Adelaide, Brisbane and the Gold Coast will not host T20 matches between Australia and Sri Lanka with the series instead to be played at three venues.

Australia's 4-0 Ashes demolition of England has resulted in Pat Cummins' team leapfrogging India and New Zealand to reclaim the No.1 Test ranking.

Tahlia McGrath took three wickets and hit 91no with the bat to help Australia start the Ashes with a win.

Marcus Stoinis has declared he will be fit to return to bowling for Australia's Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka in February.

Matthew Wade has insisted all is fine between he and Hobart coach Adam Griffith after the decision to take the gloves off him before the BBL finals.

Travis Head has moved to equal-fifth on the ICC Test batting rankings list, giving Australia three of the top-six men's batters in the world.