Rod Marsh and Andy Bichel have been appointed part-time selectors by Cricket Australia (CA), the country's cricket board said on Thursday. Former wicketkeeper Marsh, 64, has played 96 Tests for Australia while 41-year old former paceman Bichel retired from first-class cricket in November 2007.
Bichel is a top class performer in a top class team, the Windies captain said.
The selectors felt felt Michael's contribution to the one-day side had decreased.
Bichel has struggled in the current triangular series with figures of 3-197 from six matches.
The seamer took the last Zimbabwe wicket to clinch victory by an innings and 175 runs in the first Test.\n\n
An admirer of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy, former Australian pacer Andy Bichel says India needed a leader like him for a very long time as he has the ability to get consistent performances from his teammates.
India all-rounder Washington Sundar has been nominated for the ICC 'Player of the month' award for July alongside England's Gus Atkinson and Charlie Cassell of Scotland.
Flower had joined the Australian camp as consultant ahead of the World Test Championship final against India last month.
Mitchell Santner, etched his name alongside the legendary Daniel Vettori in the annals of cricket history
Glimpses of the players and coaches mingling after the Gujarat Titans-Lucknow Super Giants game at the Wankhede stadium on March 28, 2022.
The second Test against India starts in Adelaide on Friday.
The match is being held in Perth. This is Zimbabwe's first Test in Australia.
Former New Zealand fast bowler Simon Doull has said that participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL) is not worth the risk to your life, after two low-intensity bombs went outside the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
Damien Martyn was named Test player for the year and Andrew Symonds the best one-day player.
Sri Lanka continued to struggle in their tour match against Queensland on Saturday after going into stumps at 62-4 in their second innings, 23 runs behind the home side's first innings total.
The leg spinner was picked for Thursday's first Test even though the pitch in Perth usually favours fast bowlers.
Australian Andy Bichel captured three wickets and hit an unbeaten 37 to help a World XI beat New Zealand by three wickets.
Adam Gilchrist smashed an unbeaten 69 from 37 balls in a 10-wikt win.
Ahead of the blockbuster final in Ahmedabad, a look at how the 2003 World Cup played out between India and Australia.
With quality bowling attacks, Australia and India may have the edge at the World Cup in England where fortunes are likely to be made or marred in the middle overs.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers of the Australian team from World Cups.
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.
Refusing to speak about Mahendra Singh Dhoni's role in his company, India Cements, Narayanaswami Srinivasan, the Board of Control for Cricket in India's president-in-exile, made it clear that India's captain would not be asked to resign despite questions about conflict of interest being raised against him.
Nathan Ellis says the IPL stint in the UAE is bound to provide him valuable experience going into the T20 World Cup.
New Zealand cruised to a comprehensive eight-wicket win over England.
The ban on Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals is over officially and a top CSK official said the franchise will look to retain as many players and support staff it had in 2015.
Former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming lauds the showing Chennai Super Kings players Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohit Sharma and Suresh Raina at the ongoing World Cup
Chennai Super Kings bowling coach Andy Bichel paid rich tributes to Mahendra Singh Dhoni terming him an "amazing man who never really shows that he is tired."
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped India snatch a 4-wicket win after the Indian batsmen faced an early hiccup in their run-chase on Friday. Here are the statistical highlights from that ICC World Cup Pool B match between India and West Indies played at the WACA in Perth.
Even in his wildest dreams Pawan Negi may not have thought he would take a five-for on a stage like the Champions League T20 final. So, naturally, after that stellar effort against Kolkata Knight Riders, he was ecstatic. He flummoxed the likes of Robin Uthappa, Jacques Kallis and Ryan ten Doeschate with his flight and guile on the way to a memorable spell in only his second match in the tournament as Chennai Super Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets.
Yuvraj Singh has been an enigma as well as a paradox in Indian cricket.
Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers from cricket World Cups held between 1975 to 2015.
In a three part series, Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers from cricket World Cups held between 1975 to 2015.
In this exclusive excerpt from his autobiography, A Century Is Not Enough, Sourav Ganguly makes some startling revelations.
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