[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Former Australia wicket-keeper Ian Healy doesn’t agree with prolific run-getter Usman Khawaja’s opinion that practice matches are not required ahead of the four-Test Border-Gavaskar series in India beginning February 9.Australia will not be playing a single practice game in India before the opening Test in Nagpur, and Khawaja, …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Injured Australian pace bowler Mitchell Starc has indicated he will most certainly miss the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar series against India at Nagpur from February 9, saying he should be available from the second Test onwards.Starc suffered an injury on the opening day of the Boxing day …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australian opener Usman Khawaja has revealed that David Warner himself was surprised on being declared the ‘Player of the Series’ ahead of Travis Head and skipper Pat Cummins following the 2-0 Test win against South Africa at home.Australia defeated the Proteas in the three-match series with the final …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Australia skipper Pat Cummins wants everything at his “disposal” for the “big” series in India next month and besides frontline spinner Nathan Lyon, he feels Ashton Agar and Travis Head too will be vital to the team’s bowling plans.Australia, who completed a 2-0 Test series win over South …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: Skipper Pat Cummins said he is confident Ashton Agar will tour India next month despite the left-arm spinner’s wicketless performance in Sunday’s drawn third Sydney Test against South Africa.Agar was chosen as the second spinner to premier tweaker Nathan Lyon for the Sydney Test with a view to …
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[ad_1] DUBAI: India opener Ishan Kishan jumped 10 places to 23rd position while Deepak Hooda re-entered the top-100 in the latest ICC rankings for T20I batters issued on Thursday.Both moved upwards in the chart after their impressive performances in the first T20 International against Sri Lanka in Mumbai on Tuesday, …
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[ad_1] SYDNEY: With the high-profile tour of India fast approaching, former Australia skipper Mark Taylor wants the Pat Cummins-led side to explore the option of playing with five bowlers in the third and final Test against South Africa beginning here on Wednesday.The tour of India, comprising four Tests for the …
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[ad_1] Australia captain Pat Cummins lavished praise on Mitchell Starc as the rangy left-arm paceman joined the 300 wickets club in style on Sunday during the first Test win over South Africa. Starc brought up the milestone by bowling Rassie van der Dussen for a duck with a trademark in-swinging …
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[ad_1] ADELAIDE (Australia): Steve Smith will captain Australia in the second Test against the West Indies after skipper Pat Cummins was ruled out due to injury on Wednesday, with Scott Boland replacing him. The pace spearhead has been nursing a mild thigh problem and did not bowl on the last …
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[ad_1] MELBOURNE: Leg spinner Mitchell Swepson is hopeful that his experience of bowling in the sub-continental conditions will be taken into account when Australian selectors pick the team for the India tour. The 29-year-old, who had first visited India as a member of the Australian squad in 2017, took eight …
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