Former Australian captain Ian Chappell has said injured skipper Ricky Ponting should not have been in Australia's dressing room during the first day's play against England at the SCG.
Cricket Australia (CA) selector and former India coach, Greg Chappell believes that Shane Watson is the most important component of Kangaroo's bid to defend the upcoming World Cup in the sub-continent.
The Indian batting great was reacting to England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's criticism in his book 'Being Freddie'.
Coach Greg Chappell has said his team needed to be mentally stronger to do well in Test matches
The former BCCI chief said the Indian skipper lacks the stature legendary coach Greg Chappell enjoys.
Guptill will undergo a fitness Test on Sunday after which a final decision will be taken on whether he can partner Henry Nicholls at the top of New Zealand's order.
With a nod to ongoing US racial tension and threats to voting rights, President Barack Obama declared the work of the Civil Rights Movement advanced but unfinished on Saturday during a visit to the Alabama Bridge that spawned a landmark voting law.
Coach Greg Chappell says Sachin Tendulkar carries a greater load of expectations than Bradman had when he went out to bat.
Brearley rated Kohli as the best batsman in world cricket and his success is largely due to his 'ruthless streak'.
The duo interacted with India's top pace bowlers at a pre-season camp on Saturday.
Polly Umrigar says the team should be picked first and the captain from its members.
Finch, who is on the board of Australian players' union, said it is not only about the IPL and all stakeholders have to make compromises to get cricket to thrive again.
How can the Board judge the credentials of the future coach just through a mere presentation, asked Mohinder Amarnath.
Australian cricket authorities are bracing up for a final round of deliberations on reducing the ball-tampering ban on Steve Smith and David Warner, with a face-off against an upbeat India awaiting the weakened home team.
Contradicting his former captain Ian Chappell's statement, Australian pace bowling great Dennis Lillee said there is no reason why India cannot sustain their numero uno Test status.
The foolish episode has not gone down well with Australian fans back home, and, now, in an attempt to mock Smith and his bunch of imbeciles, an Australian radio station has produced a hilarious music video that has gone viral on social media.
Rajneesh Gupta lists some amazing coincidences in cricket -- a feature guaranteed to amuse you in these anxious times.
Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar has said though the Team India's upcoming Australian tour is likely to be a hard one, it would provide them a good exposure ahead of the upcoming World Cup.
If the Australian summer was the stuff of dreams, the showing at home against a quality England side across formats brought about hopes of a bright future.
From a lower order batsman to one of Australia's prolific Test run-getters, Marnus Labuschange has carved his spot in the Australian line-up. The highest run-scorer in a calendar year in Test cricket in 2019, 'mind-blowing' Labuschange is now looking to break into the one-day team for the tour of India.
They may be numero uno for now but former Australian captain Ian Chappell says India do not have the bowling strength to stay at the top of International Cricket Council's Test rankings on a long-term basis.
Kuldeep Yadav, among all the players in this team, has more experience of playing with pink ball and the kind of revolution he produces, he could make it difficult for batsmen to spot the black seam of the pink kookaburra under lights.
KL Rahul is the 'Cricketer of the Year' in the sixth edition of Wisden India Almanack, which has just been released.
Former international batsman Mark Waugh had previously been assisted by former head coach Darren Lehmann in selecting the Twenty20 team.
England opener Alastair Cook's final Test innings came to a close when he was dismissed having scored a fairytale 147 against India in the fifth Test at the Oval on Monday.
Ian Chappell has said that the Australian team will not feel the absence of Adam Gilchrist as his replacement Brad Haddin is a better wicketkeeper.
Coming out strongly in support of Sachin Tendulkar, former India cricketer VVS Laxman has said he totally believed in what the iconic batsman had written in his book.
The disease, which has so far claimed almost 8,000 lives and infected close to 2,00,000 people globally, has led to the cancellation or postponement of sports events across the globe. Tim Paine on Wednesday said the threat of COVID-19 pandemic is bigger than the game of cricket and needs to be taken seriously
The coach selection committee, headed by BCCI chief Sharad Pawar, will meet in Mumbai on November 3.
Lalchand Rajput talks about his time as manager of the Indian cricket team and the upcoming challenge Down Under.
Cricket has few examples of players calling it quits when very much at the top their game. It is anything but coincidence that most of them happen to be from the most successful nation in the history of the sport.
The statement came a day after cricket legends Ian and Greg Chappell and few other prominent Australians urged Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani to abandon the mine project
Former Australian captain Ian Chappell feels incidents like the alleged fracas between Ravindra Jadeja and James Anderson in the India-England Test series are increasing because the ICC has not been good enough while deciding on such issues.
Describing S Sreesanth as an "accident waiting to happen", former Australia captain Ian Chappell has urged the Board of Control for Cricket in India to discipline the Kerala pacer before he becomes another Shoaib Akhtar.
The Sri Lankan coach denied that the absence of Muttiah Muralitharan and Chaminda Vass has been a big blow to his team.
The BCCI constituted a four-member committee, led by Shashank Manohar, to resolve the telecast issue.
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