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There is very little chance that Rajat Patidar will make it to the playing eleven during India's opening Test against England unless the hosts decide on going a bowler short.
Australia has a lot of great cricketers and it is time to replace under-fire batting coach Graeme Hick with one of them, said spin legend Shane Warne.
Former Test opener Langer urged the board and the players union to thrash out their differences behind "closed doors".
Former England batsman Graeme Hick and bowling coach Troy Cooley will pit their wits against the tourists when they mentor a Cricket Australia XI in a four-day Ashes tour match in Townsville next month.
Former England batsman Graeme Hick has been appointed as Australia's new fulltime batting coach after initially working with the team on a temporary basis.
Steve Smith is back in the Test squad along with David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, the other two players hit with long bans for their involvement in the Cape Town scandal in March, 2018.
Newly appointed Australia batting coach Graeme Hick feels that team's premier batsmen would have to 'show more patience' and adaptability when they tour India early next year in what will be an imposing challenge.
The Indian Cricket League is targetting over-the-hill England cricketers for an unofficial mini World Cup to be held in India later this year, according to media reports in London.
Batsman Nic Maddinson has withdrawn from Australia A's match against Pakistan on mental health grounds, Cricket Australia said on Saturday.
Former England batsman Graeme Hick will retire from county cricket at the end of the season, his Worcestershire team said on their website on Tuesday. The 42-year-old, who has been suffering from a long-term elbow injury, will later this month bring the curtain down on an illustrious county career that never quite translated to the international stage.
Graeme Hick moved ahead of WG Grace and into the top 10 all-time century makers on Thursday.
Harris and Elliott replace former high performance coach Graeme Hick, who last year was appointed the Australia men's team's batting coach, CA said.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has been named as an assistant to national coach Darren Lehmann for the triangular Twenty20 series against New Zealand and England next month.
Cricket Australia (CA) have appointed Nick Hockley as interim CEO to replace Kevin Roberts, who resigned this week after months of criticism over his leadership, but the board will conduct a global search for a permanent boss.
'If you can't be on the same field as him and watch him and learn from what he is doing, then you are in the wrong space.'
Indian origin spinner Arjun Nair has been named in Cricket Australia's 18-member National Performance Squad for the upcoming Quadrangular Winter 'A' Series, which will also feature India 'A', Australia 'A' and South Africa 'A', starting August 13.
Australia opener David Warner will assess his performance after failing yet again to improve his poor away record in the Test series against India, batting coach Graeme Hick said on Monday.
Handscomb was picked ahead of regular wicket-keeper Alex Carey in the first T20I against India at Visakhapatnam, giving a boost to his hopes of making Australia's World Cup squad.
David Warner gave the Australian camp a scare ahead of Thursdays' opening Ashes Test by hurting his neck during a fielding drill but the opening batsman is confident he will be fit to face England at the Gabba.
Legendary spinner Shane Warne has expressed his desire to coach the Australian cricket team in the three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka to be held in February next year. The coaching role has become available due to a clash in fixtures, which would see Australia play their final KFC T20 International match against Sri Lanka in Adelaide on February 21 and the first Test of the Qantas Tour of India in Pune the following day.
Former Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin and fast bowler Ryan Harris will join the team's coaching staff for the tour of New Zealand in January, the country's cricket board said on Tuesday.
The 44-year-old Ponting will work with Australia's batsmen for the May 30-July 14 tournament, with current batting coach Graeme Hick preparing the side for the Ashes tour in England, starting in August.
Ishant is on course to become only the second Indian fast bowler, after the great Kapil Dev, to complete 100 Tests for the country.
Despite losing four years of playing days due to World War II, Don Bradman still is head and shoulders above the rest. Haresh Pandya pays tribute to the incomparable Don Bradman.
Australia have appointed former England batsman Graeme Hick as high performance coach for their talent development programme, after employing the Zimbabwe-born 47-year-old as a consultant for the past four months.
'I cannot believe that D'Arcy Short has been left out of the side. I don't know what he's done wrong. He can bowl and his batting at the top is dynamic. He's in terrific form, and he and Finch make an awesome partnership at the top'
Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers for the England team from cricket World Cups.
Skipper Virat Kohli slammed his third double century of the year.
Riding on Joe Root's ton and Moeen Ali's half century (99 batting), England made most of the favourable conditions to finish Day 1 on 311/4. Here are the statistical highlights from Day 1 of the 1st Test in Rajkot on Wednesday.
All that's transpired on and off the cricket pitch on Saturday.
There seems to be no love lost between India and Australia players as visiting skipper Steve Smith, on Monday, appeared to have used cuss words against Murali Vijay after the home team opener claimed to have taken a catch that was deemed not clean.
'None of us has the right to tell Sreesanth what to do with his career and it is childish to expect him to hold the torch of our bogus cricket patriotism,' says Aakar Patel.
Check out the head to head record between the World Cup finalists.
Ponting shrugged off Australia's injury worries and the idea of there being risk in rushing Smith and Warner into the team.
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