Australia's Short gunning for Warner's vacant slot
Matt Short has thrown down the gauntlet in the race to fill David Warner's opening batting slot in Australia's white-ball sides following Jake Fraser-McGurk's disappointing series against Scotland.
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Australia coach says top six likely to remain the same for India series
SYDNEY : Australia coach Andrew McDonald thinks the top six batsmen who finished the last test season are likely to start the much-anticipated five-match series against India later this year, but not necessarily in the same order.
Sikander Raza Among Top Picks At Player Draft For Zim Afro T10 Season 2
Ahead of the second season of Zim Afro T10, the six franchises picked very strong but balanced squads at the Player Draft. The second season of the Zim Afro T10 is scheduled to commence on September 21 and will conclude with the grand finale on September 29, in Harare. Among the big names waiting to entertain the crowds at the Harare Sports Club are the likes of David Warner, Sikander Raza, Colin Munro, Dawid Malan, Carlos Brathwaite and Chris Lynn.
Musheer Khan Matches Rohit Sharma, David Warner In Marathon Duleep Trophy Knock
Undoubtedly the highlight of the first round of Duleep Trophy 2024 games has been the incredible 181 scored by Sarfaraz Khan's brother Musheer Khan for India B. With his side at 94/7, 19-year-old Musheer put up an incredible 205 run partnership with tailender Navdeep Saini, ultimately guiding India B to a healthy total of 321. Musheer dominated bowlers who have India experience, as the likes of Khaleel Ahmed, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan and Kuldeep Yadav were toyed around with. Kuldeep, in particular, bore the brunt of Musheer's might, who hit him for a six that hit the roof.
Sunil Gavaskar's Bold Prediction For India vs Australia Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar has predicted a 3-1 win for India over Australia in this year's highly-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy. India have won the last two editions of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy held in Australia in 2018/19 and 2020/21 respectively. The 2024/25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy will see India and Australia squaring off in the all-important five-match series at Perth, Adelaide (pink-ball game), Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney, respectively.
Watch: Australian Players Spill It All In Lie Detector Test; Glenn Maxwell's Secrets Out
Australian cricketers Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Pat Cummins, Usman Khawaja and Josh Hazlewood went through a funny lie detector test. During the test, all the cricketers were asked some funny questions and a blue light on the buzzer would go up if the answer is correct. However, a wrong answer would see the a red light go up on the buzzer with the respective player getting a bit of electric shock. The players were asked several questions related to their personal lives, and during that they also spilled beans about several incidents related to another star Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell.
Former Brazil winger Costa lands at Sydney FC
MELBOURNE : Former Brazil winger Douglas Costa will hope to revive his flagging career in Australia after signing a two-year deal with Sydney FC.
"We Need To Tick Off": Australia Pacer Josh Hazlewood On Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Australia fast-bowler Josh Hazlewood has conceded the hosts' are itching to clinch a Border-Gavaskar Trophy series win at home as that's the only one box which is left to be ticked off by them. After beating India 2-0 in the 2014/15 series, Australia have endured a drought of winning the prestigious trophy at home. In the absence of Steve Smith and David Warner due to ball-tampering bans, Australia lost to India in the 2018/19 series, followed by sensationally losing the 2020/21 series 2-1, despite bowling the visitors out for 36 in the second innings at Adelaide.