Former Australia Test cricketer and post-war sporting great Keith Miller's funeral will be in Melbourne.
Scroll down to see the list of other awardees and cricketers who glamed up the night in their sartorial best.
Notwithstanding his controversial sex escapades, Warne's cricketing achievements need to be applauded.
Steve Smith's importance to Australia in the Ashes series has not just been in the torrent of runs he has scored but also in timing of his big innings, according to his team mate Pat Cummins.
Pepsi, who was all set to become the official sponsor of the upcoming India-New Zealand series may now lose the opportunity.
The Australians will honour Keith Miller by wearing black arm bands through the Chennai Test.
West Indies reached stumps on 565 for five in reply to South Africa's first innings of 588 for six declared.
"Now we're going to have come up with a new plan to get him out," said the Australian captain
David Warner won the 2016 Allan Border Medal- an award given to Australia's cricketer of the year. The opening batsman polled an overall 240 votes (split evenly between those awarded by his teammates and those from umpires and media representatives) in the AB Medal count, 21 more than Steve Smith and 57 ahead of third-placed Mitchell Starc. Also named Australia's Test Player of the Year, Warner (30 votes) polled six more than Smith with Starc again placed third with 18 votes, while Josh Hazlewood was also a contender for the Tests honour. "My heart is racing. I honestly thought Smudge (Smith) had a terrific year and he would have taken this out," Warner said on stage at the Allan Border Medal event.
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Tiny tots at the home for children of leprosy patients broke into celebration after the Aussie skipper scored his 30th Test ton.
The Australia captain is the first recipient of the award, introduced as a counterpart to the traditional 'Five Cricketers of the Year Award'.
India captain Virat Kohli blazed a magnificent century, but South Africa hold the upper hand as they reached 90 for two in their second innings on a difficult wicket after rain and then bad light curtailed day three of the second Test on Monday.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the numbers.
Virat Kohli and Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara held on to their second and seventh position respectively
Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak will back a fund raising initiative in Perth designed to raise money for conservation of the endangered Black Rhino in his native Zimbabwe.
Was Tendulkar right in asking for an exemption? Should the government have acceded to his request?
He was place behind Don Bradman and Viv Richards in the Test and ODI format.
India are favourites to 'steamroll' Australia in the Test series Down Under due to the absence of the experienced duo of Steve Smith and David Warner.
Ring was a member of Donald Bradman's 'Invincibles'
Factbox on the second Test match between Australia and England, which starts on Saturday:
The former West Indian speedster has called for the Jamaican speedster to undergo remedial work to fix his "dicey" action.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the interesting numbers from Day 1 of the second Test between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo.
The peaks Prithvi Shaw scaled on the first day of his Test career in numbers, via Rajneesh Gupta.
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