Afghanistan sealed Australia’s World Cup fate at 1.05am Caribbean time,but the defining moment of a failed campaign arrived well before then.
Usman Khawaja believes David Warner will regain the Australian public’s love in retirement,much as Shane Warne’s image softened after his playing days
Australia’s first loss of the T20 World Cup and their first ever to Afghanistan puts them at risk of early elimination;even if they beat India in their next game they won’t be guaranteed a place in the semi-finals.
As the T20 Cricket World Cup enters the playoffs stage,Australia are looking to continue their good form against a tricky Afghanistan side.
How laser focused is Australia’s World Cup campaign? Pat Cummins forgot he was on a hat-trick against Bangladesh
There is a view among players that Mitchell Starc is not in Australia’s best XI at the T20 World Cup,despite his record as one of the country’s greatest ever white-ball bowlers.
With his international career nearing an end,David Warner will be relieved not to have to face so much abuse about his role in the 2018 Newlands ball-tampering scandal,but he also knows he’ll never fully escape the stain it left on his reputation.
Mitchell Starc invoked a phrase beloved by Justin Langer to flatly reject English suspicions that Australia seriously considered easing off on Scotland to eliminate Jos Buttler’s team from the T20 World Cup.
A mischievous suggestion that Australia could manipulate results to squeeze England out of the World Cup has prompted apoplexy. It’s unlikely to happen.
The ICC turned to an unlikely source for participants in its Twenty20 World Cup trophy tour of New York – a police department youth program.
He’s had a spin on the lucrative franchise circuit,but for Adam Zampa it will never compare to the “buzz” of playing in big tournaments for Australia.