Australia’s Matthew Short (AP Photo) Australia’s Champions Trophy semi-final preparations have been dealt a blow, with opener Matt Short unlikely to recover in time for next week’s crucial clash against either India or New Zealand. Short suffered a quad injury while fielding during the rain-affected match against Afghanistan in Lahore on Friday. He later managed…
Mitchell Marsh. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: A lower back injury that has “not responded sufficiently to rehabilitation” has ruled out Australia’s Mitchell Marsh from the Champions Trophy next month and cast him in jeopardy for the Indian Premier League. In a statement, Cricket Australia announced that Marsh would not be participating in the Champions Trophy,…
Australia completed a 3-0 T20 series victory over Pakistan with a convincing seven-wicket win in Hobart on Monday. Marcus Stoinis was the star of the show, smashing an unbeaten 61 off just 27 balls to guide Australia to victory.Pakistan had won the preceding ODI series 2-1, but were outclassed in the shortest format. The visitors…