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GROS ISLET (ST Lucia): West Indies and Australia commence their five-match Twenty20 International series on Friday under lights at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia with both teams in pursuit of a winning momentum as the countdown to the World T20 continues. Title-holders for the global tournament set for October-November in the United Arab Emirates, the Caribbean side started a home run of 15 Twenty20 Internationals with a 3-2 loss to South Africa in Grenada. That highligh...

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Mixed bag for Australia if Steve Smith forgoes T20 World Cup A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Last weekend, Steve Smith dropped a bombshell. Nursing a flare-up in his injury-prone left elbow, he mulled relinquishing his participation in the T20 World Cup in order to gain optimal fitness come the Ashes. The geeky genius prioritising the traditional format at the expense of the slam-bang bonanza is as strai...

When is it? It all starts in St Lucia on July 9, after which five T20 matches will crammed into eight days at the one venue. Then, after a quick break to switch camps to Barbados and gather some breath, three ODIs in five days will follow in a whirlwind tour. An 18-man Australian squad (plus two travelling reserves) flew out of Brisbane for a 16.5-hour chartered flight to St Lucia. They have a little over a week to clear quarantine, acclimatise and train together before the games come thick and...

Australia’s chances of securing their first T20 World Cup title in October were boosted by the announcement of a five-match T20I series in Bangladesh in August immediately after their eight-match white-ball tour of the Caribbean. Australia have had a drought of cricket during the pandemic, but now get a prime opportunity to finalise their World […]

The home side lead the five-Test series 2-0 and a win in the last-ever Ashes Test to be played at the WACA Ground would see them regain the urn.

Ricky Ponting, coach of Delhi Capitals, said one of the reasons for Australia not having a good finisher was that all of the country's best batsmen bat in the top four in the Big Bash League.

Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has said the team from Down Under desperately needs to find a player who can do the role of a finisher in this year T20

Sydney, May 29: Former captain Ricky Ponting feels Australia lacks a 'finisher' in the mould of former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni or all-rounder

Ponting said one of the reasons for Australia not having a good finisher was that all the best batsmen of the country bat in top four in the Big Bash League.