In a major revamp of Australian cricket following a year of debacles, chief selector Andrew Hilditch, selection panel member Greg Chappell, who reportedly drove everyone 'mad' in the national team, and coach Tim Nielsen were sacked on Friday. The overhaul came about after Cricket Australia's board accepted recommendations from the Don Argus review into the team's performance following their Ashes debacle last summer.
Defending champions Australia delivered a commanding performance to bowl out Pakistan for 82 and then cruised to a nine-wicket victory, virtually sealing a spot in the women's T20 World Cup semifinals, in Dubai on Friday.
Former Sri Lankan Test cricketer Dulip Samaraweera, who was working as Victoria's women's team coach, has been banned for 20 years by the country's board after being found guilty of breaching its code of conduct with "utterly reprehensible" behaviour during his stint with the side.
With noses bloodied and pride stung from the pounding in Perth, Australia will look to hit back with the pink ball in the second Test against India at Adelaide Oval.
Sutherland was watching the match between South Africa and Australian in his Melbourne home but turned off the television before images of Cameron Bancroft using a foreign object to alter the condition of the ball appeared on the screen.
India were scheduled to begin their tour of Australia with a closed-door warm-up match against the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led India A at the WACA in Perth from November 15 to 17.
CA put out an advertisement for the new position of a 'Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead', who will report to the board's head of sports science and medicine Alex Kountouris.
Though some sponsors of Australian cricketers have pulled individual sponsorship deals, the decision by Magellan suggests the financial impact of the episode will go to the core of a sport seen by many Australians as the embodiment of fairness.
Paine, who coached Australia A in the recent series against India A, witnessed Jurel's exploits in the second 'unofficial' Test where the 23-year-old scored an 80 and 68 at Melbourne.
Ravichandran Ashwin has the second most wickets by an active player in Test cricket. Australia's Nathan Lyon leads the list with 530 wickets and Ashwin can overtake him in the second Test in Kanpur.
Yashasvi Jaiswal looks well-placed to carry forward the glorious legacy of batting excellence established by the likes of Sachin Tendukar and Virat Kohli, said former India coach Greg Chappell.
Cricket Australia furloughed about 80 per cent of its staff and said it had suffered a A$20 million (10.6 million pounds) fall in revenue due to COVID-19, despite the pandemic hitting at the end of the season.
Pledging their support for same-sex marriages, the Australian Cricket Board announced on their official website that they have joined more than 1,600 organisations in signing an open letter of support for Australian Marriage Equality.
David Warner's lifetime leadership ban rescinded by Cricket Australia
Collingwood 'amazed' by questions about Root's captaincy
Josh Inglis smashed a 43-ball century, Australia's fastest in the shortest format, as the visitors thrashed Scotland by 70 runs in the second Twenty20 International at The Grange, in Edinburg, to clinch the series with a game to spare on Friday.
Australia's Test regulars will skip the three-match series against Pakistan in November as they prepare for the blockbuster clash against India.
Cricket Australia (CA) plan to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first ever Test match
IPL-bound Australian cricketers are sweating over their participation in the 14th edition of the cash-rich league
Nathan McSweeney is on the brink of a major debut, set to partner Usman Khawaja as Australia's opening batters in the series against India.
Cricket Australia are to seek clarification from their English counterparts about an incident in which England all-rounder Moeen Ali says he was called "Osama" by an Australian player during an Ashes test in 2015.
Cricket Australia postponed a three-match T20 International home series against Afghanistan's men's team in August this year.
Australia skipper Pat Cummins said a more dedicated window for Tests is needed so that players can chalk their individual schedule and preparation.
Australia's mouthwatering clash with India sees the two behemoths of the modern game go head-to-head in five tests over six weeks with the tourists eyeing a third straight series triumph Down Under.
Former Australia assistant coach Jamie Siddons is suing Cricket Australia because he hurt his shoulder throwing cricket balls, local media reported on Thursday. Fox Sports television said Siddons had lodged a writ in the Victorian Supreme Court seeking compensation for the damage to his right shoulder.
Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers' Association announced they have agreed a new pay deal "in principle" on Thursday, ending an acrimonious dispute that threatened a tour of Bangladesh and this year's Ashes series.
Images from Day 4 of the third Test between Australia and India in Brisbane on Tuesday.
Kohli, Dhoni named captains of Test and ODI team of the decade by Aussie website
Australia all-rounder Cameron Green will miss the home Test series against India in a blow for the hosts after opting for surgery on a stress fracture in his lumbar spine.
Facing heavy fine for alleged promotion of tobacco, Cricket Australia has withdrawn a Hindi advertisement from the ongoing tri-series.
In March, the United Kingdom's then sports minister Lucy Frazer called on sporting bodies in the country to reassess their rules on transgender athletes competing in women's sports to ensure fairness.
Kuldeep, who has had an excellent couple of years since making his comeback from the knee injury, also visited the Cricket Australia (CA) headquarters and had an online interaction CEO Nick Hockley.
Exasperated at his sudden removal, Mickey Arthur on Sunday said his unfair sacking was the result of a "deliberate campaign" against him but Cricket Australia has challenged his claim.
The Australian cricket team received $US 500,000 for being this year's top side in the LG ICC Test Championship and LG ICC ODI Championship.
The key finding from the investigation was that prior knowledge of the incident was confined to three players, Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.
Australian Cricketers Association chief Todd Greenberg has assured the country's cricketers that he will travel to Pakistan
Australia and India will compete in a five-Test series For the first time since 1991-92.
Those three wickets for six runs, in a manic final 15 minutes of the day's play, undid all the good work that had gone before, asserts Prem Panicker.
Cricket Australia says it will not take any steps to prevent West Indian batsman Chris Gayle playing in its Big Bash Twenty20 league next season.
Cricket Australia apologised on Thursday after being criticised on social media for a clumsy joke involving England spinner Monty Panesar posted on Twitter during the opening day of the second Ashes Test.
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