Opener David Warner is still looking for his first Test hundred against Sri Lanka while Smith has managed only one century in his last 18 Tests.
Shane Warne said that the prized Australian Test cap evokes 'verbal diarrhoea' among its admirers and he can never be one of them.
According to Cricket Australia, Sachin Tendulkar and West Indies bowling great Courtney Walsh will coach the star-studded Ricky Ponting XI and Shane Warne XI teams in a charity cricket match
England, who are lagging 0-2 in the five-match series, left out Broad along with three others for the Boxing Day Test, which began in Melbourne on Sunday.
As per the Sydney Morning Herald, 70 people in Australia have died due to the coronavirus.
Australia spin great Shane Warne picked former India captain Sourav Ganguly as the skipper of his greatest Indian XI. However, the most notable omission in his team was that of former India batting great VVS Laxman, who enjoyed an impeccable record against Australia.
Shane Warne was paid US$ 657,000 and given an ownership of 0.75 percent for every year he played in IPL after coming out of retirement in 2008.
As Sachin Tendulkar completes his 50th birthday, an A-Z listing about the 'Little Master'.
'I would keep forcing him to play the drive shot at my pace'
A weighted ball would also pre-empt any ball-tampering, Warne said.
Head has been getting out playing 'nothing shots' and needs to work on his batting.
Star England paceman James Anderson has broken Australian legend Glenn McGrath's record for number of wickets by a pacer in home conditions. Anderson, who claimed four wickets in England's thumping victory against Pakistan in the second Test, has now 291 wickets at home. The England pacer overcomes McGrath's long-standing record of 289 wickets that he took in Australia.
Multiple media outlets said Symonds, who was 46 and played 26 times for Australia, had been involved in a single vehicle incident in Hervey Range, 50 km from Townsville on Saturday night.
Anderson now has seven wickets in the match.
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'Why does Ashwin have to be that guy again?'
Former Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne said the time is right for fast bowler Pat Cummins to succeed Tim Paine as captain of the Test team.
The young actor has his 'fanboy moments' as he shared the frame with Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Shane Warne and Windies legend Viv Richards.
Ian Chappell cited the example of two 'influential innings' of Sachin Tendulkar and fellow Australian opener Ian Redpat, which according to him displayed all the three qualities needed to to bail out of the current situation. Chappell recollected how seriously Tendulkar took his senior teammate's advice and prepared himself ahead of the contest against Warne.
Australian spin legend Shane Warne praised the bowling skills of the boy - identified as Ahmad, a resident of Ganderbal district in central Kashmir.
The former Aus leg-spinner then went on to place a bet with Ganguly, asking him to buy him dinner and wear the Australian jersey if the Aussies would win the June 10 ICC Champions Trophy match against England and he in turn would wear the England jersey if the Poms won.
Images from Day 1 of the first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's on Thursday, June 2, 2022.
'Shaun Tait, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie were fast. But Shoaib Akhtar was the fastest.'
Australian police arrested four men in dawn raids on Wednesday in connection with the alleged kidnap and assault of former Test cricketer Stuart MacGill.
Australia's spin legend Shane Warne on Monday said mental health is a very issue and encouraged people to come out and speak up.
Also, Justin Langer's chances of getting a fresh contract will depend on Cricket Australia's meeting where the top bosses are expected to take a call.
Azhar Ali hit his fourth Test ton against Australia as Pakistan piled on 476-4 before declaring
Despite the recent injury setbacks, senior off-spinner Nathan Lyon believes that the current Australian team is the 'tightest group' that he has been a part of and is certainly in a much better space than what it was two years back, when India triumphed 1-2 in Tests.
Australian spin great Shane Warne on Monday picked his fierce rival Sachin Tendulkar as the batsman to bat in any conditions and called his former skipper Steve Waugh a match saver rather than a match-winner.
Laxman's 281 in Chappell's list of best knocks against spin
Australian spin legend Shane Warne's charitable foundation is under the scanner of a consumer watchdog in Melbourne but the flamboyant former cricketer has insisted that the furore is a "malicious campaign" and he has "absolutely nothing to hide".
Australia spin legend Shane Warne was named as the brand ambassador of Rajasthan Royals for the upcoming 12th editon of the Indian Premier League.
Shane Warne, one of the greatest leg-spinners the game has produced, said there is a dearth of quality spinner who can fill in the shoes of Nathan Lyon and urged CA to ensure that states include a spinner in every Sheffield Shield game.
Stuart Broad scored the joint third fastest Test 50 for England off just 33 balls as he helped England to fight back
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Former India batsman Wasim Jaffer picked his all-time One-day International team and picked four Indian players including Mahendra Singh Dhoni as its skipper.
He said sharing a commentary box in Australia in 2013 with his broadcasting hero Bill Lawry was a "real highlight".
Legendary Shane Warne has been appointed head coach of the London Spirits team for next year's The Hundred competition.
Shane Warne returned to Rajasthan Royals as team mentor, 10 years after he famously led the side to the Indian Premier League title in the inaugural edition.
Rajasthan Royals' director of cricket and head coach Kumar Sangakkara believes they have a 'very competent' squad at their disposal to script a turnaround after three dismal IPL seasons.
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