Most Australian players would like some days of rest before the second Ashes Test but that may not be the case with two of the side's most consistent batters. Australia won the first Ashes Test without much contribution from this prolific pair as they could score only 35 runs among them.
Former Australian pacer Peter Allan passed away at the age of 87 on Thursday. He featured in a single Test match for Australia and he is one out of three players to have taken 10 wickets in a Sheffield Shield innings.
Australia Women's team skipper Alyssa Healy won the toss and opted to bat in the one-off Test match of the Women's Ashes 2023 series at the Trent Bridge on Thursday.
"The whole world praises PM Modi but Congress calls him a snake, illiterate, chaiwala. Today there is an economic slowdown in America, Europe, and Australia but India's economy is standing strong," BJP national president said in Jharkhand.
England head coach Brendon McCullum feels the first Ashes Test "validated" his team's aggressive strategy and expects his side to "go a little harder" in the second Test at Lord's next week.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting hit out at Ollie Robinson after his name was drawn into an Ashes sledging argument that ignited in the first Test at Edgbaston and offered some words of advice to the England pacer.
The Knight-led side will feature in the only Test to be played from June 22 to 26 at Nottingham. This will be the first five-day Test for England women on English soil.
In the UEFA EURO Qualifiers match on Wednesday, Austria defeated Sweden 2-0 at the Ernst Happel Stadium. After the win, Austria's manager Ralf Rangnick said, We could have decided the game earlier, as per the official website of UEFA.