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Steven Smith could miss World Cup as part of staggered return

David Warner is set to be part of the World Cup squad but Smith's elbow injury may persuade the selectors to hold him back for the Ashes

05-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig

Tim Paine targets Ashes glory after Sri Lanka sweep

The possible returns of Steven Smith and David Warner have also raised the Australia captain's hopes

04-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig in Canberra

Chandimal worried by Sri Lanka's batting as another pace barrage looms

The captain himself failed to deliver in Australia and could only pick out Sri Lanka's slip catching as the single positive from two heavy defeats

04-Feb-2019•Melinda Farrell in Canberra

Starc's ten-for powers Australia towards crushing victory

Sri Lanka subsided again with the bat as they slid to a 366-run defeat before tea on the fourth day

04-Feb-2019•Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Ratnayake confident of Kusal's fitness for second innings

Sri Lanka fast-bowling coach Rumesh Ratnayake admitted it was rare to see so many instances of batsmen being hit on the helmet in one match

03-Feb-2019•Melinda Farrell in Canberra

Khawaja reveals strain of brother's arrest after century

In a summer where he's had to battle injury and some very good bowling, the off-field issues really took a toll on Australia's No. 3

03-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig in Canberra

Starc's five and Khawaja's ton leave Sri Lanka on the ropes

The visitors were left a target of 516 after two players who had struggled during the summer found form

03-Feb-2019•Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Kusal Perera forced to retire hurt after bouncer blow

Batting on 27 in the 53rd over, Kusal took his eyes off a Jhye Richardson bouncer, and essentially ducked into it

03-Feb-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Dimuth Karunaratne cleared to bat again after being discharged from hospital

The opener was hit by a short delivery from Pat Cummins and stretched off the ground before going to hospital for tests which came back all clear

02-Feb-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando and Melinda Farrell

CA consider extended family time for England trip

The board are conscious of the amount of time some players will spend away from home in the World Cup and Ashes

02-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig

Australia strike late blows after Dimuth Karunaratne injury scare

Kurtis Patterson's maiden Test century continued Australia's batting dominance in Canberra

02-Feb-2019•Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Will Pucovski opts out of Australia squad for mental health reasons

The 20-year old batsman is expected to return to cricket for Victoria when the Shield resumes after the end of the Big Bash League in the second half of February

01-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig

Travis Head's maiden Test century a tearful tribute to Phillip Hughes

For Joe Burns, too, it was an emotional occasion as his fourth Test century came after a roller-coaster couple of seasons

01-Feb-2019•Daniel Brettig in Canberra

Burns and Head hundreds end Australia's barren spell and flay toothless Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka claimed three early wickets to leave the home side in trouble but their day got steadily worse from there

31-Jan-2019•Report by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Tim Paine seeks keys to consistency in wake of rare victory

Stung by memories of a flat performance in Melbourne after levelling the series against India, Australia's captain has told his team to be at their most vigilant against Sri Lanka

31-Jan-2019•Daniel Brettig in Canberra

Australia hunt Test solace against crisis-hit Sri Lanka

The home side will take in an unchanged XI as they look to end the season with a 2-0 series win against a Sri Lanka battling injury and off-field distractions

31-Jan-2019•The Preview by Andrew McGlashan

Doubts over Lakmal add to Sri Lanka's headaches

Sri Lanka only have four pace bowlers in their squad and will be keeping their fingers crossed over their senior quick

31-Jan-2019•ESPNcricinfo staff

Depleted Sri Lanka left hoping for batting-friendly Canberra track

Having had their bowling stocks severely depleted over the past two weeks, Sri Lanka's bowling coach Rumesh Ratnayake hopes the conditions allow batsmen to take some of the pressure off the bowlers

30-Jan-2019•Melinda Farrell in Canberra

Mitchell Starc strives to place Ashes seed in Justin Langer's mind

At the end of a Test season in which he has significantly underwhelmed, Starc will be striving to place vivid memories in the mind of the coach in order to seal an Ashes spot

30-Jan-2019•Daniel Brettig

Sri Lanka coach Hathurusingha removed as selector-on-tour

Selecting the XI on tour will now be undertaken by the team manager and captain in consultation with the national selection committee

30-Jan-2019•Madushka Balasuriya

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