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There's an old story from Joe Schmidt’s first stint in Irish rugby, as a player-coach with a Midlands League club in the early 1990s, that hinted that he was always going to change the game in this country.
It's the 11th game for Ireland in 2024, and the final match with Andy Farrell as head coach before he takes his British and Irish Lions sabbatical.
India batter Jemimah Rodrigues retired hurt due to a possible left wrist injury after guiding Brisbane Heat to victory over Sydney Thunder in a Women's Big Bash League match in Brisbane on Friday. The injury raises concerns about her availability for the three-match ODI series against Australia starting December 5. Brisbane Heat thrashed Sydney Thunder by nine wickets at the Allan Border Field to set up a title clash against Melboune Renegades on Sunday at the MCG. Rodrigues made 43 off 30 balls before retiring hurt after the 10th over of Heat's run chase of 134. She was dropped three times by Sydney Thunder fielders.
There are teams where it becomes tough for seniors to accept their exclusion from the playing XI at the expense of a junior player but if there are elder statesmen like Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, it is not a hard ask, feels India's assistant coach Abhishek Nayar. Both Jadeja and Ashwin, who have a cumulative wickets tally of 855, were dropped from the playing XI in the opening Test against Australia at Perth, with Washington Sundar, on the basis of current form and batting ability on bouncy tracks, getting the nod.
Ireland conclude their autumn campaign on Saturday by taking on Joe Schmidt’s Australia in Dublin.
Joe Schmidt isn't the only overlap between this Wallabies team and Ireland.
Key top-order performer and former No.1 ranked Test batter Marnus Labuschagne has come under scrutiny following his poor show in the first Test against India. Labuschagne, who has been a critical player for Australia, has seen his Test average dip significantly since his twin half-centuries against Pakistan in January. In the recent Perth Test, he managed scores of just two and three in his two innings. Ricky Ponting, speaking on the latest episode of The ICC Review, highlighted Labuschagne's struggles and the need for him to rebound.
Ahead of his side's pink-ball warm-up fixture against Australia's Prime Minister's XI, India's assistant coach Abhishek Nayar said that batter Shubman Gill is batting comfortably in the nets and an evaluation would be made by physios if he is fit enough to feature in the two-day warm-up match and the pink-ball Adelaide Test from December 6 onwards. In a positive development for India, Gill, who missed the first Test due to a thumb injury, was seen batting in nets at Canberra. In the nets, Gill was seen refining his solid defence.