Adelaide [Australia], December 16 (ANI): Australia batsman Steve Smith on Wednesday returned to the nets after leaving the training session early on Tuesday due to back soreness.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 15 (ANI): Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has been fined 25 per cent of his match fees for breach of the BCB Code of Conduct during the Bangabandhu T20 Cup 2020 Eliminator.
Adelaide [Australia], December 15 (ANI): Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has once again shown faith in batsman Joe Burns and wants him to open in the first Test for Australia which gets underway on Thursday.
Adelaide [Australia], December 15 (ANI): Opening batsman Joe Burns has been woefully out of form for the last three weeks but former Australia coach Darren Lehmann feels runs will come for the right-handed batsman if selectors back him for the first Test.
Adelaide [Australia], December 15 (ANI): India's Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane on Tuesday said that batting in the twilight period in pink-ball Tests is really challenging and once batsmen see off that period, things tend to get reasonably easier.
Adelaide [Australia], December 15 (ANI): Australia batsman Steve Smith on Tuesday left the training session early at the Adelaide Oval, sending alarm bells ringing ahead of the first Test against India.
Hambantota [Sri Lanka], December 14 (ANI): Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews has called for an Indian Premier League (IPL) style play-off structure after his side Colombo Kings, who were the table toppers, bowed out of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) in the semi-final.
Sydney [Australia], December 14 (ANI): India batsman Shubman Gill has said that the Virat Kohli-led side has the ability to dish out quality bouncers and now the trend has changed of India being on the receiving end of 'chin music'.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 14 (ANI): Ahead of the much-anticipated Test series against Australia, former India batsman Sunil Gavaskar feels that there will no pressure on vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane in the absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli in the longest format.
Sydney [Australia], December 14 (ANI): Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant has said that it was important for India to get a practice game with the pink ball ahead of the first Test against Australia, beginning on December 17.
Adelaide [Australia], December 14 (ANI): Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey will face Hobart Hurricanes in Adelaide Strikers' return fixture in Launceston on Tuesday.
Sydney [Australia], December 13 (ANI): India batsman Hanuma Vihari said both Wriddhiman Saha and Rishabh Pant are in good form and it will be a tough call for the team management to make as to who will be the wicketkeeper in the first Test against Australia.