Ravichandran Ashwin Named ICC Cricketer Of The Year 2016
Ravichandran Ashwin has become the third India player and 12th player overall to win the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named as the ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016. Ashwin follows in the footsteps of Rahul Dravid (2004) and Sachin Tendulkar (2010), while other recipients of the... Read more
Ashwin And Kohli Reach Personal Bests In ICC Test Rankings
India’s star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has consolidated his position at the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Bowlers after his match haul of 12-167 in the fourth Test against England in Mumbai helped the home side score an innings and 36 runs victory for a... Read more
Australia Skipper Steve Smith Receives ICC Test Championship Mace
Australia captain Steve Smith today received the ICC Test Championship mace and US$1million in prize money for leading his side to the number-one ranking on the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings on the annual 1 April cut-off date. ICC Chief Executive David Richardson made the presentations to Smith... Read more
Cricket Australia has today announced a 15-man Test squad ahead of the Qantas Tour of Sri Lanka due to take place from July this year. New South Wales all-rounder Moises Henriques will return to the squad for the first time since 2013. Henriques, 29, played his only three Tests... Read more
Cricket Australia (CA) has announced a list of 20 male contracted players for the 2016-17 season as chosen by the National Selection Panel. Under the current Memorandum of Understanding between Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA), the national selectors have the discretion to centrally contract between... Read more
Australia has regained the prestigious ICC Test Mace and has also won a cash award of $1million after winning the Christchurch Test by seven wickets, which has given it a 2-0 series win against New Zealand. The result means Australia has finished two points ahead of India on 112... Read more
Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland today congratulated Australian captains Steve Smith and Meg Lanning along with young fast bowler Josh Hazlewood after the trio was honored with International Cricket Council Awards. Smith became the fourth Australia player and 11th player overall to win the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy... Read more
Cricket Australia’s National Selection Panel has named a 12-man squad for the first Commonwealth Bank Test against the West Indies in Hobart, starting on Thursday 10 December at Blundstone Arena. The squad to contest the Frank Worrell Trophy is: Steve Smith (c) David Warner (vc) Joe Burns Nathan Coulter-Nile... Read more
Cricket Australia’s National Selection Panel has named a 12-man squad for the first two Commonwealth Bank Test matches against New Zealand in Brisbane and Perth. The squad to contest the Trans-Tasman Trophy is: Steve Smith (c) David Warner (vc) Joe Burns Josh Hazlewood Usman Khawaja Mitchell Johnson Nathan Lyon... Read more