Australia pacer Spencer Johnson opened up on replacing Mitchell Starc in the Aussie squad for the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025 and said that "he will be able to replicate" what the 35-year-old has done.
Australia was already dealing with significant setbacks following the injuries to Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Mitchell Marsh. Starc's withdrawal further depletes their frontline pace attack for the tournament, which begins on February 19 in Pakistan and the UAE.
Ahead of the Sydney Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) against India, Australia on Thursday announced their playing eleven for the final match of the series.
The speedster bagged six wickets in his spell of 14.1 overs where he conceded 48 runs and bowled two maiden overs as well in his spell. This was his 15th Test cricket five-wicket haul as Australian pacers ran through the Indian batting on Day 1 of the second Test in Adelaide.
Virat Kohli's unbeaten century helped the visitors to set a total of 534 runs for Australia in the opening Test of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 at the Optus Stadium on Sunday.
Young Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal's unbeaten century in the first session of the opening Test of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 at the Optus Stadium took the visitors to a lead of 321 runs on Sunday.
Starc accomplished this feat during the first ODI against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). During the game, Starc delivered a fine performance with the ball. He took three wickets for 33 runs in his 10 overs at an economy rate of 3.33. He got the wickets of both openers Abdull
Mitchell Starc's impressive performance earned him the Man of the Match as Australia edged out Pakistan by two wickets in the first ODI in Melbourne on Monday.
Former England seamer Stuart Broad has praised Liam Livingstone for demonstrating his value in the ODI format.
Broad highlighted how Livingstone, who was not part of the original squad to face Australia, stepped up to help England level the series at 2-2.
"We have to remember that Livingst
Half-centuries from Travis Head and Marcus Stoinis helped Australia end the group stage unbeaten and defeated Scotland by five wickets in their ICC T20 World Cup match at Saint Lucia on Sunday.
Australia captain Mitchell Marsh provided an injury update on Mitchell Starc after the veteran pacer went off the field without completing his over against Oman in the ongoing T20 World Cup.