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Usman Khawaja on verge of major international milestone
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Australia batter Usman Khawaja will have a personal milestone in sight when he walks out to bat in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday, with the experienced left-hander just 28 runs away from completing 8,000 international runs.
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"It's going to offer quite a bit": Steve Smith on MCG pitch ahead of Boxin
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Ahead of the fourth Ashes Test against England, Australia's stand-in captain has opened up about the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) surface, saying that the pitch will offer a lot to the fast bowlers.
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Ashes: Australia announce playing XII for Boxing Day Test, Steve Smith rep
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Cricket Australia (CA) has named its playing XI for the fourth Ashes Test of the five-match series against England. The fourth match of the series will be a Boxing Day Test, starting on December 26 at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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"He's an incredibly influential person in group": Stokes backs Duckett ami
Updated : 3 months ago IST
ECB is investigating for verification of a video appearing to show England opener Duckett drunk and struggling to find his way back to the team hotel during the team's break to Noosa following a thumping loss in the second Test at Brisbane.
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Ashes: England name playing XI for Boxing Day Test; Archer ruled out, Pope
Updated : 3 months ago IST
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced its playing XI for the fourth Ashes Test against Australia on Wednesday. The fourth match of the five-match series will be the Boxing Day Test at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, starting on December 26.
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Ashes: Cummins, Lyon miss out as Australia name squad for Boxing Day Test
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Skipper Pat Cummins and veteran spinner Nathan Lyon have been left out as Australia on Tuesday announced its 15-member squad for the Boxing Day Test against England in Melbourne starting from December 26.
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Ashes: Jhye Richardson eye return to Australia's squad for Boxing Day Test
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Right-arm speedster Jhye Richardson is eyeing a comeback in Australia's squad for the upcoming Boxing Day Test in Melbourne against England following a successful recovery from shoulder surgery, according to ESPNcricinfo.
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"Doubt I'll be playing Melbourne, will have a chat about Sydney": Cummins
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Cummins' comeback was a grand one, as not only did he take six crucial wickets, including the massive scalp of Joe Root on both the innings, he also brought in his next-level tactical brilliance to deny a fighting England of a successful run-chase of 435 runs to win the Ashes series 3-0 and
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Mitchell Marsh to play Sheffield Shield as Australian all-rounder eye Test
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh hasn't played a First-Class match since getting dropped after last year's Boxing Day Test match against India. The star cricketer last played a Shield match for Western Australia in October 2024.
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Mitchell Starc to take extra load in absence of Pat Cummins and Josh Hazle
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The 35-year-old Mitchell Starc has not missed a Test since he broke his finger on Boxing Day in 2022. The left-arm pacer took his 400th Test wicket in Australia's last Test match in July.
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"Can he cover drive?": Allan Border advices Konstas to ditch the "bloody r
Updated : 5 months ago IST
20-year-old Konstas was off to a fine start to his Test career during the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne last year, ramping and rattling the Indian pace superstar Jasprit Bumrah with the same ramp shots that have now caused him to lose his wickets on plenty of occasions way too early. While hi
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After recreating ramp shot scenes from MCG last year against India A, Aust
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Australia's young Test opener Sam Konstas, who was a part of the recent two unofficial Tests against India A, revealed the opposition's reaction when he tried to reverse ramp in the first over, recreating scenes from last year's Boxing Day Test at the MCG. Konstas, who has "learned a lot"
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