Jason Gillespie was dropped from the Australian line-up to play Northamptonshire on Saturday
Brett Lee has been forced out of Australia's tour of Sri Lanka with an ankle injury.
New Zealand, 1-0 down in the series, made 199 for five on the opening day of the third and final Test against Australia in Auckland on Saturday.
Kasprowicz snapped up career-best figures of five for 45 to bowl Sri Lanka out for 193, and helped Australia clinch an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
Australia crushed New Zealand by 122 runs at Napier on Saturday to complete a 5-0 sweep of their one-day series.
Bichel has struggled in the current triangular series with figures of 3-197 from six matches.
Australia beat New Zealand by 44 runs in their historic Twenty20 international at Eden Park in Auckland on Thursday.
Michael Kasprowicz took five for 30 as Australia bowled out Pakistan for 179 on the second day of the first Test.
Australia's chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns said it was unlikely Michael Kasprowicz would be dumped from the Test side.
Kasprowicz, 31, has not played for Australia for four years but was recalled to the ODI side.
The Indian batting line-up is one of the strongest in the world and playing them in conditions that they are comfortable with is going to be tough, says Aussie quick bowler Michael Kasprowicz.
Pacemen Michael Kasprowicz and Jason Gillespie took four wickets each to rip through the United States and set up a nine wicket win in the Champions Trophy match.
They respectively scored 11 and 10 runs in their County matches.
Sri Lanka's opening batsman challenged Australia's bowlers to adopt short-pitched bowling in the second Test.
Can the same Indian team beat Australia away from home? Look what Michael Kasprowicz said.
Former batsman Sanjay Manjrekar believes India's main concern at the ICC World Cup, starting next month, is the bowling in the final overs of the innings.
West Indies legend Brian Lara will team up with some of Australia's finest players like Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Justin Langer and Glenn McGrath for the Australian Legends XI, which will take on Big Bash League champions Perth Scorchers in the Festival of Cricket match in Perth on Friday.
Deepak Chahar is the first Indian bowler ever to hold the record of best bowling figures in any format of international cricket (Test/ODI/T20I), points out Rajneesh Gupta.
The prospect of a depleted Australia team struggling on home pitches against India in the coming summer could add further heat from broadcasters
It was the greatest series in the history of the game but what has become of those Australian and English players a decade on?
Adjusting to the conditions and improvising quickly to challenging situations would be the key to India's success in what promises to be a tough tour Down Under come December, feels former Australia pacer Michael Kasprowicz.
The Master recalls it was his match-winning century on his 25th birthday.
20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history. Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.
Statistical highlights on day two of the third cricket Test between India and New Zealand, in Indore, on Sunday.
Cricket diplomacy was in abundance at a rare reception given to Narendra Modi at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground with the prime minister saying a "new journey" in India-Australia relationship has begun.
'The BCCI is -- and always has been, across successive dispensations -- allergic to criticism.' 'It has used the 'control' it enshrines in its name to destroy anyone who has dared to point fingers at its functioning,' says Prem Panicker, the distinguished cricket writer.
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