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Australia\u2019s test cricket stars own some remarkable properties.<\/p>\n
As some of the country\u2019s wealthiest sporting stars, Australia\u2019s test cricketers are no strangers to the world of real estate. <\/p>\n
Like a good test inning, these players have entered the property market armed with patience and endurance \u2013 as well as the multiple millions that come from some of their contracts. <\/p>\n
From Sydney mansions to Adelaide retreats, take a look at some of the incredible properties that have been owned by Australia\u2019s 2025-26 Ashes squad. <\/p>\n
STEVE SMITH
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Off the field, Steve Smith made mega property investments. Picture: Ian Kington \/ AFP.<\/p>\n
Known for his big scores at the crease, Australia\u2019s captain for the opening test has also scored big on the property market.<\/p>\n
Smith has been active in the real estate game, often investing in older Sydney homes which he has then renovated.<\/p>\n
He and wife Dani Willis\u2019 biggest result was in July 2022, when they sold a mansion <\/a>in Sydney\u2019s Vaucluse for $12.38m. <\/p>\n MORE: NRL fans could live at their team\u2019s home ground<\/a><\/p>\n The luxury Vaucluse home listed by cricketer Steve Smith and wife Dani Willis.<\/p>\n The property sold for $12.38m.<\/p>\n They purchased the property in 2020 for $6.6m, redesigning the home over the course of the next two years.<\/p>\n The couple followed the same blueprint in 2024, when they sold their property in beachside suburb Bronte, in Sydney\u2019s east, for $6.75m. <\/p>\n They bought it for $3.505m in August 2019 and spent an estimated $495,000 renovating the four-bedroom home. <\/p>\n MORE: Oasis cash split leaves Gallaghers worlds apart<\/a><\/p>\n Steve Smith and Dani Wallis spent $495,000 revitalising this Bronte home.<\/p>\n Smith has been particularly active in the Balmain area <\/a>in Sydney\u2019s Inner West.<\/p>\n Over the years he has purchased a $1.345m investment <\/a>townhouse in Balmain, a $2m property in Balmain East and a $1.95m cottage purchased in Birchgrove. <\/p>\n He is also the owner of a Coogee penthouse bought for $1.75m in 2011, a two-bed Marrickville unit bought for $635,000 off the plan in 2013 and a three-bed Toowoomba home that cost $145,000 in 2015.<\/p>\n MORE: Sydney home\u2019s surprising cinema connection<\/a><\/p>\n The couple also have a residence in New York.<\/p>\n Smith and Willis have also been the owners of an apartment in New York City<\/a> since 2022. <\/p>\n Totalling the reported prices of known purchases, Smith has spent $17.925m on real estate.<\/p>\n MORE: Prices up 15x: Sydney\u2019s fastest growing suburbs since 90s <\/a><\/p>\n MITCHELL STARC Mitchell Starc has also spent some big cash on property. Picture: Richard Dobson.<\/p>\n Mitchell Starc provided an Ashes moment for the ages back in the 2021-22 series, when he bowled out England\u2019s Rory Burns with the first delivery of the series. <\/p>\n In 2024, Starc was the recipient of a then-record Indian Premier League contract, with the Kolkata Knight Riders paying him $4.43m a year. <\/p>\n He and cricketer wife Alyssa Healy now have a $24m luxury estate <\/a>in Sydney\u2019s northern beaches.<\/p>\n Starc spent $24m on an estate on Sydney\u2019s northern beaches.<\/p>\n Mitch and Alyssa Starc. Picture: Andrew Tauber.<\/p>\n The huge home comes with equestrian facilities, an American-style barn, a pool, a tennis court and garaging for 13 cars.<\/p>\n The cricketing power couple previously lived in Jennifer Hawkins\u2019 old North Curl Curl home<\/a>, which they paid $5.235m for in 2016.<\/p>\n MORE: Dangerous snake alert for Aussie homes<\/a><\/p>\n Their estate was purchased in 2024.<\/p>\n They sold the property in February 2024 for what is understood to be a guide of $8.5m.