Khawaja and Stoinis were included despite losing their national contracts after falling out of favour with selectors over the home summer.
David Warner wants to see 'at least 25 per cent crowds' inside the stadiums when Australia host Virat Kohli's India later this year.
New South Wales paceman Abbott and Queensland veteran Neser are the reserve quicks behind regulars Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and James Pattinson.
Batsmen Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, Peter Handscomb and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh were all dropped from the squad that lost a home Test series against India for the first time.
The price eclipsed the A$425,000 achieved by the late Don Bradman's baggy green when it was sold in 2003.
This year's T20 World Cup will likely be held in Australia in 2022 as India doesn't want to swap its 2021 hosting rights with Cricket Australia as of now.
Slipping out of the usual top-five was seen as a real possibility in absence of shooting but phenomenal success in athletics and lawn bowls propelled India to a commendable fourth place finish at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham
Ferguson, who will need five to six weeks to recover, is returning to New Zealand and a replacement for him will be named on Tuesday, coach Gary Stead told reporters on Monday.
The positive cases were recorded after the charter flight from Los Angeles landed in Melbourne for the tennis Grand Slam, according to online posts from players.
Australia's cricket board will launch an 'immediate' review into player safety in the wake of Phillip Hughes' death, as the global cricket community mourned on Friday.
Boult got through a nets session unscathed on a scorching hot day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Wednesday in a boost to Kane Williamson's team.
The Australian players have devised their own cultural pact and, under new coach Justin Langer, are expected to have 'elite honesty'.
Darren Sammy's success in captaining the West Indies to the World Twenty20 title has been recognised by his native St Lucia after it was announced that the island's main cricket ground would be renamed in his honour.
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.
The leg spinner took a wicket with his second ball in his first first class match after his comeback to top-level cricket.
Former England captain Cook, 34, who retired from international cricket this year, was his country's most-capped Test player and record test run scorer.
Air quality to be closely monitored ahead of Australia Tests
Cricket Australia have agreed to let Muslim leg spinner Fawad Ahmed compete without the logo of a sponsor's beer brand on his shirt out of respect for his "personal beliefs".
Formula One race in Melbourne will proceed as planned this week and there is 'no chance' fans will be excluded because of coronavirus fears
'There will be uncertainty among players of both the teams of playing a pink ball Test'
Opening batsman Marcus Harris has been called into Australia's first Test squad as the hosts count the cost of a number of injuries ahead of the series opener against India in Adelaide.
India's premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin described Mahendra Singh Dhoni as a "massive influence" on his career, revealing that at the beginning of his IPL stint, he was driven by an intense desire to get the former captain's attention. Ashwin got his contract with CSK, one of the most successful IPL sides, in 2008 and said the stint with the three-time IPL champions shaped his career.
The discarded Australia Test batsman scored 300 not out for Queensland against Victoria.
'India's strength is batting and it is under attack right now. It is time to stand up and be counted.'
Australia coach Darren Lehmann is to hold clear-the-air talks ahead of the one-day series against New Zealand after recalled all-rounder Glenn Maxwell criticised wicketkeeper Matt Wade. Maxwell said on Thursday that he had been disappointed at some of the decisions by Wade, his captain in the Victoria state side, to bat ahead of him in matches this year.
News of all that's transpired on and off the cricket field.
West Indies' big hitting batsman Chris Gayle has backed his Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy after his emotion-filled speech following their World T20 title win at the EdenGardens in Kolkata on Sunday.
A match referee had warned of disgraced Australian cricketers Steve Smith and David Warner "being involved in a ball-tampering incident" in the domestic Sheffield Shield in 2016, a media report said on Friday.
As a 'Team Mentor', Warne will work alongside head coach Andrew McDonald. The two were teammates in Victoria from 2003-07.
Queensland won Australia's domestic first-class championship for the sixth time with a record-breaking win over Victoria.
Rajneesh Gupta gives us a list of noteworthy statistics from first-class and Ranji Trophy
A 1.2 billion pound sterling plan called 'Project Victoria', allegedly conceived by Lalit Modi to launch a rebel Twenty20 league in England, is set to be at the centre of a libel case filed by the sacked IPL chief against ECB boss Giles Clarke, according to a report.
The beleaguered visitors have inducted Victoria all-rounder Andrew McDonald and New South Wales fast bowler Burt Cockley to prop the depleted side in the remainder of ther seven-match series against India.
ICC World XI announced their 12-member team for the warm-up game against Victoria on Sunday.
Australia appear confused by picking wicketkeeper Tim Paine for the Ashes squad against England as he is not even the first choice selection for his state side, retired leg-spinning great Shane Warne said.
Doing his bit to bring together two bitter nations, speedster Brett Lee said India is safe for the Australians and it is the same other way round. Lee's assurance comes at a time when the Australian cricketers are little apprehensive about playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), fearing a backlash of the spate of attacks on the Indians in Victoria.
Bumrah faces risk of suffering lumbar injuries, feels strength and conditioning sciences expert
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