Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has been reinstated as Australia's vice captain as selectors look to add some experience to their side ahead of the first of back-to-back Ashes series against England.
Upcoming Australian pacer Gurinder Sandhu of Indian origin has toppled veteran wicketkeeper Brad Haddin to win the prestigious Steve Waugh Medal as the best New South Wales cricketer for the year 2012-13.
Australia's chief cricket selector John Inverarity feels the Champions League Twenty20 starting on Saturday is adversely affecting the team's Test preparations ahead of the series against South Africa next month.
Images from the fifth and final day of the first Ashes Test between England and Australia in Nottingham, on Sunday.
Captain Steven Smith scored a big century and then grabbed a sharp catch to put Australia in a good position on Day 2 of the third Test at the MCG on Saturday.
Usman Khawaja, Phil Hughes and Brad Haddin scored half-centuries as Australia put a difficult week behind them to notch a six-wicket win over Somerset in their four-day tour match on Saturday.
- 'I think they've made a very brave and good decision in making Steve the captain' - 'I'm comfortable where my game's at, everything's going in the right direction, I'd just like to get more runs'
Rajneesh Gupta surveys the bowling landscape in India-Australia Tests.
In what was a clinical performance by Sydney Sixers, the Aus club mauled the Highveld Lions by 10 wickets to clinch the Champions League title and skipper Brad Haddin attributed the victory to their "outstanding" preparation for the final.
'He has got too much talent to know what to do with'
Virat Kohli was engaged in yet another fierce verbal battle with the Australian team.
Australia's one-day wicketkeeper Matthew Wade will make his Test debut next month following Brad Haddin's decision not to return for the series against the West Indies.
Australia are looking forward to getting back into competitive cricket in the first Test against India next week in the wake of Phillip Hughes's tragic death, wicketkeeper Brad Haddin said on Saturday.
Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin understood he was not being rested from One-day duty after a poor Test series against India and selectors could have handled his omission better, according to the players' association chief Paul Marsh.
In a fresh salvo at the visitors, who are already facing flak back home for their meek capitulation in the first two Tests against Australia, the Australian wicketkeeper said the tourists are "as fragile as any team in the world".
Australia's batting boot camp focussed more on mental work rather than technical shortcomings with wicketkeeper Brad Haddin predicting the form of the team's batting line-up will make-up for their inexperience in the series against India.
Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin's Test career appeared to be drawing to a close on Monday when he was left out of the squad for the first match of next month's series against South Africa.
An ecstatic Sydney Sixers captain, Brad Haddin believes that the 'two best teams' have made it to the final of the Champions League T20.
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has said the national selectors owe an explanation to out of favour wicketkeeper Brad Haddin on whether he has been dropped or rested from the One-day team.
Out-of-favour wicket-keeper Brad Haddin said he has been dropped and not rested, as suggested by the selection panel, from Australia's ODI team because of his inconsistent form.
'Rahane hasn't lost the game as captain, he was really brave yesterday to give India a little sniff. I thought the runs were always too much for them, but he gave them a sniff.'
Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday named South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher as a replacement for the injured Brad Haddin in the ongoing Indian Premier League.
Australia speed merchant Brett Lee will return to bolster Kolkata Knight Riders' attack ahead of their Indian Premier League match against Rajasthan Royals on Friday.
The murky saga of bookies making approaches to cricketers widened with revelations that two more Australians, fast bowlers Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson, had confronted an alleged Indian bookmaker during the Ashes in England last year.
Australian cricketers Shane Watson and Brad Haddin were approached by a suspected Mumbai-based gangster with links to illegal bookmakers during their tour of England last year, it was reported on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka and Australia shared the spoils on the opening day of the third and final Test on Friday, the tourists putting up 235 for five before bad light stopped play. A sedate knock of 81 off 207 balls by Shaun Marsh held the Australian innings together as they struggled for runs throughout the rain-interrupted day.
Australia opener Brad Haddin on Tuesday rubbished reports that the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) is investigating their World Cup match against Zimbabwe for slow batting, dismissing the claims as 'laughable'.
Batsman Mike Hussey and spin bowler Nathan Hauritz have been ruled out of the World Cup through injury and will be replaced by Callum Ferguson and Jason Krejza respectively, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday.
Australia have dropped struggling top order batsman Shaun Marsh and rested wicketkeeper Brad Haddin for the first three matches of the one-day Tri-series against India and Sri Lanka, which starts next week.
Australia's woefully out of form wicketkeeper Brad Haddin could be replaced by Matthew Wade behind the stumps in the first three One-dayers of the tri-series against India and Sri Lanka starting on February 5.
Australian spin legend Shane Warne has backed out-of-form wicketkeeper Brad Haddin to retain his place in the national team but said Matthew Wade is ready to replace him.
Indian and Australian cricketers were engaged in a war of words on Tuesday, ahead of the crucial third Test in Perth, with senior players of both sides taking digs at each other after Brad Haddin started the jibes by calling India a "fragile" team.
Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, on Tuesday, said that India had the slight edge in the first Test here but his side would look to tilt the scale by putting pressure on the visiting batsmen in the first session on Wednesday.
Having stopped Sachin Tendulkar from getting to his 100th international century for now, Australian vice-captain Brad Haddin, on Tuesday, said his team would look to prevent the Indian icon from reaching the milestone for as long as possible.
Images from Day 2 of the first Test between India and Australia, in Melbourne, on Tuesday.
Captain Michael Clarke rode his luck to score 139 and help steer Australia to a 132-run first innings lead over New Zealand with a total of 427 on the third day of the first Test on Saturday.
Chasing 310 to level the two-match series, the tourists, aided by fine knocks from Brad Haddin (55) and Mitchell Johnson (40 not out), were home courtesy a four by Pat Cummins.
Brad Haddin's Indian Premier League campaign was cut short after a fracture was detected in the Kolkata Knight Riders' finger. An MRI in Delhi on Thursday revealed that the injury he sustained during Australia's series in Bangladesh had not healed.
Indian Premier League (IPL) cricketers had been approached about spot-fixing over the last two-and-a-half years, former India player Atul Wassan said on Tuesday.
A record 183-run opening partnership between Shane Watson and Brad Haddin propelled Australia to a comfortable seven-wicket win over Canada in a Group A match of the World Cup in Bangalore on Wednesday.
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