<\/p>\n Starc offloaded a five-bedroom Mosman home for $5.95m in 2016. He had paid $4.455m in 2014.<\/p>\n There is also a reported collection of five homes on Sydney\u2019s northern beaches belonging to Starc, totalling around $10m in value.<\/p>\n MORE: 33yo quits Australia for Dubai, exposes real costs<\/a><\/p>\n TRAVIS HEAD Travis Head has purchased a number of properties in SA. Picture: Liam Kidston.<\/p>\n South Aussie batsman Travis Head will be hoping to recapture his form from the 2021-22 Ashes series this summer, when he scored 152 runs off 148 balls in the first test at The Gabba. <\/p>\n Head and wife Jessica Davies purchased an estate <\/a>in Adelaide\u2019s south, for $3.05m in 2020. <\/p>\n Head\u2019s estate in Adelaide\u2019s south sits on a 7000 sqm block.<\/p>\n Head also owned a property in Tennyson, which he sold in 2022 after four years.<\/p>\n The 1000 sqm house sits on a sprawling 7000 sqm block, and features views to the ocean, the Adelaide CBD and along the rolling plains of Brown Hill Creek. <\/p>\n Head bought a seaside retreat <\/a>in Adelaide\u2019s Tennyson in 2018, later selling it for $1.85m in 2022. <\/p>\n He also owns a property in Kidman Park, in Adelaide\u2019s western suburbs.<\/p>\n MORE: Major Aus city lost 100,000 people in past year<\/a><\/p>\n MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE Marnus Labuschagne has been active in the QLD property market. Picture: Robert Cianflone\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n One of Marnus Labuschagne\u2019s standout moments in the test whites came in Adelaide during the 2021-22 Ashes, when he dug in for a gritty 103 runs off 305 balls to produce his first Ashes century. <\/p>\n The South Africa-born batsman calls Queensland home, owning several homes <\/a>in the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n Property records indicated his first purchase came in 2017, when he and wife Rebekah bought a $585,000 property in Brisbane\u2019s Wellington Point. <\/p>\n Labuschagne turned a $460,000 profit on this property in Brisbane.<\/p>\n Last year, he and wife Rebekah purchased this home.<\/p>\n They then purchased a $915,000 property in Ormiston two years later, which sold in 2021 for $1.375m, records showed. <\/p>\n They added a $3.3m Cleveland home to their portfolio in 2021, before picking up another $3.3m property in on the Sunshine Coast \u2013 just a short walk from the beach \u2013 in 2024.<\/p>\n MORE: Yahoo Serious creator snaps up $18.4m mansion<\/a><\/p>\n NATHAN LYON Nathan Lyon has become one of the cult heroes of Australian cricket. Picture: Shaun Botterill\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n Veteran off-spinner Nathan Lyon will enter his seventh Ashes series this summer. <\/p>\n Lyon made his latest property play <\/a>in 2020, when he purchased a $3.8m five-bedroom home in Sydney\u2019s north shore with wife Emma McCarthy. <\/p>\n MORE: Hidden $244k cost of using Albo home scheme<\/a><\/p>\n Lyon sold his Port Hacking, NSW property in 2020.<\/p>\n He made a significant loss on the home which he owned with ex-partner Mel Waring.<\/p>\n He previously owned a property in Port Hacking, in Sydney\u2019s south, with ex-partner Mel Waring. <\/p>\n The property was sold in 2020 for $3.615m, with Lyon reported to have made a loss of around $200,000 on the home. <\/p>\n MORE: Couple who sold former pub for $27m buy in Paddo<\/a><\/p>\n ALEX CAREY Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey. Picture: David Caird.<\/p>\n Wicket keeper Alex Carey\u2019s former home was one of the most popular <\/a>properties in the country when it was listed in December 2024.<\/p>\n The home in Netherby, South Australia was listed for auction and became Australia\u2019s most viewed home on realestate.com.au for that weekend.