At 10 am on a greenish pitch, Jason Holder lost the toss but didn’t mind that Steven Smith chose to bat. “Hopefully we can exploit the conditions as best as possible and get into their middle order,” he said. By 12.30pm they had done so; Australia were 3 for 121 and wobbling. It turned out
West Indies may be heading into their Test series in Australia as underdogs but one of their greatest players has told the tourists to believe an upset is possible. The first of a three-Test series starts in Hobart on Thursday with West Indies going into the game after a 2-0 series defeat against Sri Lanka
An almost full-strength West Indies have crashed to an embarrassing 10-wicket loss to an inexperienced Cricket Australia XI in their only warm-up match ahead of next week’s first test against Steve Smith’s team in Hobart. Jake Carder and Tim Paine needed just 17 balls to score the required 10 runs in the home side’s second
West Indies have named an unchanged squad for their upcoming Test tour of Australia. The same 15 men who took on Sri Lanka in October will make the trip to Australia, led by captain Jason Holder and vice-captain Kraigg Brathwaite, with coach Phil Simmons having been reinstated by the WICB following his suspension in September.
World Cup and World Twenty20 champion Australia ranked number one in innovative new multi-format system. The International Cricket Council (ICC) today launched the official ICC Women’s Team Rankings, which incorporate results in all three formats of the game into one rankings system. Not surprisingly, Australia is ranked number one following its success in the ICC