Skipper still faces Ashes fitness battle
Australian captain Alyssa Healy has left the door open to an unfamiliar role during next month’s blockbuster Ashes series.
Australian captain Alyssa Healy has left the door open to an unfamiliar role during next month’s blockbuster Ashes series.
Australia’s injury riddled all-rounder Sophie Molineux has run out of luck again with knee surgery ruling her out of the upcoming women’s Ashes kicking off on January 12.
Australia’s stranglehold over trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand in the 50-over format has continued after the reigning world champions secured a 75-run victory.
An Australian star has come into superb batting touch at just the right time as the champion side played its final game before the Ashes.
All-rounders are like gold in T20 cricket and among Australia’s list of them at the World Cup is a world class youngster showing what she can do.
When she had to drive her dog to the park and let it run around for exercise because she couldn’t even walk, the T20 World Cup seemed a long way away for Darcie Brown.
Australia easily won its first warm-up game in the UAE, but a pair of explosive batters are in doubt for the start of the T20 World Cup.
The Australian Women’s Cricket team has once again shown why they’re the side to beat at the upcoming ICC WT20 World Cup.
Injuries from vigorous ball games in the warm-up aren’t new to international cricket, but the latest one has been enough to cause a change.
A stunning half-century from Phoebe Litchfield has guided Australia out of danger and to victory against New Zealand in the first T20I in Mackay. It came after star Ash Gardner was ruled out after a freak accident just minutes before the toss.
A former Sri Lankan Test cricketer has been banned by Cricket Australia for 20 years for inappropriate behaviour towards a female cricketer.
Mackay will be the host for an historic rivalry to reignite, as the Australian and New Zealand women’s cricket teams battle it out in a pair of T20s. Read what both captains had to say.
The upcoming T20 World Cup is always in Alyssa Healy’s thoughts, but there’s only one thing she wants from a three-match series against New Zealand.
They’ve won three consecutive T20 World Cup titles, but Australia has been put on notice, with a former cricket great declaring two rivals are closing in on the superstar team.
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