Both players had a forgettable outing at Brisbane as Australia went 1-0 up in the series.
Osaka, the 2019 and 2021 Melbourne Park champion, has not played on the WTA Tour since the Pan Pacific Open in September, where she pulled out of her second-round match against Beatriz Haddad Maia in Tokyo due to illness.
Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje are expected to spit fire on a track that will offer steep bounce as India's top-order gears up for its toughest test in adverse conditions against a top-notch South African side in the T20 World Cup on Sunday.
Broad missed the opening Test in Brisbane and the most recent encounter in Melbourne
Maxwell nderwent a surgery on Sunday after fracturing his left fibula at a friend's 50th birthday celebration.
Novak Djokovic said any questions over whether he has genuinely been struggling with a hamstring injury at the Australian Open only give him extra strength and motivation.
One of cricket's greatest players passed into the ages on Monday. Rediff.com salutes the legend.
Captain Joe Root has denied trying to heap the blame on his bowlers for England's poor start to the Ashes series but insists they must be braver with the length of their bowling in the now crucial third Test.
'They banned us from Wimbledon and what did it change? Nothing - they're still doing this and this is the sad (part) of this situation'
Scott Boland will become the first indigenous Australian Test player since Jason Gillespie played his last match in 2006 when he receives his baggy green cap on Sunday.
IMAGES from the action from the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Thursday.
"You look at the CPL which becomes more important with the next World Cup being there in the Caribbean, and how many players can you get put into that tournament to get an idea of conditions. It is an advantage,"
'He has scored one fifty in five matches, and it was a scratchy fifty against Netherlands.'
'It's a tough gig, opening in Test cricket, but we're really confident Marcus has got what it takes to be a successful Australian opening batsman.'
'Babar Azam needs to listen to suggestions'
Hales's inclusion was seen as a risk by some pundits and his patchy lead-up form spilled into the early matches at the tournament with 19 against Afghanistan and seven versus Ireland.
India skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday said that his players crumbled under pressure in a high-stakes T20 World Cup semi-final against England.
Daniil Medvedev handed Novak Djokovic his first loss of the year, defeating the world no. 1 6-4, 6-4 in Dubai.
The win over Ireland saw New Zealand grab the top spot with seven points and a net runrate of +2.113.
Pakistan will join India, England and New Zealand in the semi-finals
'It was a great game, the crowd enjoyed, both teams enjoyed, in the end, someone has to win'
Australia take on the Afghans in Adelaide on Friday facing elimination from the rain-affected tournament.
West Indies all-rounder Roston Chase and middle-order batsman Shamarh Brooks were on Saturday recalled to the squad for their two-Test series in Australia, while former captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul's son Tagenarine earned his maiden call-up.
IMAGES from matches on Day 4 of the US Open at Flushing Meadows in New York on Thursday.
Olonga wasn't a cricketing great, not even Zimbabwe's best during the golden era of the country's cricket, but the beaded hair, a slinging action and a mean bouncer to get Sachin Tendulkar out on a lifeless Sharjah track made him a household name in India.
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup match played between India and Bangladesh in Adelaide on Wednesday.
The five top contenders for the women's title at the Australian Open, which starts on Monday.
England meet Australia at Adelaide Oval on Thursday in the first of three one-dayers, a series with nothing major at stake for either team. All-rounder Moeen Ali said it was "horrible" to have another game so soon after Sunday's final.
The 1983 World Cup-winning skipper, however, said fans should not be too critical of the team's performance in the semifinals.
The former Australian opener sounded a warning to their next rivals, saying his bowling attack is yet to produce its best.
Djokovic also had to contend with hecklers during his second-round win, with one fan attracting his ire in the fourth set after repeatedly making noise while he was preparing to serve.
Nick Kyrgios's hopes of ending his country's 47-year wait for a homegrown men's champion at the Australian Open were shattered on the opening day on Monday when he pulled out of the tournament with a knee injury.
'The next game is obviously a big one for us against the Netherlands in Adelaide. Have to put this one behind quickly, take whatever learnings we can.'
'No one was able to beat South Africa but Pakistan have shown they are beatable'
The five top contenders for the men's title at the Australian Open, which starts on Monday.
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup match played between Pakistan and Bangladesh in Adelaide on Sunday.
Buttler had produced a Player of the Match performance in the dramatic 20-run victory over New Zealand
Australia reduced West Indies to 102-4 to tighten their grip on the day-night second Test at the Adelaide
It turned out to be a lop-sided contest as India were thoroughly outplayed in both batting and bowling by a dominant England.
A Web series Bandon Mein Tha Dum will chronicle the Indian cricket team's historic Test series win in Australia last year.
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