Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting will retire from all cricket after playing in the Champions League T20 in October, he said on Thursday.
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.
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.
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 pair are serving year-long bans for their part in the Cape Town incident in March and were barred from the 2018 IPL tournament.
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.
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.
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.
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.'
Queensland won Australia's domestic first-class championship for the sixth time with a record-breaking win over Victoria.
Pat Cummins said his team considered the move as the best way to begin addressing racism, both at home and around the world.
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'.
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.
The former right arm medium pace bowler served a three-season apprenticeship on Cricket Australia's project panel before making the grade.
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.
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 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.
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.
'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.'
The latest leaked letter scandal has set tongues wagging whether the Australian coach himself is behind letting his secret whip be seen in public.
The MCG is under pressure to ensure a safe pitch ahead of the Boxing day Test.
Rahul Dravid 'picked' the Australian 'brains' to create solid domestic structure which has served as a feeder line for his country's national team,
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.
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.
'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
While form is important, Tim Paine's hopes of retaining his spot may ultimately rest on whether selectors feel he might be a major distraction amid the pressures of an Ashes series.
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.
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.
Queensland quick Michael Neser looks set to make his Test debut against New Zealand on Thursday with Australia considering an unconventional five-man attack for the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The hosts, who can clinch the three-match series with a second successive victory, are wary of the surface at MCG where bowlers had to really toil for any success in recent times.
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.
Finch, who is on the board of Australian players' union, said it is not only about the IPL and all stakeholders have to make compromises to get cricket to thrive again.
'I think the next process for me, if I do get a chance in the Test arena, is to try and play more back-to-back cricket now'
Boozy celebrations have been a part of Australian cricket for decades but Test hopeful Fawad Ahmed will be politely declining when the victory beers are passed around on the tour of the Caribbean and England.
Australia opener Matt Renshaw is a doubt for the series-opening Test against Pakistan after suffering a head injury in a tour match in Dubai.
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