Former captains, including Ian Chappell and Michael Clarke, have called for the inclusion of young opener Will Pucovski in Australia's team for the upcoming four-Test series against India.
Just to clear the air, the first ball of the game, each game, should just be a bouncer, reckons Merv Hughes.
'I've had enough of umpire's call. Let's just ban umpire's call.'
The 617-run victory target set by India for New Zealand to win the third Test is the highest fourth innings target they have ever set against any side in Test cricket.
A 25-year-old Indian-American engineering student has been sentenced to life in prison by a US court for fatally stabbing his friend after allegedly finding him cheating with his girlfriend.
The Perth triumph is the first under Anil Kumble's captaincy in three Tests away from home all against Australia.
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.
Rahul Dravid scaled another lofty peak in his illustrious career when he created the world record for the most number of Test catches by a fielder in Wellington on Monday.
Former Australian star Mark Waugh feels that Rahul Dravid is not a natural slip catcher but has a great concentration which has taken him on the brink of becoming the player with most catches in Test cricket.
Cricket Australia (CA) named Trevor Hohns as the full-time chairman of its National Selection Panel on Friday, effecting a structural change to improve the rankings of the underperforming Twenty20 side.
Matthew Hayden completed 8,000 runs in 92 Tests -- 8003 runs at an average of 53.00. He is the fifth Australian player and the 18th in Test annals to have amassed 8000 or more runs.
Shobhan Mehta, who is in Gujarat police's custody, told interrogators that Australia's Mark Waugh and former South Africa skipper Hansie Cronje, who died in 2001 in a plane crash, also gave tips to bookies.
Mark Waugh was fined by the then Australian Cricket Board for supplying weather and pitch information to an Indian bookmaker
Warner has been in excellent touch as he scored lot of runs at the top of the order for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL
With 11,406 runs in 238 innings Virat Kohli is the second highest run-getter for India in ODI
The curtain finally came down on the glittering careers of cricket's most famous twins, Steve and Mark Waugh, when they played their final first-class match.
Rajneesh Gupta picks fun sledging through the decades.
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram backed continuation of Sourav Ganguly as the skipper.
He was place behind Don Bradman and Viv Richards in the Test and ODI format.
The second Test pitch led to some sort of criticism from former players like Michael Vaughan and Mark Waugh and the duo termed the pitch as "substandard".
Australian coach Justin Langer says if his players were to celebrate wickets like Indian captain Virat Kohli does, they would now be seen as 'the worst blokes in the world'.
Former Australia Test batsman Mark Waugh smashed a quick 42 in a four-wicket victory.
Statistician Rajneesh Gupta has interesting numbers from the first ODI between India and Australia the match. Check them out.
Australia's former national selector Mark Waugh also picked the Kane Williamson-led New Zealand for their ability to perform well in all departments.
India's reluctance to play a day-night Test on their next tour of Australia has surprised spinner Harbhajan Singh, who remains convinced that Virat Kohli's team are skilled enough to conquer the challenges of pink-ball cricket.
'Till the time Indian players say that they are ready to play day-night matches there will be no day-night matches that India will play'
Australia's pace spearhead Mitchell Starc has been under fire for his lacklustre form during the home summer.
The MCC's World Cricket Committee which includes greats like Shane Warne, Kumar Sangakkara, Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting, recently discussed the controversial umpire's call aspect of the Decision Review System.
Cricketing superpowers clash in an ODI series Sunday onwards. Rajeesh Gupta gives us all the numbers on India-Australia one day encounters.
'I feel sorry for the spectators who have travelled and paid hefty prices having to watch this lottery on a very substandard pitch. It's a disgrace.'
Keeping the soul of the Lodha reforms in mind -- one person one post -- former Supreme Court judge Jain last month ruled that ex-India batsman Laxman and former captain Ganguly will have to choose one of the multiples roles they are performing at the moment including their commentary stints during the ongoing World Cup.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India, in a statement on Thursday, mourned the death of Australia cricketer Phil Hughes.
Finch and Khawaja put on 209, a record opening stand for Australia while chasing in ODIs, bettering Mark Waugh and Adam Gilchrist's 206 against West Indies in 2001.
Australia coach Darren Lehmann will have a 'private chat' with Usman Khawaja after the top order batsman publicly criticised selectors for dropping him during the Sri Lanka tour. Khawaja and opener Joe Burns were omitted for the third and final test in Colombo, which Australia lost to slump to a 3-0 series whitewash. Although both the Queenslanders struggled for runs, Khawaja told local media over the weekend he felt they were unfairly singled out.
Former Australian batsman and team selector Mark Waugh has lauded talented batsman Steven Smith, claiming that he is the stand out player along with South African ace batsman AB de Villiers, but insisting that he has a unique style of his own.
Our selection was wrong, says Aussie spin great Shane Warne.
