindwall for a single Test in 1956.

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  Ashes will be one of my last cracks: Pattinson

  Other Sports | September 15, 2021 15:57 IST

  Pattinson's career was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic just as he had seemed to have recovered from spinal injury.

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  Despite recent losses, Aussie team very good for T20 World Cup: Maxwell

  Cricket | September 15, 2021 12:16 IST

  Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell has said that despite his team's lacklustre T20 International showing in a couple of recent series, the side is 'very good' and looking forward to the T20 World Cup.

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  Tim Paine to undergo neck surgery before Ashes

  Cricket | September 13, 2021 13:37 IST

  Paine, 37, exuded confidence of regaining full fitness to lead the Test side in this summer's Ashes.

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  Gender equality key to Australia-Afghanistan historic Test going ahead: CA's Nick Hockley

  Cricket | September 08, 2021 11:48 IST

  The two countries are scheduled to play their maiden Test at Hobart's Blundstone Arena from November 27.

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  T20 World Cup | Lack of finishers could be Australia's Achilles' heel: Ricky Ponting

  Cricket | September 03, 2021 20:48 IST

  Ponting also said that all batsmen in the squad are top-order batsmen and bat at the same position for their Big Bash League clubs as well.

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  Ricky Ponting offers his support to Australian coach Justin Langer

  Cricket | August 30, 2021 13:44 IST

  Tensions flared up between the 46-year-old Langer and the cricketers and Cricket Australia (CA) had to do a lot of fire-fighting, holding an emergency Zoom meeting on August 18 .

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  Stabbing him in the back: Khawaja slams players, backs coach Langer

  Cricket | August 23, 2021 11:07 IST

  Usman Khawaja, who clashed with Justin Langer in 2018, has backed the embattled coach to continue in the position through the Ashes and urged the payers to stop undermining him.

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  Less pay for more work than players upsets coach Justin Langer: Report

  Cricket | August 21, 2021 21:46 IST

  Cracks had emerged between Langer and players with the Aussie media reporting that the rift between the players and the coach was exacerbated by the series loss to India in 2020-21.