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Australia suffer massive blow as Steve Smith misses out on 3rd Ashes Test
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Australia have suffered a massive blow just before the third Ashes Test against England with news that star batter Steve Smith will miss the match due to illness.
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Spin legend Nathan Lyon needs just two more scalps to become 2nd-highest w
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Having worked as a ground staff member at the iconic Adelaide Oval, Lyon will aim to continue his rise among the game's all-time greats as his side looks to win the third Test and retain the Ashes urn once and for all.
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Australia announce playing XI for 3rd Ashes Test, Usman Khawaja misses out
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Captain Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon return to the Australian Test XI side as pacers Brendan Doggett and Michael Neser drop out, with the Aussies aiming to seal the Ashes series in Adelaide. The hosts have confirmed their playing XI for the third Ashes Test against England, as per the ICC web
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"No one's got a given right to be selected you've got to work for selectio
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
This comes after Australia made a bold decision to leave out Lyon and go with an all-out pace attack for the second Ashes Test in Brisbane against England. Lyon is expected to return for the third Ashes Test in Adelaide on Wednesday. Australia is currently leading the series (2- 0).
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"If there's any wicket in the country that suits them more than this": Pai
Updated : 3 months ago IST
England's aggressive "Bazball" method has faltered under Australian conditions, with the visitors' approach falling flat against an Australian lineup that was missing multiple key players like Pat Cummins, who makes a return in the third Test, Josh Hazlewood, who's ruled out of the series an
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"I'm not a selector, but...": Australia batter provides selection update f
Updated : 3 months ago IST
"I'm not a selector, but what I will say is the same way they (selectors) looked at this game, they looked at the game objectively and said what was the best way for us to win this game with all the information we have on pink-ball cricket," Labuschagne noted.
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Akram "still the pinnacle": Aussie star Starc after surpassing left-arm pa
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Starc delivered another age-defying performance, his sixth five-wicket haul in pink-ball Tests, the most by any bowler and taking his tally of pink-ball Test wickets to 87, the highest by any bowler in history, with teammates Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins (43 each) as his distant rivals, havin
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"I found out...": Nathan Lyon opens up about his omission from Brisbane Te
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Veteran Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon has opened up about his omission from the second Test of the five-match Ashes series against England in Brisbane on Thursday. Lyon also revealed whether he had spoken with Australian management.
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Ashes: George Bailey opens up on Pat Cummins close call, reveals Nathan Ly
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
George Bailey, who is the current Chair of the National Selection Panel for the Australian men's cricket team, has opened up on Nathan Lyon's exclusion from the Brisbane Test and also revealed how close Australia's captain Pat Cummins was to playing in the second Ashes Test of the five-match
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Australia drops Nathan Lyon, opts for all-pace attack in 2nd Ashes Test vs
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Australia have left out spinner Nathan Lyon in favour of an all-out pace attack for the second Ashes Test against England in Brisbane on Thursday.
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Cummins could make surprise comeback as Australia delay final XI for Gabba
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Pat Cummins is in contention for a sensational return to Australia's playing XI for the second Test against England at the Gabba, with selectors set to take a final call on Wednesday afternoon following a further inspection at the pitch
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"Wouldn't play Lyon....": Tom Moody names all-rounder as replacement for p
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The pink-ball Test has historically favoured the pacers. During the first Ashes Test at Perth, Lyon bowled just two overs for 10 runs and went wicketless while Mitchell Starc, Brendan Doggett and Scott Boland wreaked havoc on England on what was a bouncy, extremely fast surface at the Optus
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