Hilton Cartwright

The second batch of Australian players, including captain Steve Smith, arrived on Saturday for the five-match ODI series against India beginning on September 17.

Australian captain Steve Smith, already smarting under the series loss to India, found himself in a fresh controversy on Wednesday with former Australian fast bowler Rodney Hogg accusing him of favouritism in picking the XI.

Australian batsman Hilton Cartwright's freak dismissal against New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield is now very much a part of the list of bizarre dismissals in cricket.

Australia opener Aaron Finch aggravated his right calf injury during a practice session and is facing a race against time to be fit for the first ODI against India on Sept 17. Finch got injured during practice at the MA Chidambaram Stadium and pulled out of the rest of the session.

Australia captain Steve Smith admitted that his side did not execute their plans properly during the first ODI against India here and vowed to come back stronger in the remaining matches of the series.

A batch of Australia's squad to play in the five-match one-day internationals series against India arrived on Friday night.

An official in charge of the Australian team during their Chennai trip confirmed TOI that Lehmann isn’t part of the Australian contingent.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi shines with his batting. Rocky Flintoff, son of Andrew Flintoff, makes his mark. He joins Northern Superchargers in The Hundred through the wildcard draft. Rocky will play under his father's coaching. James Anderson joins Manchester Originals. The Hundred tournament starts on August 5. The final match will be held at Lord's on August 31.

Australia opener Aaron Finch will miss the warm-up match against Board President's XI to be played at MA Chidambaram stadium on Tuesday.

India would expect their top order batsmen to make amends for a rare poor show in the series-opener and hope that the spinners continue to torment Australia when the two teams clash in the second one-dayer on Thursday.

The Melbourne Stars on Monday announced that England wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow will be joining the club for the upcoming season of the Big Bash League (BBL).

Chasing 253 on a tricky surface, Australia once again had no answer to the guile of wrist spinners Yuzvendra Chahal (2/34) and chinaman Yadav (3/54), who struck at crucial junctures to bundle out the opposition for 202 in 43.1 overs.

Ahead of this weekend's 2018 IPL player auction in Bengaluru, at which 578 players will go under the hammer for 182 open slots for the league's 11th season, here's a look at how Delhi Daredevils are stacked up and what kind of players they may want to acquire.

Tasmania sensationally restricted reigning champions Western Australia to a shocking 53 runs in their Domestic One-Day Cup match, with spinner Beau Webster grabbing 6 wickets and pacer Billy Stanlake taking 3. WA collapsed dramatically, losing eight wickets for just one wide, crumbling from 52/2.

Derbyshire, facing a a huge chase of 266 to win, collapsed to 74 all out inside 12 overs with former Australia fast bowler Peter Siddle taking 3-10 for Somerset. The 191-run margin of victory was the highest by runs in a T20 match in England.

Dhoni, Pandya dazzle, hosts win by 26 runs via D/L method

Multiple COVID-19 outbreaks inside bio-bubbles on Tuesday hit the Australian domestic league hard as cricket in the country continued to grapple with the virus while several top players cope with anxiety.

It was not a perfect show by Virat Kohli and his boys as they were bowled out for 252 after electing to bat first. But Kuldeep Yadav (3-54) and Yuzvendra Chahal (234) ran through the Aussie middle-order to wrap them up for 202.

Virat Kohli and Co have been nothing but phenomenal in demolishing a below-par Sri Lankan side. However, Australia had an indifferent run with their early Champions Trophy exit and then they had a tough time levelling the Test series against Bangladesh.

Australia kicked off their limited-overs tour of India with a resounding 103-run win over Board President's XI in their practice game at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Tuesday.