Former captain Greg Chappell on Monday became Australia's the first full-time selector after being appointed as National Talent Manager by the Cricket Board.
The former fast bowler replaced Allan Border on Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel
A chunk of athletes, including Asian Games medallist Kiran and badminton player Krishna Prasad Garaga have been suspended by NADA
Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel (NSP) on Wednesday announced Queensland fast bowler Ryan Harris will replace the injured Brett Lee in Australia's 15-man squad for the ICC World Twenty20 following confirmation from the ICC's event technical committee.
Young spinner Steven Smith won a national call up after a promising Twenty20 debut against Pakistan recently, while Mike Hussey and Nathan Hauritz have been rested for the final ODI.
Pacer Stuart Clarke was on Thursday ruled of Australia's Test tour to South Africa after he failed to recover from an elbow injury. Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel (NSP) said it would like to give further time to Clark, who underwent surgery six weeks ago to remove bone spurs from his right elbow, to recover from his injury and therefore he will not be considered for selection for the upcoming Test tour of South Africa.
BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) member Madan Lal said two new selectors will be in office by the time the national team's tour of New Zealand winds up early next month. Former India cricketers Rudra Pratap Singh and Sulkashana Naik are the other two members of the CAC, which has been tasked to find replacements for outgoing chairman of selectors MSK Prasad and his fellow panel member Gagan Khoda.
Tim Paine stepped down as Australia Test cricket captain on Friday for sending inappropriate text messages to a female co-worker, although an investigation by governing body Cricket Australia exonerated him of any breach of its code of conduct.
Did the selectors not have the guts to admit that Virender Sehwag was dropped because of a poor showing in Australia?, asks Harish Kotian.
The Australian national selectors on Wednesday rested wicket keeper Brad Haddin and all-rounder Shane Watson for the next two One-day matches against the West Indies, replacing them with Tim Paine and Adam Voges.
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.
Victorian fast bowler Dirk Nannes will travel to India as a standby player to train with the Australian squad and be available in the event of injury to another fast bowler.
Pacer Peter Siddle's hamstring injury notwithstanding, Australia announced an unchanged 12-member squad for the third and final Test against the West Indies, starting December 16 in Perth.
Dipa Karmakar believes most of the current generation of gymnasts lack passion and urged them to embrace the sport with fervour to excel on the global stage.
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.
Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh will return home from the ongoing tour of India with a shoulder injury.
The former Test captain resigned because of other commitments, though he will remain as a director of Cricket Australia
Former medium pacer Kuruvilla, who was backed by Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) bigwigs, was preferred over a more decorated Ajit Agarkar from the west zone.
Ricky Ponting was dropped from the Australia team because of poor form on Monday with selectors indicating a possible end to the career of the second most prolific batsmen of all time in One-Day Internationals.
'I would say you have to give six months to a year to give the athletes to kind of even register that person is going (to the Olympics). People are struggling to find their kit. So, things could have been better.'
Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke, who has returned home from New Zealand for personal reasons, was included into the 14-member squad for the two-match Test series against the black caps commencing from March 19.
Medium pacer Charl Langeveldt was on Sunday added to South Africa's One-day cricket squad for the upcoming three-match series against India.
The Australia captain is likely to play in the upcoming seven-match ODI series against India despite suffering a hamstring strain.
Star all-rounder Shane Watson and pacer Doug Bollinger on Wednesday returned to Australia's 13-member squad after a brief break for the first two One-Day Internationals of a five-match series against the West Indies starting on February 7.
Adam Voges has been added to Australia's one-day squad on tour in England to replace injured wicketkeeper Brad Haddin.
With all-rounder Ryan Harris ruled out due to a knee injury, Australia on Monday brought in pacer Peter George as his replacement in the Test squad for a two-match series against Pakistan in England later this month.
The opener was left out because of a hamstring strain from the Australian squad for the Twenty20 match against India.
With Brett Lee still not completely fit, Australia on Wednesday replaced him with fellow pacer Doug Bollinger in the squad for the ODI cricket series against Pakistan starting April 22 in Dubai.
The Cricket Board has decided not to send national selectors abroad to watch the Indian team play overseas, according to BCCI's vice president Ravi Savant.
Uncapped Ben Laughlin was on Thursday included in the Australian squad and all-rounder Brett Geeves was rewarded for his performance against Bangladesh as the National Selection Panel announced teams for two Twenty20 and five One-Day Internationals against South Africa. Laughlin and Geeves will replace Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle, who are being rested from the South African one-day series as part of their workload management.
Dinesh Kaarthick and Lakshmipathy Balaji made a comeback to the Test side as the team for the New Zealand tour was announced in Chennai on Friday.
All-rounder Ryan Harris returned to the Australia squad for the fourth ODI of the Commonwealth Bank series against South Africa replacing injured left-arm pacer Nathan Bracken.
Left-arm pacer Mitchell Johnson will replace rookie Ryan Harris in the 13-man Australian squad for the remaining three one-day international cricket matches against South Africa.
Australia on Monday named a 13-man squad for the lone Twenty20 International against Pakistan in Melbourne on Friday, drafting specialist players for the shortest format, including two new faces, in view of the T20 World Cup in the West Indies in May. The National Selection Panel (NSP) picked a radically different outfit from the one-day squad.
South African all-rounder Albie Morkel has thanked India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for inquiring about him after he was excluded from the side for the five-match One-day series against the visitors.
The ministry of education is yet to take call on the recommendations by the empowered expert committee and the University Grants Commission.
Australia on Saturday brought in opening batsman Phillip Hughes as cover for the injured Simon Katich for the second Test against Pakistan beginning on Sunday at the SCG.
Victoria fast bowler Clinton McKay replaced injured Ben Hilfenhaus in the Australian squad as the selectors on Monday announced a 12-man team for the second Test against the West Indies.
The legendary Inzamam-ul Haq has resigned as chairman of the national selection committee after the Pakistan Cricket Board initiated an inquiry to probe if his association with a company that manages a number of the national team's players pertains to conflict of interest.
With Tim Paine ruled out due to a broken finger, Australia on Thursday included rookie wicketkeeper Graham Manou in their squad for the remaining five matches of the ongoing seven-ODI cricket series against India.
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