Cricket

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.

Pat Cummins has been ruled out of Australia’s squad for the T20 World Cup, while another batter has been axed - but there’s still no room for Steve Smith as a replacement. See the changes here!

Steve Smith’s amazing summer has somehow got even better, with Australia’s star batter praised for his quick thinking to save a fan from injury at the Australian Open.

Harry Brook says he regrets claiming he was out alone on the night he was “clocked” by a nightclub bouncer in New Zealand after reports emerged that Jacob Bethell and Josh Tongue are also under investigation.

Perth Scorchers star Mahli Beardman will make his Aussie debut in a Twenty20 international against Pakistan on Thursday night.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The east coast heavyweights would have performed better in the BBL final if they had not been fixated on this petty issue.

Australian cricket great Damien Martyn says he’s ‘on the mend’ a month after fighting for his life in a Gold Coast hospital bed.

DANE ELDRIDGE: He has had to carry the baggage of a very famous name, but he is now one of our most loved heroes and deservedly so.