Cricket

Australia adapted well to losing their skipper for the opening game, but now a bigger problem looms.

Less than an hour out from their opening match, Australia’s awful T20 World Cup preparations have worsened with captain Mitch Marsh struck down by a horror injury.

He was once the go-to saviour of Australian T20 cricket, now it appears selectors are hoping he will fall on his sword.

India are the world champions, but to be the best they need to win Down Under.

It’s hard to get excited about a global tournament that is played every two years, but there is one simple reason it’s being put on so soon after the last one.

Hot favourites and co-hosts India suffered a bit of a scare in their opening T20 World Cup clash against USA until their captain got going.

The wonderkid smashed a series of records in an ‘absurd’ performance on the big stage.

Australia’s preparation for the T20 World Cup has gone from bad to worse with premier paceman Josh Hazlewood ruled out of the tournament less than a week out from their opener.

The 34-year-old was not batting or bowling when he was ‘struck hard in the face’.

Australia’s Twenty20 team doesn’t need Steve Smith. Not because Smith isn’t good enough, but because this group has been built without him for a long time. They are ranked no.2 in the world for a reason.

OPINION: After the disaster in Pakistan this was the smart call the selectors needed to make - and they didn’t.

Pat Cummins has detailed when he plans to be back on the pitch after withdrawing from the T20 World Cup.

Mitch Marsh's World Cup-bound Australian side have been whitewashed in their key warm-up T20 series, hammered in a record 3-0 capitulation to Pakistan.

The T20 World Cup has been thrown into turmoil with Pakistan saying their team will boycott their match against arch-rivals India in Sri Lanka.

Former Australian great Stuart Clark doesn’t believe leaving Steve Smith out of Australia’s T20 World Cup team is a mistake.