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Need to look long-term with bio-bubble life: Australia spinner Agar

Spinner Ashton Agar, who is part of Australia's 23-member preliminary squad for tour of the West Indies, said he is not surprised at news of players likely to pull out

CA confirms delayed start to domestic cricket, season to commence on Sep 22

Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed a delayed start to the 2021-22 domestic cricket schedule, with dates of opening fixtures for South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania announced

West Indies tour: Aussies forced into lockdown due to tropical storm

The Australian cricket team is in a lockdown of a different kind on their white-ball tour of the West Indies

Injured Smith, six others pull out of Australia's tour of Windies

Seven Australian cricket stars, including Pat Cummins, Steve Smith and David Warner, pulled out of their national team's limited-overs tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh

Six players added to Australia's preliminary squad for WI, Bangladesh tours

Concerned that top players might opt out of the limited-overs tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh due to 'bubble fatigue', Cricket Australia has added six more cricketers to its preliminary squad

KKR's Pat Cummins set to skip remainder of IPL 2021 in UAE: Report

Kolkata Knight Riders pacer Pat Cummins is set to miss the UAE-leg of the IPL and Cricket Australia needs to make a call if it is prudent to let other Australian players compete in the League

Australian players want coach Justin Langer to change his ways: Report

Justin Langer, who is in his last year of contract as coach of the Australia team, faces pressure to change his ways according to an end-of-season review of players and support staff

Langer under pressure to change coaching stye after end of season review

Australia head coach Justin Langer must change his coaching style if wants to continue in his role, an end-of-season review of cricket Down Under has warned

On Indian pitches pacers think of containing, not wickets: Cummins

Fast bowlers' role on Indian pitches is often about containing runs and not picking wickets, Australia pace bowler Pat Cummins has said

T20 WC should be held elsewhere, teams nervous about going to India: Hussey

Former Australia batsman Mike Hussey, who tested positive for Covid-19 in IPL's bio-bubble, has advocated moving this year's T20 World Cup from India to the UAE

We didn't tamper with ball, end rumour-mongering: Australian bowlers

Australia bowlers Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Josh Hazlewood said they were not aware of ball being tampered during the infamous third Test against South Africa in Cape Town in 2018.

BCCI paying for Australian IPL players' quarantine stay, says CA chief

Cricket Australia's (CA) interim Chief Executive Nick Hockley has confirmed that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is funding the Australian IPL cricketers' quarantine stay in Sydney.

Bancroft backtracks, says no new information to offer on ball-tampering row

Cameron Bancroft has informed Cricket Australia that he has no new information to give on the 2018 ball-tampering scandal after CA's offer to reinvestigate the matter

We are grateful to BCCI: CA's Hockley on Australian players' return

Cricket Australia's interim chief executive Hockley said he was 'grateful' to the BCCI for ensuring a 'safe and quick' return of Australia's IPL contingent from India following a stopover in Maldives

No surprises in Bancroft's revelations on ball-tampering scandal: Clarke

Michael Clarke won't be surprised if it comes to light that more players were aware of the ball-tampering plot in 2018 and accused Cricket Australia of sweeping the issue under the carpet

Aussies told to do homework before signing for overseas T20 leagues

Australian Cricketers' Association has asked its players to do homework and weigh the risks of travelling to overseas T20 leagues after the Aussie cricketers were stranded in India

BCCI to help arrange charter flights for IPL's Australian players: CA

Cricket Australia's interim CEO said that the BCCI is working to arrange a charter flight for IPL's Australian recruits, who are likely to stay in Maldives or Sri Lanka before heading back home

Former Aussie spinner Stuart MacGill was kidnapped, then released: Police

Former Australia leg-spinner Stuart MacGill was allegedly kidnapped from his home in Sydney and then released after an hour-long ordeal last month, says New South Wales police

Covid-19: Cricket Australia donates $50,000 to help India fight pandemic

Australian Cricket will be throwing its support behind the India Covid-19 Crisis Appeal, with Cricket Australia, the Australian Cricketers' Association and UNICEF Australia partnering to raise funds

Missing out on IPL a blessing in disguise, says Australia's Labuschagne

Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne has admitted that being overlooked at the IPL auction turned out to be a "blessing in disguise"