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Australian team has regained respect after ball-tampering scandal: Justin Langer
Cricket | Sep 02, 2020, 03:00 PM ISTLanger came in as coach after that scandal — with Australia, as he put it on Wednesday, “at crisis point” — and then had to pick up his demoralized and depleted team after a 5-0 whitewash at the hands of England in an ODI series soon after.
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'Banter' of English cricket crowd will be missed, says Australia captain Aaron Finch
Cricket | Aug 26, 2020, 07:12 PM ISTAustralia is following the West Indies, Ireland and Pakistan in travelling to England for international games, and Finch said he has been watching them all back home.
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Australia, Afghanistan likely to contest in one-off Test in December
Cricket | Aug 26, 2020, 03:20 PM ISTAccording to the Future Tours Programme (FTP) of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Australia were to host Afghanistan in November, immediately after the now postponed men's T20 World Cup.
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Ricky Ponting warns of ‘absolute disaster' if Cricket Australia picks Steve Smith as captain again
Cricket | Aug 23, 2020, 09:30 PM ISTTim Paine's run is likely to end with the next Ashes at home next year and Cricket Australia will look for a new captain.
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Aaron Finch-led Australian squad set to depart for limited-overs tour to England
Cricket | Aug 22, 2020, 03:38 PM ISTIt is the first Australian national sports team to travel overseas since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and the schedule of three one-day internationals and three Twenty20s will be played under strict bio-secure protocols.
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'Disappointed' to lose vice-captaincy but understand leadership shuffle, says Alex Carey
Cricket | Aug 22, 2020, 02:54 PM ISTAlex Carey shared the vice-captaincy of Australia with Pat Cummins in limited-overs, but the bowler was recently named the sole player in the role.
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It doesn't matter what the format is, I want to get better, says Labuschagne
Cricket | Aug 19, 2020, 03:53 PM ISTLabuschagne will join a squad of 21 for the three-match T20I series starting September 4 which will be followed by an ODI series after a long lay-off from international cricket due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID break has freshened up Aaron Finch, wants to continue till 2023 World Cup
Cricket | Aug 19, 2020, 11:12 AM ISTFinch said he is targetting to end his career on a high with a World Cup final appearance in 2023.
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Aussies ready for dog days of cricket in bio-secure bubble
Cricket | Aug 18, 2020, 06:23 PM ISTPreparing for Australia’s cricket tour to England next month has been a different experience for the opening batter who will lead a squad of 21 for a series of three Twenty20 games and three one-day internationals next month.
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Winning Ashes in England and Test series in India are two big mountains to climb: Steve Smith
Cricket | Aug 05, 2020, 04:52 PM ISTThe 31-year-old had scored three centuries during the four-Test series in India in 2017 but Australia still ended up losing 1-2 and a Test win against Virat Kohli and his men ranks high in his list.
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COVID-19: T20I series between Australia, West Indies postponed
Cricket | Aug 04, 2020, 10:29 AM ISTAustralia were scheduled to host West Indies in a three-match T20I series in October.
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David Warner may reconsider future as COVID-19 restrictions would mean long stints away from family
Cricket | Jul 28, 2020, 01:06 PM ISTWarner, who made a successful return to international cricket after serving a one-year ban for ball-tampering, has three daughters with wife Candice.
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Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry, rugby player Matt Toomua decide to split after 4-year marriage
Cricket | Jul 26, 2020, 04:06 PM ISTPerry and Toomua got engaged in August 2014 and tied the knot in December 2015.
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It hurt to not be in Australia's 26-man preliminary squad: Peter Handscomb
Cricket | Jul 21, 2020, 06:50 PM ISTAll-rounder Glenn Maxwell, who hasn't played for Australia since last October, made the cut to the list, while Handscomb, Shaun Marsh and Nathan Coulter-Nile were ignored.
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Definitely back myself in red-ball cricket as well: D'Arcy Short
Cricket | Jul 19, 2020, 03:46 PM ISTShort turned down an offer to move to Tasmania, and instead decided that a first full pre-season at Western Australia would give him the best chance to prove himself as a red-ball player in his adopted home state.
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Cricket Australia to appoint 'mental health and wellbeing' expert
Cricket | Jul 14, 2020, 06:38 PM ISTLast week, CA put out an advertisement for the new position of a 'Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead', who will report to the board's head of sports science and medicine Alex Kountouris.
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Dropping Shane Warne on 1999 WI tour was 'right decision', says Steve Waugh
Cricket | Jul 05, 2020, 12:35 PM ISTWaugh admitted that dropping Warne would never be a popular decision and his credentials as captain would have been questioned had Australia lost the series.
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Not sure where our next game is going to be: Finch after postponement of Zimbabwe ODI series
Cricket | Jun 30, 2020, 06:12 PM ISTCricket Australia on Tuesday announced that the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe, scheduled to be played Down Under in August, has been postponed due to ongoing crisis.
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First hit in the nets in 3 months: Smith resumes training after break due to coronavirus pandemic
Cricket | Jun 29, 2020, 04:26 PM ISTSmith has been a vital cog in Australia's wheel especially in red-ball cricket where he is the No.1 batsman in the world at the moment.
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Aaron Finch keeping himself busy with planning for 2023 World Cup in India
Cricket | Jun 26, 2020, 02:12 PM ISTAustralia are the most successful ODI team with five world titles to their credit with the last one coming at home in 2015. In 2019, they lost to England in the semifinals.