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"Not going to change any time soon": Curator on Perth pitch ahead of Ashes
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Having opened in 2018, Optus Stadium in Perth has missed two international cricket seasons due to Covid, and the stadium is a relatively new Test venue with no consistent trend established yet.
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Ricky Ponting selects his Australia XI for Ashes opener in Perth
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Former Aussie captain Ricky Ponting has revealed his preferred Australian line-up for the first Ashes Test against England, scheduled to be played in Perth on Friday.
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Adam Voges to step down as WA coach after 2025-26; emerges as future Austr
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Adam Voges, considered a strong contender to coach Australia once Andrew McDonald's tenure ends, will step down as Western Australia's (WA) head coach after the 2025-26 season as he looks to explore opportunities in franchise cricket, as per ESPNcricinfo.
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"Fingers crossed he keeps pulling up well": Alex Carey on Pat Cummins ahea
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pat Cummins bowled a full net bowling session in Perth on Monday alongside his teammate ahead of the Ashes opener against England.
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Light green tinge, even grass cover on Perth wicket ahead of 1st Test
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
A day after reaching Perth, Smith and wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey were spotted carrying out a pitch inspection that troubled the hosts last year, when India secured a 295-run win at the same venue in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, with the pace superstar Jasprit Bumrah taki
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"Pretty cool experience": Weatherald on meeting Smith, Cummins
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Jake Weatherald enjoyed his first training hit in Aussie colours ahead of the first Ashes Test against England, scheduled to begin on Friday at Optus Stadium in Perth.
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From Pietersen's blizzard to Stokes' early signs of greatness: Top individ
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
2010/11 Ashes was the last time when England secured a series win in Australia, rattling the Aussies 3-1 and battering them with three 'by innings' losses which put several question marks over the once invincible Aussie line-up. As an ageing, injury-battling Australia without their frontline
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Doggett starts bowling ahead of Ashes opener, signals debut in Perth Test
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Brendan Doggett has begun bowling at full intensity ahead of the first Ashes Test in Perth and is now a strong chance to make his debut. With Josh Hazlewood and captain Pat Cummins ruled out, and several other quicks unavailable, Doggett is in line for a debut.
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Steve Smith, Alex Carey take first look at Perth pitch ahead of Ashes open
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Australia's Test players have inspected the Optus Stadium pitch for the first time ahead of the first Ashes Test against England, scheduled to begin on Friday in Perth.
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Ashes: Strauss warns England captain Stokes of Australia's attempt to get
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Former batting stalwart Andrew Strauss was effusive about Ben Stokes and warned the England skipper to be wary of Australia's attempts to get under his skin in the upcoming Ashes, scheduled to commence on Friday at Perth's Optus Stadium.
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"I hope so": Ollie Pope on ending England selection debate
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Pope slammed a 100 and 90 in the first and second innings, respectively, in the sole warm-up game ahead of the first Ashes Test against Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth.
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"He has got a good motor....": Gillespie backs Doggett for Test debut at P
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
In a massive setback for Australia, after injuries to skipper Pat Cummins and Sean Abbott, another mainstay of the Aussie pace attack, Hazlewood, has been ruled out of the first Test at Perth due to a hamstring injury which first surfaced during the Sheffield Shield return for New South W
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