MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Top-order batsman Shaun Marsh has been dropped from Australia’s side for their second test against West Indies, despite scoring 182 in the comprehensive first test victory in Hobart. The 32-year-old Marsh and opener Joe Burns had reportedly been competing for one place in the side for the match at the Melbourne Cricket […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia batsman David Warner has profited from his opening partnership with Joe Burns but the fledgling relationship could be nipped in the bud by selectors for the Boxing Day test against West Indies. Since teaming up with Queenslander Burns in the opening test of the New Zealand series, Warner has smashed three […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Frustrated coach Phil Simmons has called on the West Indies Cricket Board to do more to get top players back into the test team rather than playing in lucrative Twenty20 tournaments. Chris Gayle and a plethora of West Indies cricketers have lit up Australia’s domestic Big Bash League tournament, even as the […]
By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – West Indies coach Phil Simmons hopes the criticism that has rained down on his team during their tour of Australia can spark the players into a better showing at the Boxing Day test in Melbourne. The team were castigated for their three-day defeat in the first test in Hobart, […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Uncapped pace bowler Scott Boland has been called up to the Australia squad for the second test against West Indies after Nathan Coulter-Nile dislocated his shoulder in a domestic Twenty20 match, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday. Boland joins Josh Hazlewood, Peter Siddle and James Pattinson as the pace options for the Boxing […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – West Indies are considering a recall for leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo as they look to fight their way back into the series in the second test against Australia later this week. The tourists’ bowlers were flogged to all parts of the Bellerive Oval during the innings and 212 run defeat in Hobart which […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – West Indies coach Phil Simmons has lamented a lack of match practice for his embattled team ahead of the second test against Australia. The Caribbeans, trailing 1-0 in the three-match series after being trounced in the series opener in Hobart, were given only a two-day tour match in the leadup to the […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia spinner Nathan Lyon fought hard to cement his place in the test team and now hopes to convince selectors of his white ball prowess in time for the World Twenty20 in India. Lyon celebrated his 50th test against West Indies in Hobart last week but played the last of his eight […]
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Former West Indies captain Chris Gayle is hopeful he can return to test cricket next year but said he was simply not fit enough to take part in the ongoing series against Australia. The explosive opener arrived in Australia to play in the domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League a few days after […]
(Reuters) – West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has been banned from bowling for 12 months by the International Cricket Council after undergoing testing on his action. It is the second ban for the 34-year-old, whose off-spin bowling is only used on a part-time basis by West Indies. He was reported for an illegal action following […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Top order batsman Usman Khawaja has suffered a setback in his bid to return to the Australian team for the second test against West Indies after being ruled out of a domestic Twenty20 match by his Sydney Thunder side on Monday. Khawaja suffered a hamstring strain in the second test against New […]
