Australia beats Sri Lanka by six wickets in fourth T20 international at MCG Source:abc.net.au Josh Inglis has continued an impressive start to his international career, powering Australia to a fourth-straight Twenty20 victory over Sri Lanka The West Australian has looked at ease since debuting at the start of the five-match series and Friday night’s six-wicket win was no exception. Chasing Sri Lanka’s mediocre total of 8-139, Inglis and Maxwell (48 not out) put on a match-winning 71-run stand for the fourth-wicket after Australia’s top-three failed to fire. Maxwell brought up the winning runs with 11 balls to spare, with Australia now eyeing a clean-sweep in Sunday’s series finale. Inglis was in sight of his maiden international 50, but was out for 40 after edging to Dinesh Chandimal behind the stumps.   A recognised wicketkeeper, Inglis has come into Australia’s team as a batter only with veteran Matthew Wade hanging onto the ...

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Why Aussies should be wary of Sri Lankan ‘street fighter’ – by Louis Cameron in Sydney   Source:cricket.com.au Sri Lanka’s world No. 1-ranked T20 bowler idolises Steve Smith but has been urged to channel Adam Zampa to succeed on Australian pitches in the five-match T20 series You might not have ever heard of Wanindu Hasaranga but Australia’s T20 team are certainly not sleeping on the world’s No. 1-ranked bowler in the shortest format, a “street fighter” who idolises Steve Smith. Adam Zampa certainly knows who Hasaranga is having been replaced by the Sri Lankan leg-spinner at his Indian Premier League franchise for the second stage of last year’s tournament despite the Australian wanting to return to Royal Challengers Bangalore. Kane Richardson was joking when he suggested his close friend might channel Michael Jordan in seeking out a rivalry with Hasaranga in the five-match Dettol T20I series, but the duel between ...

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NEWS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET BOARD – FULL LIST OF CONTRACTED PLAYERS FOR 2018/19   Player State Age Ashton Agar WA 24 Alex Carey SA 26 Pat Cummins NSW 24 Aaron Finch VIC 31 Peter Handscomb VIC 26 Josh Hazlewood NSW 27 Travis Head SA 24 Usman Khawaja QLD 31 Nathan Lyon NSW 30 Glenn Maxwell VIC 29 Shaun Marsh WA 34 Mitchell Marsh WA 26 Tim Paine TAS 33 Matthew Renshaw QLD 22 Jhye Richardson WA 21 Kane Richardson SA 27 Billy Stanlake QLD 23 Mitchell Starc NSW 28 Marcus Stoinis WA 28 Andrew Tye WA 31 Well balanced list to represent Australia across all 3 formats ...

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