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Jake Fraser-McGurk, Australian cricket’s man of the moment, is set to miss out on selection for Australia’s Twenty20 World Cup squad. The 22-year-old batter has had a sensational start to life in the IPL, producing three half-centuries in five matches to date, capped by Fraser-McGurk’s blistering 84 from just 27 balls in the Delhi Capitals’...

Smith & Fraser-McGurk might miss the 2024 WC [X.com] As per emerging reports, veteran batter Steve Smith will likely miss out on Australia’s squad for the T20 World Cup 2024.  Notably, 1st May is the deadline for all teams  to submit their World Cup squad. While New Zealand have already named a robust side for...

Goolwa Cricket Club on Ngarrindjeri Country receive a $15,000 cricket grant to help boost the community club. Picture supplied NRMA Insurance’s role in fostering future Australian cricket stars The national sport of Australia continues to be a summer season favourite, with each match from the Australian cricket teams being an event for the ages. Spectators...

Former Australia pace bowler and South Australia coach Jason Gillespie has been appointed to take charge of Pakistan — but he will only lead their Test cricket team. The ex-Yorkshire and Sussex head coach has signed a two-year deal and will start his tenure as Test coach for England’s tour of Pakistan later this year....

NRMA Insurance announces it has expanded its support of the McGrath Foundation by funding a second McGrath Breast Care Nurse for three years, following its fundraising initiatives during the NRMA Insurance Pink Test. Picture supplied NRMA Insurance’s partners with Cricket Australia: A community game-changer Since 2022, NRMA Insurance has been building a strong foundation as...

Last month, Jake Fraser-McGurk’s chances of featuring in Australia’s T20 World Cup squad were slim to non-existent. The Victorian product has never played T20I cricket, while Australia’s top three for the marquee tournament was set in stone – David Warner, Travis Head and incumbent captain Mitchell Marsh. However, Fraser-McGurk has parachuted himself into World Cup...

Australia will be keen to put the disappointment of their shocking group stage exit at the 2022 T20 World Cup behind when they fly to the Caribbean and the USA for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which begins in June.  The team from Down Under had a terrible 2022 T20 World Cup campaign,...

The eldest daughter of the late Australian cricket legend Dean Jones has paid a touching tribute to her father on her wedding day. The champion cricketer, coach and commentator died suddenly in September 2020 after suffering a stroke. He was 59. He was Australia’s 324th Test cricketer and his highest first-class score was 324. It...

The extent to which IPL performances should influence the selection of India’s T20 team is a routine discussion at this time of the year. It is all the more relevant given that this year’s T20 World Cup will be held immediately after the annual T20 extravaganza. Perhaps it is a point for Australia’s selectors to...

Bangladesh Women v India Women – India Women in Bangladesh 2024, 4th T20I – Cricket Score Centre – ABC News Mon, 29 Apr 7/121 3/124 → Mon, 29 Apr 8/105 6/149 → Mon, 29 Apr 3/176 8/120 → Tue, 30 Apr 62 1/64 → Tue, 30 Apr 9/101 0/104 → Tue, 30 Apr 119 1/47...

Vanuatu Women v Ireland Women – Women’s World T20 Qualifier 2024, Match 15 – Cricket Score Centre – ABC News Mon, 29 Apr 7/121 3/124 → Mon, 29 Apr 8/105 6/149 → Mon, 29 Apr 3/176 8/120 → Tue, 30 Apr 62 1/64 → Tue, 30 Apr 9/101 0/104 → Tue, 30 Apr 119 1/47...

By Lachlan Harper with AP Australian cricket legend Jason Gillespie is back in a coaching role after the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed him as its new red-ball head coach. The PCB has appointed Gary Kirsten and Gillespie to two-year terms with the former to coach the white-ball side. Azhar Mahmood, who was the ad-hoc head...