Many of Australia’s senior players will be weighing up their international futures after failing to qualify for the T20 World Cup semi-finals this week, but Josh Hazlewood doubts there will be any “drastic” changes to the team. Mitchell Marsh’s men crashed out of the tournament after suffering consecutive losses to Afghanistan and India in the...
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No ‘drastic’ Aussie changes after WC exit despite ‘all-time selection howler’ as Warner era ends
Australian selectors baulked at including batting dynamo Jake Fraser-McGurk for a T20 World Cup campaign that never reached the heights they expected but “drastic” change is unlikely to the team going forward according to pace veteran Josh Hazlewood. The quick bowler was one of 10 players aged over 30 in the 15-man squad, with the...
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Jofra Archer’s four-year hiatus finally over as cricket’s oldest rivalry reignites
Cricket’s oldest rivalry reignites in the Caribbean this weekend when Australia faces reigning champions England for their T20 World Cup group stage clash at Kensington Oval. In a replay of the 2010 T20 World Cup final — which England won by seven wickets at the same venue — the heavyweights will lock horns to decide...
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‘Could be a problem for them’: Oman captain’s bold claim ahead of T20 World Cup clash with Australia
Oman captain Aqib Ilyas has boldly declared that Australia’s top-order is vulnerable against spin bowlers on slow decks ahead of Thursday’s T20 World Cup contest in Bridgetown. Australia gets its T20 World Cup campaign underway by facing Oman in the Barbados capital for the first of four group-stage matches. The two sides have never met...