Even as the furore over safety in Pakistan during Champions Trophy is yet to calm down, Australia have raised new security concerns about their four-Test tour in India in October after back-to-back serial bomb blasts rocked Bangalore and Ahmedabad last week. Representatives from Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers Association are due to leave for India on August 10 for the latest inspection, and may now also take a security consultant.
Cricket Australia warned its players that participating in unofficial events would cost them their contract.
Australia take on West Indies in a three-match T20 series starting in Hobart on Friday as part of their preparations for the June 1-29 World Cup in the Caribbean and United States.
Australia have called off a T20 series against Afghanistan citing a deteriorating human rights situation for women and girls in the Taliban-ruled country.
'PAKI' is a contemptuous term for a person from Pakistan or South Asia by birth or descent.
Marcus Stoinis' desire to keep playing international cricket beyond the T20 World Cup in June has not been diminished by Cricket Australia's decision to drop him from the central contracts list, the all-rounder said.
Australian cricket will undergo a thorough review of all facets of its game in the wake of the humiliating 3-1 Ashes drubbing, Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said on Friday.
As Warner's friend, want him to end on a high with Cup win: Usman Khawaja
The Australian cricket board confirmed on Friday there would be no eleventh hour breakthrough in a bitter pay dispute with the players' union, leaving more than 200 leading cricketers uncontracted and the fate of future tournaments in limbo.
A former pace bowler, James Sutherland helped turn the game into a commercial powerhouse in Australia's crowded sports market.
The minnows may be heartbroken following ICC's decision to dump them out of the next two World Cups but Cricket Australia has no problem in hosting the big event without non-Test nations.
Mitchell Marsh will captain Australia from a distance when they take on West Indies in the first of three Twenty20 internationals on Friday.
Dashing Australia opener David Warner is likely to be fit for the start of next month's IPL after missing the final T20I against New Zealand in Auckland due to adductor soreness.
The former Test captain has been elected as director.
Flamboyant all-rounder Glenn Maxwell actually lost consciousness and did not respond to efforts to wake him up before he was rushed to hospital after a late night drinking session in Adelaide last week, according to a report.
The National Cricket Academy has undertaken an initiative to conduct a refresher course for the existing accredited coaches of the Board of Control for Cricket in India in conjunction with Cricket Australia.
Andrew McDonald backs Mitch Marsh for Australian captaincy
Cricket Australia has appointed an ethics guru to review the sport's culture in the wake of the cheating scandal that has rocked "the gentleman's game".
Day-night Tests could soon be a reality after Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday confirmed that it will trial a pink ball under lights during a Futures League match at Adelaide Oval next week.
The Australian Cricketers' Association is looking at players' claims that they are being pushed too much into doing the sponsors' bit for CA.
Australia will play six Tests, 10 one-dayers and three Twenty20 internationals on home soil against West Indies and Pakistan as per the 2009-10 International Program announced by the Cricket Australia on Wednesday.
Cricket Australia (CA) has come in defence of skipper Steve Smith who has been under fire post the series whitewash in Sri Lanka, followed by defeat against South Africa in the opening Test in Perth, going 0-1 in the three-match series. The debacle didn't end there as the Aussies came out with a dismal batting performance in the Hobart Test as they were bowled out for 85 on Day One itself within the second session. But CA chief executive James Sutherland has backed Smith, citing his age and inexperience, and adding that they have full faith in the latter as a leader.
The Longstaff review criticised CA for fostering a culture of "winning without counting the cost" and blamed the governing body in part for the ball-tampering crisis, which led to the suspensions of former captain Steve Smith and two other players.
Maxwell closer to return, trains with Victoria
Cricket Australia on Wednesday paid tribute to umpire Peter Parker after he announced his retirement from the game, ending a career spanning 15 years at the top level. Parker stood in 10 Test matches and 65 one-day internationals over an international career that began in 1993 with his debut Test against New Zealand in Brisbane.
Sunrisers Hyderabad mentor VVS Laxman, on Monday, said the franchise would wait for Cricket Australia's decision David Warner
Secretary Niranjan Shah said the BCCI could, like Cricket Australia, demand payment for the right to distribute photographs for future domestic Test series.
Australia, following their eight-wicket win in the third and final Test against Pakistan at Sydney are on 56.25 percentage points and have pushed India to the second spot in the latest WTC standings issued by ICC on Saturday.
'To a person, full member countries and their CEOs stated their absolute support of Test cricket being played under lights'
The men's T20 World Cup is slated to begin with the pre-qualifiers from October 18-23 followed by the main 12-team competition from October 24. Cricket Australia is planning to host the men's T20 World Cup as per schedule
Usman Khawaja suffered a setback after his appeal against the sanction imposed on him for wearing a black armband during the opening Test against Pakistan was rejected by ICC.
Fine knocks by Brandon McMullen and George Munsey powered Scotland to formidable total in their T20 World Cup Group B match against and Australia in St. Lucia on Sunday.
Apart from Renshaw's inclusion in place of Warner, there are no changes to the squad which beat Pakistan by eight wickets in the third and final test to sweep the series 3-0 last week.
The blockbuster five-match Test series between India and Australia will get underway at Perth's Optus Stadium on November 22, the venue replacing Adelaide Oval as the national cricket board's preferred choice for the season opener.
Banker Jacquie Hey broke more than a century of male exclusivity when she was unanimously voted onto the board of Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday.
Australia's cricket governing body will recommend its entire board step down in accordance with an independent review that criticised its structure as being riven with conflicts of interests.
The three-match ODI series between Australia and West Indies will start from February 2 till February 6 in Brisbane, Sydney, and Canberra respectively.
Usman Khawaja said the black armband he wore in the first Test against Pakistan was for a "personal bereavement".
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