All-rounder Shane Watson was on Monday recalled to Australia's squad for next week's first Test against South Africa, which also includes off-spinner Jason Krejza subject to his fitness. Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin came in for some special praise from the selectors after his century against New Zealand in Adelaide recently.
Australia has been battling hundreds of huge bushfires for several weeks with the resultant thick smoke regularly casting a pall over the country's cities.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting will retire from all cricket after playing in the Champions League T20 in October, he said on Thursday.
ohn Stephenson, MCC Head of Cricket, said the announcement "is a very positive step for Test cricket".
CA has denied reports that former Australia captain Steve Smith and batsman David Warner's suspensions had been relaxed to allow them to participate in domestic first-class cricket ahead of the 2019 World Cup.
A lifeless MCG pitch received a 'poor' rating from the governing International Cricket Council in 2017
Australia fast bowler Stuart Clark could be ruled out of the return tour of South Africa after failing to recover from his elbow injury, a newspaper report claimed on Wednesday.
Young all-rounder Cameron Green scored a confident century for Australia 'A' on day two of the tour match against India 'A' in Sydney on Monday to put his hand up for selection in the Test series starting next week.
The pair are serving year-long bans for their part in the Cape Town incident in March and were barred from the 2018 IPL tournament.
Sean Abbott alone will decide whether he wants to return to first class cricket at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday, two weeks after his short-pitched delivery felled Phillip Hughes at the same wicket, according to his state team.
Training sessions are the players' only break from the monotony of being holed up alone in their hotel rooms, so they have been taking to practice with gusto, said Carey.
Queensland won Australia's domestic first-class championship for the sixth time with a record-breaking win over Victoria.
Australia pacer Pat Cummins will skip the three-match Twenty20 series against India next month. He will head back home after the ongoing ODIs to prepare for the Ashes later this year.
Will Pucovski rode his luck, but his 62 was the best return for an Australian opener in the series so far and helped his side into a strong position at the end of Day 1 of the third Test against India at the SCG.
The former right arm medium pace bowler served a three-season apprenticeship on Cricket Australia's project panel before making the grade.
As the first death anniversary of former Australian batsman Phillip Hughes nears, former skipper Ricky Ponting has paid tribute to the late cricketer, saying that he misses his 'infectious personality'.
Phillip Hughes' demise will haunt the cricket world for years and to get over the tragedy the New South Wales cricket association did something unique by destroying the ball that fatally struck the young Australian during a Sheffield Shield match at the SCG last year.
Virat Kohli's tourists are the second ranked ODI side in the world and will be looking to get into their groove in the three 50-over and three Twenty20 matches that precede the four-match Test series around the new year.
'But as we know it's harder to get out of this team than get in, so whoever they go with, I'll be well and truly happy with, as long as the person who comes in does their job.'
England face a rejuvenated Australian team who have turned day-night cricket into a competitive advantage, winning all eight of their Tests under lights dating back to the format's 2015 debut.
Pat Cummins said his team considered the move as the best way to begin addressing racism, both at home and around the world.
Australia recalled wicketkeeper Tim Paine for the first time in seven years in a selection bombshell while dropping opening batsman Matt Renshaw in a surprising Ashes squad for the series against England.
The latest leaked letter scandal has set tongues wagging whether the Australian coach himself is behind letting his secret whip be seen in public.
Opener Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb and Nic Maddinson will all play their first Tests at Adelaide Oval after selectors wielded the axe following the Hobart humiliation, which gave South Africa an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
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.
Australia will trial day-night matches in the domestic Sheffield Shield competition later this year with a view to playing Tests against New Zealand under lights in 2015-16, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Friday.
India will be hoping to repeat their success of two years ago when they registered their first-ever Test series win in Australia, while the hosts would be keen to avenge that loss.
Australia fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile could miss the Ashes series against England after breaking down with another back injury.
Steve Smith believes he must improve his body language on the field as he gears up for one of the biggest challenges of his captaincy in the five-Test Ashes series against England.
The MCG is under pressure to ensure a safe pitch ahead of the Boxing day Test.
'India were on top of their game, they deserved to beat us for the first time in their history. But our guys are two years better and a lot of the Indians are the same, more experienced. I can't wait to see them go. Can't wait.'
'I have done the wrong thing and accept the penalty. I'm gutted to miss a Test match, but the standards are there for a reason and the fault is mine'.
Selectors name the Test squad on Thursday but will have to rely on their gut rather than hard numbers
Sydney Cricket Ground's pitch No 7, the 22-yard strip on which Phillip Hughes fell after being fatally struck by a bouncer on head, has been retired.
Australia cricketer Phillip Hughes was wearing an older model helmet when he suffered a serious head injury on Tuesday and the latest version released about a year ago might have offered better protection, the equipment manufacturer has said.
Australia's Adam Voges scored 1,485 runs at an average of 61.87, ranking him second on the all time list behind Bradman's incredible 99.94.
Rahul Dravid 'picked' the Australian 'brains' to create solid domestic structure which has served as a feeder line for his country's national team,
Former Australia opener Justin Langer has suddenly cropped up as one of the possible candidates for Indian cricket team's chief coach's job, a position that is lying vacant after Zimbabwean Duncan Fletcher completed his tenure at the end of the World Cup.
James Pattinson will take an indefinite break from cricket and has been ruled out of the Ashes series against England after reaggravating his lower back stress fracture, Cricket Australia said on Wednesday.
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