Ashton Agar

Australia cricketer Ashton Agar has assembled a set of high-profile players and put forward his all-time World XI. Two Indians featured in Agar XI as it was heavily dominated by Australians. West Indies too had two representatives while Sri Lanka and Pakistan had one player each in the team.

Australia skipper Aaron Finch won the toss and elected to bowl against Sri Lanka in their must-win T20 World Cup match on Tuesday.

England skipper Eoin Morgan won the toss and opted to bowl against Australia in their Super 12 Group 1 match of the T20 World Cup on Saturday.

Australian Ashes debutant Ashton Agar has expressed his gratitude to the guru bat makers who were responsible for the super-light home-made willow bat.

Australia's cricket team was weakened by another case of COVID-19 on Tuesday after left-arm spinner Ashton Agar tested positive for the virus just hours before the start of a limited-overs international series in Pakistan.

Australian spinner Ashton Agar has termed his compatriot and all-rounder Cameron Green a 'scary talent.' Green, who has been often equated to former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, smashed three Sheffield Shield hundreds in the 2019-2020 season.

Sri Lanka included Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana, recently back from playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), in their side for the first Twenty20 against Australia on Tuesday as they look to test the visitors with spin.

Australia all-rounder Ashton Agar on Wednesday said that he finds it tough coming down the order and playing shots straightaway.

Australia all-rounder Ashton Agar is relishing the prospect of bowling on spin-friendly sub-continent wickets during the four Test series against India in February.

Australia spinner Ashton Agar feels compatriot Nathan Lyon is the best spinner in the world in Test cricket presently so he will have to bide his time and be ready whenever opportunity comes knocking on his door.

Fast bowler Cummins will be "managed through a period of rehabilitation and physical preparation for the upcoming summer" and miss the six matches in North Queensland, Cricket Australia said in a statement.

Australia named a full-strength squad on Tuesday for their first Pakistan tour in 24 years, with spinners Mitchell Swepson and Ashton Agar drafted to back up their formidable pace attack.

Laurie Evans, Ashton Agar, Aaron Hardie and Mahli Beardman were travelling to the stadium in an Uber when the car broke down on the way. With the vehicle coming to a halt, the four players stepped out and pushed it in an effort to restart it, before getting back in and continuing their journey to the ground.

Australia's pacers Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, and Glenn Maxwell faced travel disruptions during their journey to Barbados for their T20 World Cup opener against Oman. Cummins, who had just competed in the IPL final, discovered his luggage was lost en route. Cricketer Ashton Agar expressed excitement about the experience, citing that many players had spent long periods in India.

Australia spinner Ashton Agar was released from the Test squad touring India and has flown home to play cricket for Western Australia in the closing stages of the domestic season, national selector Tony Dodemaide said on Wednesday.

Australia's Ashton Agar said he had felt horrible going into Friday's Twenty20 international against South Africa at The Wanderers but the left-arm spinner came out of the game with the greatest moment of his cricketing life.

Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar, who became only the second Australian bowler to take a T20I hat-trick, has revealed he admires 'rockstar' Ravindra Jadeja and wants to play cricket like the Indian all-rounder.

Michael Clarke has raised doubts over DRS, which BCCI has been opposing from the very beginning, saying technology should not be used if it isn't perfect.

While former England cricketers raised questions over the quality of the pitch in the recently concluded third Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Australia cricketers were left impressed with the spin it witnessed with the pink ball. Australia spinner Ashton Agar on Monday said he loved watching Axar Patel bowl in the third Test against England.

Spinner Ashton Agar produced the best bowling performance in Australia's Twenty20 international history as they defeated New Zealand by 64 runs at Wellington Regional Stadium on Wednesday.

When Ashton Agar came out to bat on Thursday on the second day of the first Ashes Test, Australia were down in the dumps with the score reading 117-9.

Australia coach Darren Lehmann predicted "outstanding" teenaged sensation Ashton Agar would come into the game "more and more" after the left-arm spinner was handed a shock Test debut in the Ashes opener at Trent Bridge.

Cummins is confident that Australia's fringe spinners will be ready to face Pakistan if called upon. Ashton Agar and legspinner Mitchell Swepson will tour alongside first-choice Nathan Lyon for the three-Test series.

Australia's T20 World Cup squad, led by Mitchell Marsh, see notable exclusions like Steve Smith and Jake Fraser-McGurk. Despite T20I hiatus, Ashton Agar returns. Marcus Stoinis and Cameron Green have made the cut despite IPL inconsistencies. Chair George Bailey has backed the balanced squad for the West Indies tournament. Australia open the tournament against Oman on June 5.

Australian cricket legend Nathan Lyon is willing to help Australia's spin department during the Cricket World Cup in India. The team faces a potential spin challenge due to Ashton Agar's calf injury, leaving only specialist spinner Adam Zampa and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell as alternatives. This could lead to a lack of a dedicated slow bowler, especially in conditions that favor spin in India.

Victoria uncapped off-spinner Todd Murphy was included in the 18-man squad as Australia kept their bowling options wide open with four spinners and six quicks for the upcoming four-match Test series in India. The squad, announced on Wednesday, also saw veteran batsman Peter Handscomb being recalled.

Opener Marcus Harris has been left out of the Australia squad for the two-Test tour of Sri Lanka in June and July, although he will have a chance to press for a return as part of the "A" team also touring.

Australia's spin-bowling allrounder Ashton Agar on Friday said wrist spinners will have a big role to play in the five-match ODI series against India starting on Sunday. Agar said: "They (leggies) are a really valuable asset in limited-overs cricket because they can spin the ball both ways."

The middle-order of the Australian team might have come under some scrutiny during the T20 series against England but left-arm spin bowling allrounder Ashton Agar feels he is slowly warming up to the role of a finisher.

Australia spinner Ashton Agar has said that batting at number seven is difficult as making the most out of the minimal balls available is not an easy task.