Peter Handscomb: News
Peter Handscomb is an Australian cricket player and a part-time wicket-keeper who has played for Australia in T20Is, ODI matches, and Test matches. The right-handed batsman has also played in the Australian Big Bash League for the T20 franchise cricket team called Hobart Hurricanes. Handscomb has played 16 Test matches and 22 ODIs in his cricket career. Initially, he played junior-level tennis but later switched to cricket. He started his cricket career while playing in the Victorian Premier League for the St. Kilda Cricket Club. He had represented Victoria in Under-17 and Under-19 categories. Following this, he played for Australia’s Under-19 team during the team’s Sri Lanka tour in 2009. Handscomb gained recognition during the 2013-14 season of first-class cricket where he scored three centuries. He made his Test debut against South Africa in 2016 where he scored 399 runs in four matches. His ODI debut came in 2017 against Pakistan where he scored 82 runs. Handscomb is the only player to score over fifty runs in each of his first seven Test matches.
04 Jan 2023
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Australian batter Matt Renshaw tested positive for COVID-19 shortly before play on the opening day of the third and final Test against South Africa.
31 Jan 2021
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On Wednesday, Cricket Australia named Indian-origin spinner Tanveer Sangha in their squad for the T20I series against New Zealand.
12 Dec 2020
AustraliaA look at Australia's impressive numbers in Day-Night Tests
Australia are set to face India in a four-match Test series, starting December 17 in Adelaide.
03 May 2020
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Australian batsman Usman Khawaja expressed his disappointment after he was excluded from the central contract list.
30 Apr 2020
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Cricket Australia released a fresh list of central contract for the 2020-21 season.
07 Jan 2020
Virat KohliIndia vs Australia: Langer takes break, endorses caretaker coach McDonald
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30 Dec 2019
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Australia were forced to make a change in the squad for their upcoming three-match ODI series against India, starting January 14.
17 Dec 2019
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Australia have announced a 14-man squad for the upcoming ODI series against India next month.
08 Nov 2019
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08 Oct 2019
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12 Jul 2019
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11 Jul 2019
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08 Jul 2019
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18 Apr 2019
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16 Apr 2019
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The Australian cricket team was announced on Monday for the upcoming ICC World Cup 2019 to be held in England and Wales from May 30 onwards.
15 Apr 2019
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05 Apr 2019
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28 Mar 2019
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21 Mar 2019
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14 Mar 2019
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13 Mar 2019
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Australia scripted a memorable ODI series victory against India after winning the fifth match in Delhi on Wednesday.
12 Mar 2019
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10 Mar 2019
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Australia overcame India in the fourth ODI to tie the five-match series 2-2.
07 Mar 2019
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04 Mar 2019
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26 Feb 2019
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24 Feb 2019
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07 Feb 2019
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Australia have been hit hard ahead of their upcoming tour of India, where they would be playing two T20Is and five ODIs.
20 Jan 2019
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Team India defeated Australia 2-1 to seal their first ever bilateral ODI series at their own backyard.
18 Jan 2019
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Indian cricket team wrist-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was preferred over Kuldeep Yadav for the third ODI against Australia.
12 Jan 2019
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Australia beat India by 34 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.
06 Jan 2019
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25 Dec 2018
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09 Dec 2018
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07 Dec 2018
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05 Dec 2018
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India are set to lock horns with Australia in the first Test of the 2018-19 Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Adelaide, starting tomorrow.
22 Nov 2018
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02 Apr 2018
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In-form South Africa need just seven more wickets to win the fourth and final Test against Australia.
29 Mar 2018
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26 Mar 2018
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On the fateful day when Australian cricketers hung their heads in shame over the ball tampering scandal, a South African named Zotani Oscar went viral on social media.