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Australia Include Jimmy Peirson As Cover For Back-up Keeper Josh Inglis

Australia have selected wicketkeeper Jimmy Peirson as cover for back-up gloveman Josh Inglis, who will return home after the opening Ashes Test for the birth of his first child. Alex Carey is Australia's first-choice keeper for the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India and the five Ashes Tests and Inglis has been selected as his back-up. But Inglis will return to Perth after the first Ashes Test starting on June 16 and his place will be taken up before the second Test at Lord's by 30-year-old Queensland gloveman Peirson, who has 65 first-class games to his credit, according to cricket.com.au on Friday.

Cricket: Australia call up reserve wicketkeeper Peirson for Ashes

MELBOURNE : Queensland wicketkeeper Jimmy Peirson will join the Australia squad in the leadup to the second Ashes test at Lord's in place of Josh Inglis who will return home for the birth of his first child, the team said on Friday.

David Warner named in Australia's Ashes squad as Mitchell Marsh recalled

Under-pressure David Warner was spared the axe and included in Australia's squad for the first two Ashes Tests and the World Test Championship final, while all-rounder Mitchell Marsh earned a recall on Wednesday.

Out-of-form Warner makes Australia's Ashes squad

Under-pressure David Warner was on Wednesday spared the axe and included in Australia's squad for the first two Ashes Tests and the World Test Championship final, while all-rounder Mitchell Marsh earned a recall.

David Warner Returns As Australia Name Squad For WTC Final, First Two Ashes Tests

Under-pressure David Warner was Wednesday spared the axe and included in Australia's squad for the first two Ashes Tests and the World Test Championship final, while all-rounder Mitchell Marsh earned a recall. Veteran opener Warner is fighting to save his career after a lean run with the bat that had some questioning whether his time was over. But the 36-year-old will head to England as part of a 17-man squad that also includes Josh Inglis as cover for wicketkeeper Alex Carey, and Marcus Harris and Matthew Renshaw as back-up batters.

Zampa bowls Australia to ODI series victory over India

CHENNAI, India: Leg-spinner Adam Zampa took four wickets as Australia beat India by 21 runs to clinch the three-match one-day international series 2-1 on Wednesday.

Watch: Kuldeep Yadav Stuns Alex Carey With Amazing Delivery. Steve Smith's Reaction Is Gold

The past few years have been tough for Kuldeep Yadav as the spinner has been in and out of the Indian cricket team. However, it left everyone stunned by a beauty of a delivery to dismiss Alex Carey during the third ODI encounter between India and Australia in Chennai on Wednesday. With the pitch providing assistance to spinners, Kuldeep pitched the ball on the leg stump and turned sharply to crash into Carey's off stump. The batsman was left completely bamboozled by the movement of the ball and even Australia skipper Steve Smith had to watch the replay to believe it.

Twitter Fumes As Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul And Others Succumb To Mitchell Starc's Might In 2nd ODI

Just like the first ODI in Mumbai, Mitchell Starc was once again all over India's top-order in the second ODI at the KS Raja Reddy Stadium in Visakhapatnam. Starc, who took three wickets in the first ODI, dismissed Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and KL Rahul all inside the powerplay to leave India five down. As Rohit and co. succumbed to Starc's onslaught in Visakhapatnam, fans of the Indian cricket team trolled the players for their inability to tackle the new ball.

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Australia Include Jimmy Peirson As Cover For Back-up Keeper Josh Inglis

Cricket: Australia call up reserve wicketkeeper Peirson for Ashes

David Warner named in Australia's Ashes squad as Mitchell Marsh recalled

Out-of-form Warner makes Australia's Ashes squad

David Warner Returns As Australia Name Squad For WTC Final, First Two Ashes Tests

Zampa bowls Australia to ODI series victory over India

Watch: Kuldeep Yadav Stuns Alex Carey With Amazing Delivery. Steve Smith's Reaction Is Gold

Twitter Fumes As Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul And Others Succumb To Mitchell Starc's Might In 2nd ODI