Australia have included Marnus Labuschagne in their 15-man squad for the World Cup as replacement for the injured Ashton Agar. It is the only change to the original squad announced by Cricket Australia with destructive batter Travis Head retaining his spot despite his own injury with the hope of him being available midway through the tournament. Squad: Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Marsh, David Warner, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Josh Inglis, Glenn Maxwell,...

Star New Zealand batter and captain Kane Williamson plans to put his surgically-repaired knee to the test in this week's World Cup warmup-games as he readies himself for a long due return to cricket after a lengthy injury-enforced absence. Whether he'll play both the tune-up fixtures in Hyderabad (vs Pakistan) and in Trivandrum (vs South Africa) is still up in the air, but the 33-year-old hopes to ramp up his loads building up to the World Cup opener against England. "There...

Veteran offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been named in India's final 15-man squad for the 2023 World Cup. Ashwin, 37, replaces Axar Patel, who had been named in the provisional squad but has not recovered from his left quadriceps strain. He suffered the injury in the Asia Cup match against Bangladesh on September 15. Ashwin has already travelled to Guwahati with the team, where they play England in their first warm-up game on September 30. Ashwin, who ended up playing two of...

Sri Lanka cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been acquitted of sexual assault charges by a Sydney court, AAP reported. The 32-year-old was arrested in November last year on the sidelines of the T20 World Cup after a woman accused him of sexual intercourse without consent. He was charged on four counts of rape but only one count of "stealthing" and was taken up by the court for trial. Gunathilaka pleaded not guilty and faced a four-day long trial in front of Judge Sarah Huggett...

India Head Coach Rahul Dravid has said that he is content with India's preparation going into the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023, after the 2-1 series win against Australia that culminated in an Indian defeat in a Rajkot dead rubber. "For people like Jasprit, Ashwin, Shreyas, KL, getting game time was important, and getting that against a competitive side is a good thing. The practice games are generally 15 vs 15 so it's hard to get that level of intensity...