Australian cricket Archives

December 31, 2025 12:30 PM

Former Australia batter Damien Martyn in induced coma after meningitis diagnosis

Former Australia batter Damien Martyn has been placed in an induced coma after being diagnosed with meningitis, Australian media reported on Tuesday. The 54-year-old, who played 67 Tests between 1992 and 2006, fell ill on Friday and was taken to hos...

November 27, 2025 10:40 PM

Remembering Phil Hughes: 11 years on, cricket still learns “how hard the cricket ball is”

November 25, 2014. A warm spring afternoon at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia ambled toward tea, the crowd half-dozing under a pale Sydney sun. Sean Abbott marked out his run. Twenty-...

September 2, 2025 9:52 AM

Australia pace great Starc retires from T20 internationals

Australia's white-ball pace spearhead Mitchell Starc has retired from Twenty20 internationals six months out from the World Cup in India and Sri Lanka to focus on extending his career in test and one-day cricket. The 35-year-old left-armer retir...

April 1, 2025 11:00 AM

Konstas, Kuhnemann earn Australia contracts

Teenage batting prodigy Sam Konstas has been added to Australia's list of contracted players in a huge vote of confidence for the two-test opener. The 19-year-old was named among 23 contracted players on Tuesday, three months on from making a memora...

March 13, 2025 12:28 PM

Former Australia spinner MacGill guilty of cocaine supply

Former Australia test cricketer Stuart MacGill was found guilty of taking part in the supply of cocaine by a Sydney court on Thursday after the jury cleared him of involvement in the commercial supply of the drug. The 54-year-old, who had pleaded no...

November 27, 2024 3:19 PM

Remembering Phil Hughes: 10 years since the tragedy that shook cricket

A decade has passed since Phillip Hughes' untimely death, yet the pain of his loss lingers in the cricketing world. Hughes tragically passed away on November 27, 2014, two days after being struck by a bouncer during a Sheffield Shield match. The haun...

November 10, 2024 6:03 PM

Australian batting hits first-time low in ODI series loss to Pakistan at home

In a new low for Australian cricket, the national team not only lost an ODI series to Pakistan at home for the first time in 22 years but also recorded an unfortunate first by failing to register a single half-century throughout the bilateral series....