Images from day four of the second Test between India and Australia in Sydney, on Friday.
The curator of the Sydney Cricket Ground's pitch has promised a "fair" track for the second Test between India and Australia, saying that conditions will decide whether the track assists pace or spin.
England must treat every Test match like an Ashes series decider as part of their red-ball reset, former captain Nasser Hussain said.
Can this Indian side, which has shown character and courage after the debacle in the first Test at Adelaide, stun the Aussies at their favourite hunting ground?
Langer feels that spinner Nathan Lyon will have a role to play on the final day of the Pink Test as the wicket will support spin on Monday.
Play was halted for a few minutes after India pacer Mohammed Siraj complained of racial abuse from a section of the crowd
Australia to open T20 World Cup defence against New Zealand.
His 39-ball 66 blitz may have helped Australia amass a massive 348-runs lead, but middle order batsman Joe Burns reckons that spin will play a major role as the fourth and final Test against India heads into the penultimate day.
David Hussey halted a middle-order collapse and guided Australia to a four-wicket victory over England in the third One-day International at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
With Smith at the non-striker's end during the Australian second innings at the Gabba, Rohit decided to do some shadow batting at the crease.
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has slammed sections of the SCG crowd for booing India skipper Virat Kohli when he walked out to bat on the opening day of the fourth Test, in Sydney, on Thursday.
Former cricketers Mohammad Kaif and Wasim Jaffer hailed pacer Siraj for his commitment towards playing for the country.
The coach also launched a book 'India's 71-Year Test: The Journey to Triumph in Australia'.
The dead rubber New Year's Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground at least offers a chance for New Zealand to reset
England fast bowler Stuart Broad has also endorsed Warner's views.
Australian Cricketers Association chief Todd Greenberg has assured the country's cricketers that he will travel to Pakistan
A ten-man Mohammedan Sporting withstood sustained pressure from Sporting Clube de Goa in the National Football League.
Australia thrashed Pakistan by 140 runs in the second one day international at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting invited severe criticism for opting to bat on a green Sydney Cricket Ground pitch on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan.
Australia has been battling hundreds of huge bushfires for several weeks with the resultant thick smoke regularly casting a pall over the country's cities.
For the past 75 years, one of India's greatest all-rounder's name is repeatedly dragged whenever a batter wilfully tries to steal yards at non-striker's end and is legally run out.
When play resumed after the lunch break, Australia were dismissed for 300 after Kuldeep picked his second five-wicket haul in Test cricket, with figures of 5 for 99.
'Non-striker leaving the crease early is the actual unfair play in this whole scenario, not the bowler running them out.'
Ajinkya Rahane hailed Ravindra Jadeja's contributions in the longest format
Knocked out of the quarter-final race, the England cricket team ended its World Cup campaign with a consolatory nine-wicket triumph over debutants Afghanistan in a rain-curtailed pool A match in Sydney.
Smith roared back to form as his 131, single-handedly steered Australia to 338
Cricketing great Ian Chappell feels a sportsman 'doesn't necessarily' need a crowd to be 'spurred on' but he acknowledges the eeriness of empty stands at SCG where Australia thrashed New Zealand in Friday's ODI. The astute former Australia captain also spoke about the positive side of watching a cricket match without cheering fans.
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Under-fire England head coach Chris Silverwood has tested positive for COVID-19 while quarantining in Melbourne with his family but he is expected to join the team ahead of the fifth Ashes Test in Hobart.
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Factbox on the fifth Ashes Test match between Australia and England, which starts on Thursday:
Arshdeep has courage but needs experience
India's batting ace Hanuma Vihari responded to Babul Supriyo's outrageous tweet in his trademark style.
The BCCI had confirmed that the all-rounder will be consulting a hand specialist in Sydney before he returns to India.
Pant has often been compared to Gilchrist due to his strikingly similar batting to the Australia legend.
Vaughan even went on to say that Australia will "convincingly" defeat India in all formats.
Images from the fifth One-Day International between Australia and India in Sydney, on Saturday.
Carlos Brathwaite shone briefly for West Indies but the rain was the only real winner on Monday as wet weather washed away all but 11.2 overs of play on the second day of the third Test against Australia.
Check out the images from Day 2 of the fourth Test between Australia and India played at Sydney Cricket Ground
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