With Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane unbeaten at the end of the penultimate day of the WTC Final, will India pull off another stunning win?
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup match played between Australia and Ireland in Brisbane on Monday.
Beers in hand, the 'super troopers' were all smiles as Finch clobbered three sixes during his match-winning knock -- the Aussie now has the 3rd highest number of sixes in T20Is, a dizzying 125 sixes.
West Indies' Shimron Hetmyer has been replaced by Shamarh Brooks in their squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia after he missed his rescheduled flight.
Warne had plenty of highlights at the MCG including his Ashes hat-trick in 1994 and his 700th wicket at the ground 12 years later.
Maria Sharapova rallied to beat Kaia Kanepi on Thursday and will meet Serena Williams in the Brisbane International semi-final knowing she must drastically improve to end her run of 13 straight defeats against the world number one.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12 match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, in Brisbane, on Sunday.
Cricket Australia have targeted the inclusion of the sport at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics as part of a strategic plan to expand participation and maintain the game's position at the heart of the country's sporting culture.
The Indians lost their last seven wickets for the addition of just 70 runs on the final day of the contest.
Travis Head struck a belligerent half-century to give Australia the upper hand on day one of the series-opening Test against South Africa after the home side's bowlers dominated on a green Gabba wicket on Saturday.
Australia spinner Nathan Lyon finally clinched his long-awaited 400th Test wicket on Saturday when he dismissed Dawid Malan in his second over on the morning of Day 4 of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
Star Australian opener David Warner "tired and exhausted" ahead of the upcoming four-Test series in India, starting in Nagpur on February 9.
A prominent Hindu temple in Sydney was defaced by "anti-social elements" on Friday with anti-India graffiti on the walls, in the latest incident of vandalism against Hindu temples in Australia ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country later this month.
Kyrgios, who opted out of Australia's Davis Cup team this year, later posted a video on Instagram where he was seen out in the sunshine at a harbour with the caption 'Beautiful day'.
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Both players had a forgettable outing at Brisbane as Australia went 1-0 up in the series.
McGrath, who is known to make predictions ahead of the Ashes series, said it's going to be a great contest between Australia and England.
Kudo was an important player during Kashiwa Reysol's run to the semi-finals of the Asian Champions League in 2013, scoring six times in 12 games in that campaign.
IMAGES from Day 1 of the 1st Test between Australia and Sri Lanka on Thursday
Elgar said he had told his side to play with courage and to push themselves to the limit, as South Africa go in search of a fourth consecutive series win on Australian soil.
Following their 6-run defeat, Finch said that the hosts need to learn to be clinical towards the back-end.
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup match played between England and New Zealand in Brisbane on Tuesday.
The Australian team management chose Peter Handscomb ahead of Travis Head
The PCB said that the change had to be made as Qadir is yet to recover from a hairline fracture
The left-handed batter and India vice-captain was signed up in the recent auction, in Mumbai, for Rs 3.40 crore, the highest price for a player in the WPL auction.
Modi and Albanese also reiterated their shared ambition for an early conclusion of the ambitious Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) that is expected to significantly expand bilateral trade ties.
Despite his and South Africa's poor showing in Australia, Elgar said he still wanted to continue as captain.
IMAGES of the T20 World Cup warm up match played between India and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane on Monday
Pacer Navdeep Saini and uncapped Saurabh Kumar were named as replacements for injured Mohammad Shami and Ravindra Jadeja.
He has had four back stress fractures in five years, most recently in 2018, which led him to consider retirement.
Sri Lanka knocked Afghanistan out of the semi-final race at the T20 World Cup
The bowling stocks looks good, but the major concern will be around the batting line-up, which struggled on the recent tour of England.
South Africa lost Faf du Plessis and Quinton de Kock among several experienced batters in recent years, leaving Elgar and Temba Bavuma to shoulder a heavy burden.
Australia fret over Warner injury ahead of T20 World Cup opener
Kyrgios added that he had been in communication with Tennis Australia chief executive Craig Tiley and United Cup tournament director Stephen Farrow about his injury.
England dumped Nigeria out of the Women's World Cup in a last-16 penalty shootout
Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has come down hard on the pitches for the first three Test matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The win over Ireland saw New Zealand grab the top spot with seven points and a net runrate of +2.113.
Australia has recalled all-rounder Marcus Stoinis, along with paceman Kane Richardson and spinner Ashton Agar, for the T20 series against England in the lead-up to the World Cup.
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