<\/p>\n Carey\u2019s former Netherby home had the nation\u2019s eyes when it went to auction.<\/p>\n The home sold for $2.75m.<\/p>\n It sold at auction for $2.75m in front of a crowd of 150 onlookers. <\/p>\n According to the property\u2019s selling agent, Carey took a break from pre-game training to congratulate the buyers. <\/p>\n MORE: Ex-NRL brawler Steve Bowden to sell luxe pad<\/a><\/p>\n USMAN KHAWAJA Usman Khawaja after Day Five of the Ashes test match at Edgbaston in 2023. Picture: Ryan Pierse\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n Batsman Usman Khawaja called his back-to-back centuries in the fourth test of the 2021-22 Ashes \u201cthe best individual cricketing moment\u201d of his life in an interview with ESPN. <\/p>\n He has had some great moments on the property market too, making a couple of savvy investments.<\/p>\n Khawaja sold his property in Brisbane\u2019s Holland Park West in 2021.<\/p>\n He sold the home for a $201,000 profit.<\/p>\n Khawaja and wife Rachel picked up a home in Brisbane\u2019s Holland Park West for $2.75m.<\/p>\n After five years, they sold it for $2.96m in 2021, seeking out a move to Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n Khawaja also sold an investment property <\/a>in February 2017 for $960,000.<\/p>\n He purchased the home in Windsor, Brisbane, in 2012, after relocating from Sydney.<\/p>\n MORE: \u2018Out of control\u2019: alarm over new migration record <\/a><\/p>\n PAT CUMMINS Pat Cummins is out for the first Ashes test, but is aiming for a December return. Picture: Daniel Leal\/AFP.<\/p>\n While Pat Cummins will miss Australia\u2019s first Ashes test due to injury, he is believed to be eyeing a return for Australia\u2019s second test in Brisbane, starting on December 5.<\/p>\n According to news.com.au, Cummins earns around $10m a year<\/a>, including $3m from his Cricket Australia contract and $3.7m from his Indian Premier League contract with Sunrisers Hyderabad, along with numerous endorsements.<\/p>\n He has used these earnings to make some big property moves in his home state of NSW.<\/p>\n Pat Cummins\u2019 Clovelly apartment.<\/p>\n He most recently splashed $16m on a two-storey, 1888-built home in Bronte<\/a>, in Sydney\u2019s eastern suburbs. <\/p>\n The five-bedroom home on a 730 sqm block was bought off-market in November last year, with the sale only settling recently.<\/p>\n The pace bowler has a passion for heritage homes, having paid $9.5m for Figtree House, a revived Victorian manor in Bronte, in Sydney\u2019s eastern suburbs. <\/p>\n MORE: $150m Sydney listing a \u2018game-changer\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n The Aussie captain more than doubled his money on the property.<\/p>\n Prior to this he lived in a three-bedroom unit in Clovelly, just blocks from the beach, which he paid $1.36m for in 2013. <\/p>\n That apartment sold at auction for $3.7m in 2021, a figure $600,000 above the guide<\/a>. <\/p>\n He also owns a 1930s home in Moss Vale, in NSW\u2019s Southern Highlands, which he purchased for $905,000. <\/p>\n MORE: NSW passes landmark housing bill<\/a><\/p>\n JOSH HAZLEWOOD Josh Hazlewood is a late out for the first test. Picture: Adrian Dennis\/AFP.<\/p>\n Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood will also be on the sidelines for the Perth test, having been ruled out <\/a>with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n He will be resting up at his four-bedroom home in Sydney\u2019s lower north shore.<\/p>\n Hazlewood paid $3.8m in 2016 for the two-level home which includes a swimming pool. <\/p>\n Hazlewood\u2019s $3.8m property on Sydney\u2019s north shore.<\/p>\n Hazlewood\u2019s home on Sydney\u2019s North Shore.<\/p>\n The Ashes series kicks off on Friday, November 21 in Perth. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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