Steve Smith's manager debunks former Australian captain's retirement talks
Erskine hit back at Johnson, stating that his questioning Warner's selection isn't logical.
Mitchell Marsh is expected to lead in Cummins's absence. The all-rounder is also in contention to be named Australia's T20 skipper.
Australia captain Steven Smith has dropped a bombshell indicating that the Pune track will be a rank turner.
David Warner averages a lowly 22.16 in nine Test matches in India, managing just 399 runs with just three fifties.
With the batsmen raining four and six runs former Australian captain Ian Chappell has said in his column that there is a chance bowlers will become an endangered species if the trend for heavier bats and shorter boundaries continues.
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Members of the Muslim community in Australia's New South Wales tipped off police that radical Islamists were sending 'inflammatory text messages' seeking support for a protest over a video deemed offensive to Islam.
England's star batsman Kevin Pietersen clashed with his skipper Alastair Cook on the eve of the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.
'...there'll be nerves and a bit of pressure, but that's all part of it, and I'm just excited to see what it all brings.'
Australian batting star Steve Smith has said that the cricketing authorities should urgently address the issue of pacers persistently bowling bouncers to a leg side field, as it restricts a batter's ability to hit the ball "anywhere in front of the wicket".
Nokia was looking at how Microsoft's Surface tablet went in the market before launching its own.
Hassled by crowd behaviour during the second cricket Test in Sydney last week, the Indian team management is planning to demand higher security around the boundary rope for the remainder of the four-Test series.
West Indies batsman Chris Gayle believes his Sydney Thunder teammate Usman Khawaja can re-establish himself in the Australian Test team just like Michael Clarke, who was dropped in 2005 only to return later and become one of the world's best batsmen.
The Australian media has claimed that former Test captain Ricky Ponting's revelations about current captain Michael Clarke not sticking around for a chat after the day's play on some occasions have pointed out towards the fact that Clarke is not a true captain.
'Out of playing, and even now, it's not really on my radar, and I'm enjoying the balance of being able to coach as an assistant or head coach and then doing a bit of media as well.'
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Australian TV network Channel Nine is mulling over using pink-coloured lacquered balls in the proposed night Test matches, which could reportedly become a reality in three years.
Grenades and gunfire gripped Sydney as the tense hostage situation at the Lindt Chocolate cafe ended after 17 long hours.
Chappell said the upcoming five-match Test series in Australia "will be as much a battle of wits and endurance as it will be of skill, with each player needing to summon the drive and adaptability of their younger selves."
The English media has hailed Ricky Ponting and also apologised for disparaging him throughout his playing career.
According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, Starc, who didn't figure in any game for KKR last year after getting injured in the Test series against South Africa, has filed a lawsuit in the Victorian County Court last week against the insurers of his lucrative IPL deal.
Australian No.11 debutant Ashton Agar, who hit a brilliant 98 to rescue his team on Thursday, received sympathy from Twitter users in the UK for failing to complete his maiden Test century.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a crack down on ball tampering with changes coming into effect from October, under which umpires can act on suspicions of ball tampering even if they do not have firm evidence against a particular fieldsman.
Australian captain Michael Clarke has been selected to play in the first Ashes tour warm-up game against Somerset on Wednesday, giving a much-needed boost to Australia's Ashes campaign.
Australia's problems in the lead-up to the Ashes has stemmed from captain Michael Clarke's absence as he is in a major way accountable for the general manner in which the team conducts itself and the general direction in which it is travelling, according to the Australian media.
The Australian media could not help commiserating with the Indian cricketers, who bore the brunt of shocking umpiring blunders in the on Day 1 of the second cricket Test against Australia.
Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan has said that he was shocked when umpire Darrell Hair called him seven times in three overs for his action in 1995.
Mohammed Haneef, a doctor of Indian origin based in Australia, who was wrongfully accused of terrorism, has struck a 'substantial' compensation deal with the Australian government, reports claimed on Tuesday.
Usman Khawaja is all set to split with his long-term manager Daniel Zammit after the latter had supported the batsman's controversial axing from the Australian team for the third Test against India, starting in Mohali on Thursday.
Former Australian pacer Nathan Bracken has accused Cricket Australia of negligence, arguing their doctors and lead physiotherapist can't provide "competent" medical advice to elite athletes.
Former Australian off spinner Ashley Mallet has backed all rounder Glenn Maxwell to earn his debut baggy green against India in the first Test match at Chennai, starting on February 22.
Former batsman Dean Jones feels Australia should replicate the bowling tactics employed by England in order to come up trumps in the upcoming Test series against India.
The drawing power of the Indian Premier League is destabilising national teams, says a column in the Sydney Morning Herald.
Former national chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns has said he is bemused by Australia's contentious rotation policy and has questioned the overall philosophy of those in charge.
Unconvinced by police claims that Peter Roebuck committed suicide, the celebrated cricket writer's family would seek a second post-mortem of his body and has hired a British criminal lawyer to investigate the death.
An Indian man allegedly raped a budding lingerie model in Australia after he promised her a break in the industry posing as an employee in a fashion firm, a court was told on Monday.
An article in an Australian newspaper has claimed that the Twenty20 revolution could be responsible for the short attention spans of batsmen who cannot stick out the tough periods. So, do you think that T20 tournaments like the Indian Premier League and Big Bash League are responsible for batting slump in Test matches?
The off-spinner was alleged to have made monkey gestures towards the crowd during India's victory in the first tri-series final.
Australian Ashes and Test debutant Ashton Agar was reportedly inspired to make a incredible performance on the second day of the first Ashes Test by Steve Waugh's Ashes performance ten years ago.
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