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Perry leads Australia to rousing T20 World Cup victory

Perry leads Australia to rousing T20 World Cup victory

Evergreen Ellyse Perry has starred with bat and ball as Australia gave their net run-rate a massive boost with a landslide win over Bangladesh at Headingley.

Aussie tweakers spin their web over Bangladesh in T20

Aussie tweakers spin their web over Bangladesh in T20

Aussie tweakers spin their web over Bangladesh in T20

Aussie tweakers spin their web over Bangladesh in T20

Cooper Connolly and the Australian spinners have guided Australia to an impressive T20 victory over Bangladesh with 10 balls to spare.

Bold BBL plan within reach after crunch meeting

Bold BBL plan within reach after crunch meeting

Bold BBL plan within reach after crunch meeting

Bold BBL plan within reach after crunch meeting

A crunch meeting between Cricket Australia and the six state bodies has ended in big steps being taken towards BBL privatisation.

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I can still play every Test, Lyon tells Aussie bosses

I can still play every Test, Lyon tells Aussie bosses

As Nathan Lyon sees it, if NSW can recover to win State of Origin I, he can shake off a "traumatic" hamstring injury and become a must-pick Test player again.

Connolly fights off cramps in innings of a lifetime

Connolly fights off cramps in innings of a lifetime

Cooper Connolly warded off cramps in Dhaka's searing heat to play one of the great ODI innings and lead Australia to a nervy one-wicket win over Bangladesh

Connolly crunches 149 as Aussies sneak past Bangladesh

Connolly crunches 149 as Aussies sneak past Bangladesh

Emerging star Cooper Connolly played the innings of his life as Australia almost frittered away an impregnable position to escape past Bangladesh with three

Aussies down South Africa in flying start to World Cup

Aussies down South Africa in flying start to World Cup

Georgia Wareham took 3-13 and Phoebe Litchfield hit a half century as Australia eased to a 65-run victory over South Africa in their T20 World Cup opener.

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Australia suffer historic ODI series loss to Bangladesh

Australia suffer historic ODI series loss to Bangladesh

Australia suffer historic ODI series loss to Bangladesh

Australia suffer historic ODI series loss to Bangladesh

Having not beaten Australia in an ODI for 21 years, Bangladesh have now knocked off the cricketing giant twice in 48 hours to seal a 2-0 series lead.

Voll flying as 'hungry' Aussies look good for World Cup

Voll flying as 'hungry' Aussies look good for World Cup

Voll flying as 'hungry' Aussies look good for World Cup

Voll flying as 'hungry' Aussies look good for World Cup

Australia will go into the T20 World Cup in fine spirits after Georgia Voll led a dominant win over the West Indies in their final warm-up in Cardiff.

Shoddy Australia mauled by Bangladesh Tigers

Shoddy Australia mauled by Bangladesh Tigers

Shoddy Australia mauled by Bangladesh Tigers

Shoddy Australia mauled by Bangladesh Tigers

Marnus Labuschagne's white-ball career hangs by a thread after another failure in Australia's big defeat by Bangladesh, their second ever to the Tigers.

Queensland, Heat hunt new coach after Botha quits

Queensland, Heat hunt new coach after Botha quits

Queensland, Heat hunt new coach after Botha quits

Queensland, Heat hunt new coach after Botha quits

Queensland and Brisbane Heat coach Johan Botha has quit with a year to run on his contract, sparking an immediate search for a replacement.

Stokes faces Test axe after 'nightclub incident' probe

Stokes faces Test axe after 'nightclub incident' probe

Stokes faces Test axe after 'nightclub incident' probe

Stokes faces Test axe after 'nightclub incident' probe

England captain Ben Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson are being investigated by cricket authorities after a "nightclub incident" in the early hours.

Veterans lead Australia to big victory over WCT20 hosts

Veterans lead Australia to big victory over WCT20 hosts

Veterans lead Australia to big victory over WCT20 hosts

Veterans lead Australia to big victory over WCT20 hosts

Australia have secured a pre-tournament psychological edge over England with a comfortable win over the T20 World Cup hosts in their penultimate warm-up match.

Slug slog: brilliant Bears buoyed by Beau's Blast blitz

Slug slog: brilliant Bears buoyed by Beau's Blast blitz

Slug slog: brilliant Bears buoyed by Beau's Blast blitz

Slug slog: brilliant Bears buoyed by Beau's Blast blitz

Australian international Beau Webster has crashed his first ever T20 century, helping Warwickshire beat Somerset in England's Blast tournament.

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'A lot of confidence' for Gardner ahead of T20 Cup

Ash Gardner has top-scored for Australia in the last of three informal matches against South Africa ahead of the women's Twenty20 World Cup.

Defiant Inglis can't save Aussies from Pakistan defeat

Stand-in captain Josh Inglis hit 65 but the all-round power of Pakistan told as Australia slipped to ODI series defeat in Lahore.

Cummins keen to play entirety of 'unprecedented' run

Australia will play up to 21 Test matches in their busiest period on record and a fit-and-firing Pat Cummins is hopeful he won't have to rest from any of them.

Victoria's BBL bombshell leads to 'confusion, anxiety'

Cricket Victoria's plans to sell one of its BBL licences to private investors is no done deal, says the sport's players union.

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World Cup return bonus for reinvented allrounder

Nicola Carey knocked back a central contract to instead prioritise regular cricket at a lower level that she says ironically has powered her national return.

Ellis steps up as Australia draw level in Pakistan

Nathan Ellis has taken 4-33 as Australia won the second ODI in Pakistan by 41 runs to level the series with one match to play.

Second ODI: Pakistan puts Australia in

Pakistan has won the toss and elected to field against Australia in the second one-day international in Lahore.

Plan for Stars, Renegades to merge in BBL shake-up

Cricket Victoria plans to sell one BBL licence and operate a single 'Melbourne' team with the other, merging the Stars and Renegades.

BBL's Thunder confirm England legend as coach

After weeks of build-up, BBL side the Sydney Thunder have unveiled an English cricket legend as their new head coach.

White-ball final king Hazlewood lifts another IPL crown

The great quick Josh Hazlewood has come up trumps again, along with fellow Aussie Tim David, to help Royal Challengers Bengaluru win back-to-back IPL crowns.

Aussies fall to debutant Pakistan spin kid in ODI

Australia's opening match in the ODI series in Pakistan has ended in defeat after Pakistan's teenage debutant Arafat Minhas grabbed a stunning five-wicket haul.

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