Australia dropped batsman George Bailey from the squad for their three-Test tour of South Africa on Monday and brought uncapped Alex Doolan and Shaun Marsh into the 15-man party. Bailey made his debut in the first Test of the recently-concluded Ashes series, but scored only 183 runs at an average of 26 as an unchanged Australia romped to a 5-0 sweep of England.
Australia opener David Warner looks likely to get the Test farewell of his choice after being named in the 14-man squad for the opening clash in the three-match series against Pakistan on Sunday.
Steven Smith will lead Australia in Friday's tri-series match against England in absence of suspended George Bailey, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday.
A stoppage-time finish from Rayan Cherki earned Olympique Lyonnais a dramatic 2-2 draw with Manchester United in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final.
Marsh, who had been carrying the injury for an extended period, had keyhole surgery in Sydney
But says pressure is on under-performing George Bailey
Australia completed victory at the Gabba in two days, batting marginally better than the Proteas on a perilous, grassy pitch that South Africa captain Dean Elgar complained was unfair to the batters. T
Former pacer Mitchell Johnson took a dig at Cricket Australia (CA) for inviting him to an award night just weeks after the governing body cancelled his speaking engagements.
Almost four years after he announced international retirement, 40-year-old left-arm spinner Brad Hogg on Monday stunningly returned to the Australian team by getting picked in the 14-member Twenty20 squad for the two matches against India next month.
Marnus Labuschagne has played 30 of Australia's 38 matches since his debut in early 2020 and was part of the team that won a three-match series in India in March this year.
Australia captain Michael Clarke, sidelined with a hamstring injury, may not be fit until the 'back end' of the triangular One-day tournament with Zimbabwe and South Africa, according to stand-in skipper George Bailey.
Maxwell nderwent a surgery on Sunday after fracturing his left fibula at a friend's 50th birthday celebration.
Test skipper Pat Cummins will also captain Australia in one-day internationals after being named as the replacement for Aaron Finch by Cricket Australia on Tuesday.
Ex-coach Lehmann unhappy with Australia not playing tour games ahead of WTC final, Ashes
David Warner has been under pressure after a poor run of form with the bat but returned after injury to the 17-man squad for the June 7 WTC final against India at The Oval and the first two Ashes Tests.
Kings XI Punjab skipper George Bailey was gracious in defeat and doled out a whole-hearted appreciation for a number of Indian players and coaching staff.
CA said the difference between the old ball and the new one was an updated lining of the leather designed to increase the resilience of the seam.
The Australian media has said that the rise of Twenty20 cricket is a sporting reminder that everything 'quaint' in the game faces a future inundated by short form, and the need for variety.
The Aussies experienced a see-saw of emotions. After an emphatic win against India, the Australian captain George Bailey was at a loss of words to explain his team's 'absolutely deflating' defeat against the hosts in the second One-dayer.
Singapore-born all-rounder Tim David has been named in Australia's Twenty20 World Cup squad, while leg spinner Mitchell Swepson was omitted, Cricket Australia said on Thursday.
Check out the Kings XI Punjab squad for the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League.
Sydneysider Warner went into the current series with question marks over his form due to a lack of test runs, but a rapidfire 164 in the first innings of the opening test in Perth erased any doubts over his position in the team.
Australia have kept their bowling options wide open for India tour
India's captain Jasprit Bumrah hit England pacer Stuart Broad for a world record 35 runs in an over as India were dismissed for 416 in the first innings on Day 2 of the rescheduled fifth Test against England, at Edgbaston cricket ground, in Birmingham, on Saturday.
Australian hopes of winning the last One-day against Sri Lanka in Hobart to level the series was dealt a major blow after captain Michael Clarke rolled his ankle at training on Tuesday during a simple fielding drill and was carried from the ground.
The squad includes representatives from seven nations for the games, which will have international status, in Lahore on September 12, 13 and 15.
'BOOM What play, captain saab!'
Former Australia skipper Mark Taylor said the selectors have to take a call on David Warner's Test future ahead of the Ashes this year.
Images from the Group A Champions Trophy match between Australia and Sri Lanka at The Oval on Monday.
Kings XI Punjab captain George Bailey heaped praise on Glenn Maxwell and Thisara Perera after the five-wicket win against Hobart Hurricanes in Mohali and promised his team will get better in the Champions League T20.
Bailey hopes find a cool drink in IPL's tight schedule.
Mitchell Johnson was assigned a specific role to "intimidate" Indian batsmen. The seamer delivered a searing spell of extreme pace, Australia captain George Bailey revealed.
Australia were uncharacteristically sloppy in the field too, dropping catches that highlighted their road-weariness, while death bowling remained a major issue as their glorious summer of Test cricket, made memorable by their Ashes win and series victory in South Africa, fizzled out in Bangladesh..
The men in blue would look to continue their winning ways in the ongoing ICC World T20 when they meet a struggling Australian team in their last group league encounter in Mirpur on Sunday.
A look the squads of the eight participating teams in the ICC Champions Trophy.
Photos of the fourth One-day International between England and Australia.
Australia recalled all-rounder Mitchell Marsh to the squad for their Champions Trophy defence and named George Bailey as vice-captain on Wednesday.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni maintained his stoic stance regarding India's aversion for contentious Decision Review System (DRS) but said that he 'may agree' with the notion that his team is suffering for non-usage of technology. Australia were 21 for two when George Bailey was caught down the leg side by Dhoni off the very first ball he faced from debutant Barinder Sran. The snickometer showed that ball brushed Bailey's gloves before the Indian skipper caught it. While Dhoni went up in appeal, the bowler was not fully convinced and umpire Richard Kettleborough ruled it in favour of the batsmen.
A disappointed Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa feels he may need to look beyond revival of his red ball career after being ignored for the four-Test series in India.
On a high after a sensational performance in Jaipur, a supremely confident India will look to keep the momentum going with another dominating display when they take on Australian team in the third cricket ODI in Mohali on Saturday.
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