Australia's provisional squad for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 is all about adaptability, with Mitch Marsh at the helm and a strong core of players ready to take on the best in India and Sri Lanka
Veteran Australian pacers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, are expected to be named in the provisional squad for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup despite injury worries, as per the ICC website.
Pietersen took on to his X handle, and said that this defeat is tough to understand because Australia were without Josh Hazlewood and Steve Smith. "No Hazlewood, hardly any Cummins, Smith, Lyon, etc, makes this defeat tough to understand."
It was 'Same old Aussies always winning' at Adelaide Oval, as they extended their unbeaten streak against England in Australia to 18 Tests, sealing the Ashes series win by beating their visitors by 82 runs. Be it Travis Head's fiery centuries at Perth and Adelaide, Mitchell Starc's magic wit
England's aggressive "Bazball" method has faltered under Australian conditions, with the visitors' approach falling flat against an Australian lineup that was missing multiple key players like Pat Cummins, who makes a return in the third Test, Josh Hazlewood, who's ruled out of the series an
Pat Cummins is set to come back into Australia's Test XI and resume the captaincy duties in next week's third Ashes match in Adelaide, while Josh Hazlewood has been sidelined for the remainder of the series due to an Achilles injury and will now shift his focus to recovering in time for the
"I'm not a selector, but what I will say is the same way they (selectors) looked at this game, they looked at the game objectively and said what was the best way for us to win this game with all the information we have on pink-ball cricket," Labuschagne noted.
Josh Hazlewood's chances of featuring in the ongoing Ashes series have taken another hit, with the pacer developing Achilles soreness just as he began easing back from a recent hamstring injury
Cummins missed the opening Test of the series in Perth with a back injury as the Aussies clinched an eight-wicket victory inside two days, but the captain is yet to be cleared for a return for the second match at the Gabba that commences on December 4.
Cummins had missed the first Test due to lower-back issues, and Steve Smith took the captaincy armband in his absence. Cummins was seen bowling with the pink ball at Silverwater's Cricket Central, getting himself with a weapon that demolished Team India last summer during the Border-Gavaskar
The second Test will kickstart from December 29 onwards. Hazlewood was ruled out of the Perth opener due to a hamstring issues suffered during the Sheffield Shield. He will be joining the squad in Brisbane to continue his rehab and the head coach Andrew McDonald expexts him to be available l
The 35-year-old Mitchell Starc's recent mastery of the wobble seam delivery, which relies more on purchase from the pitch than movement through the air, has helped him a lot during the opening Test against England in Perth, which the hosts won by eight wickets.