Serena Williams backed the searing Perth conditions as perfect preparation for her Australian Open title bid but the weather proved too hot for Canadian Eugenie Bouchard.
'So I'm not sure, I don't really have a plan (for) what's going to happen next year. I'm taking it season by season to see how far it takes me.'
'It's going to have take something pretty serious to have me miss a game.'
India surpassed that mark when Richa Ghosh hammered a four in the first ball of the 109th over bowled by Annerie Dercksen.
'We stuck to our guns and delivered skill under pressure and managed to keep ahead in the game'
'I'm looking forward to the challenge, and I've got some confidence going into the game definitely.'
After several losses in the early years of the new century, a resurgent India notched up two consecutive series wins in Australia to become the Aussies' nemesis.
India claimed the top spot in the World Test Championship standings
Spinner Nathan Lyon is likely to retain his place in the Australia side for the third Ashes Test despite the attractions of going with a four-pronged pace attack in Perth this week, coach Darren Lehmann said on Wednesday.
'We have to be confident, we have to continue what we're doing, doing the basics really well, getting big first innings runs is crucial as we've seen, and just backing up day in and day out.'
India 'A' will play two first-class matches against Australia 'A' in the run-up to the marquee Border Gavaskar Trophy later this year, CA announced on Tuesday.
'You have to be courageous to score runs in Perth,' Steve Waugh said.
'Great for the fans, horrible for the players.'
Australia batter Shaun Marsh announced his retirement from professional cricket.
Statistician Rajneesh Gupta has interesting numbers from the first ODI between India and Australia the match. Check them out.
India continued their dismal show in the crucial tour Down Under, losing 1-3 against Australia to suffer their fourth consecutive defeat in the five-match men's hockey Test series, in Perth on Friday.
The upcoming three-match series, starting December 14, is part of the World Test Championship.
Perth's WACA ground will not host a match in Australia's summer of cricket for the first time since 1976-77, with the four Tests against India in 2014-15 to be played in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.
In reply to Australia's first innings total of 385, England were 180 for four at stumps on the second day, with Ian Bell on nine (from 62 balls) and Ben Stokes on 14, still trailing by 205 runs on the second day of the third Ashes Test against England at the WACA Ground on Friday.
Former Australian paceman Shaun Tait has warned the hosts against going in with four quicks in the third Test against India in Perth, saying that it is not a good idea to go with an all-pace attack even on a green-top wicket like WACA.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the opening Test played between Australia and Pakistan in Perth on Saturday.
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting on Sunday said that they failed to execute their plans apart from misreading the pitch, which largely resulted in their 72-run defeat against India in the Perth Test.
IMAGES from Day 2 of the opening Test between Australia and Pakistan in Perth on Friday.
Richards could mentor the team in the World Cup a role fulfilled by former Australian opener, Matthew Hayden in the last two T20 World Cups in 2021 and 2022 where Pakistan reached the semi-final and final.
Steve Smith and George Bailey's brilliant knocks overshadowed Rohit Sharma's magnificent 171 as Australia beat India by five wickets in the first ODI of the five-match series in Perth on Tuesday.
India would have been better served with a frontline spinner in their side, pace spearhead Mohammed Shami said.
England tightened their grip on the Ashes in Perth on Thursday, restricting Australia to a first innings total of 268 after a feisty rearguard fightback on day one of the third Test.
Indian men's hockey team suffers 1-5 thrashing at hands of Australia in first Test
From January 1, 2021 to September 9, 2024 -- during which Joe Root hit 17 centuries, Kane Williamson has hit, Steve Smith has made six tons but Virat Kohli has managed just two centuries.
Under his captaincy, Australia have entered the Super Eight stage at the ongoing T20 World Cup on the back of an unbeaten run in the group stage.
Here's looking at the next stop of the Temptations Reloaded tour.
The Proteas began on a convincing note with the bat and remained safe at 29 for no loss at the lunch break.
Indian batting stalwart Virat Kohli and Australia's Steve Smith would be more than keen to stamp their authority in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar series in which runs would be "at a premium", feels Australian great Matthew Hayden.
After batsmen ruled the first two Tests, fast bowling could be the decisive factor when Australia and South Africa re-engage their heavyweight tussle for the number one Test ranking in the final match of the series on Friday.
Afridi stated that the team is looking to spoil Warner's farewell series
The all-rounder could feature in only four games this season for DC, scoring 61 runs in three innings and getting a wicket. His highest score was 23.
Australia great Ricky Ponting thinks outstanding all-rounder Glenn Maxwell should be seriously entertained for a Test recall following his astonishing success in the recently concluded ICC World Cup and a T20I series against India.
Usman Khawaja said the black armband he wore in the first Test against Pakistan was for a "personal bereavement".
Factbox on the third Test match between Australia and India, which starts on Friday.
West Indies legend Brian Lara will team up with some of Australia's finest players like Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Justin Langer and Glenn McGrath for the Australian Legends XI, which will take on Big Bash League champions Perth Scorchers in the Festival of Cricket match in Perth on Friday.
