'The competition for spots is always on. And when you're in the side, it's equally as hard to stay in it. You have to be performing, but I am definitely not feeling comfortable' 'If I can keep performing then I can stay in the side and that's what I hope to do'
Australia captain Steve Smith was delighted with the way his side rebounded from a series defeat to South Africa to sweep Pakistan 3-0 on Saturday but warned their next Test campaign in India would present a challenge on a whole different level.
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.
Opener Aaron Finch said he had "a little bit of a brain fade" as he failed to read Kuldeep Yadav's left-arm wrist spin and was dismissed, which triggered Australia's downfall in their nine-wicket defeat to India in Saturday's first T20 International in Ranchi.
The former Australia captain said the umpires are the best to adjudicate the legality of the off-spinner's bowling action.
Cheteshwar Pujara says he pays no attention to talk about his slow batting, as his job is to make sure that the team wins at all times.
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Dimitri Payet struck a brace for the Hammers against a tired Newcastle, whose players had to trudge the last mile to West Ham United's stadium after their team coach became stuck in London's rush-hour traffic before Monday's Premier League fixture.
Both Australia and New Zealand played down any significance of the umpires warning the visitors for throwing the ball to wicketkeeper Peter Nevill on the bounce in order to aid its deterioration during the third day of the second Test on Monday.
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Nine months on from the Cape Town ball-tampering scandal, fans will turn up to Adelaide Oval as always, some having ducked out early from their workplaces in a city that loves the sport like few others.
India's excitement around their current pace attack is palpable but they would do well to temper their sunny optimism in Australia.
'Captains are asked to sit, so just do it. I have done it in Faisalabad. I didn't play an ODI game for 15 months when I was probably the best performer in one-day cricket. It happens in life. The best in the world are at times shown the door'
'I am puzzled why English coaches are not successful here. But I am determined to reverse that trend'
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The Australians will be without Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Damien Martyn for the first Test.
Virat Kohli believes that if his conscience is clear, there is no harm in standing by what he feels is right.
The prospect of a depleted Australia team struggling on home pitches against India in the coming summer could add further heat from broadcasters
'They probably need to refresh the team a bit more, to be very honest. They have kept the majority of the same team for the last couple of years'
Australia, the World's No. 1 One-Day International side, need to work on a number of aspects to improve ahead of next year's ICC Champions Trophy, captain Steve Smith said after they won a triangular series win in the West Indies.
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In motoring parlance, Australia spinner Steve O'Keefe is more reliable Korean car than prestige vehicle but his "happy" mental state makes him a great addition to the team garage, according to former England bowler Monty Panesar.
Arsenal, who fired Unai Emery as manager last week and appointed former player Freddie Ljungberg as caretaker boss, now sit 10th in the table on 19 points, with Brighton a single point behind and three places below them.
Sam Allardyce was sacked as England manager on Tuesday having behaved "inappropriately" when seeking a lucrative sideline role while talking to undercover reporters, bringing a crushing end to his dream job after one match and 67 days in charge.
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He has chalked up his 37th win as skipper, surpassing the previous world record of 36 set by Lloyd in the 1980s, with a strike rate unmatched in cricket's long history.
Jose Mourinho's long-running feud with Arsenal's Arsene Wenger continued on Friday when the Chelsea boss said there was one exception in English football to the rules applying to every other manager.
Manchester United have scored 14 goals and earned maximum points from their four matches under interim boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Hetmyer smacked three sixes and eight fours in his entertaining knock, helping his side chase down a modest target of 128.
Cricket Australia will draw up a 'charter' governing player behaviour in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal that has rocked the nation over the last fortnight, chairman David Peever said on Friday.
The 35-year-old has been bamboozling batsmen for 15 years now on the international scene and yet still somehow retains the element of surprise.
Morrison, the current treasurer, won an internal ballot 45-40 over former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton.
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Rubbishing those claims, Clarke said 'The players are as tight as any team I've been a part of'
Indian touring parties that have left Australia empty-handed over the last 70 years
In a potential knock-out clash, Pune defeated Kings XI Punjab by nine wickets on Sunday to finish second in the points table behind Mumbai Indians, which means they will get two shots for a place in the summit clash.
Swansea City sacked manager Bob Bradley on Tuesday less than three months after the American took charge, with the January transfer window looming and the Premier League's second-bottom club desperate to get out of relegation trouble.
'When cricketers, coaches, captains, managers, franchise owners focus on the prize, they forget the process.' 'You can't win every game. Getting better is all about making mistakes.'
Microsoft on Tuesday said it will offer commercial cloud services from local data centres in India by 2015 as the tech giant gears for competition for the estimated $2 trillion domestic market opportunity from rival firms like Google and IBM.
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