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India offer up short-ball blueprint for Travis Head

India offer up short-ball blueprint for Travis Head

Travis Head has scored 163 in the World Test Championship final, but India believe they have found a weakness in the in-form Australian's batting.

Sri Lankan cricketer to face trial for sexual assault

Sri Lankan cricketer to face trial for sexual assault

Sri Lankan cricketer to face trial for sexual assault

Sri Lankan cricketer to face trial for sexual assault

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka will go to trial to contest a charge that he sexually assaulted a 29-year-old woman in Sydney.

Head, Smith shine as Australia control World Test final

Head, Smith shine as Australia control World Test final

Head, Smith shine as Australia control World Test final

Head, Smith shine as Australia control World Test final

Travis Head has hit a sparkling unbeaten century and Steve Smith 95no to lead Australia to 3-327 on day one of the World Test Championship final against India.

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Head marks unique Oval occasion with fitting dazzle

Head marks unique Oval occasion with fitting dazzle

Travis Head has marked a unique occasion at the World Test Championship final in fitting fashion with a counter-attacking, match-changing hundred.

Moeen Ali answers England's SOS for the Ashes

Moeen Ali answers England's SOS for the Ashes

England have called Moeen Ali into their Ashes squad as a replacement for Jack Leach, almost two years after the offspinner retired from Test cricket.

Cummins wants to prove Test Championship final belongs

Cummins wants to prove Test Championship final belongs

The World Test Championship is locked in for another four years, and Pat Cummins wants Australia's final with India at The Oval to prove the tournament belongs.

Australia's women looking to leg it for Ashes clash

Australia's women looking to leg it for Ashes clash

Australia leggie Georgia Wareham has forgone mystery balls to focus on imparting more spin as she dreams of partnering Alana King against England in the Ashes.

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Australia's finals record gives them Test upper hand

Australia's finals record gives them Test upper hand

Australia's finals record gives them Test upper hand

Australia's finals record gives them Test upper hand

Australia's record in big games at global events towers over India's, a point Pat Cummins hopes helps his side in the World Test Championship final.

History beckons for Australia as world waits for Ashes

History beckons for Australia as world waits for Ashes

History beckons for Australia as world waits for Ashes

History beckons for Australia as world waits for Ashes

Australia's senior players can become the first to complete cricket's triple crown in the World Test Championship final, but Ashes talk remains hard to avoid.

Steve Smith reluctant to weigh in on retirement talk

Steve Smith reluctant to weigh in on retirement talk

Steve Smith reluctant to weigh in on retirement talk

Steve Smith reluctant to weigh in on retirement talk

Australia batter Steve Smith says he won't be putting a timeline on his own Test career despite veteran opener David Warner's decision on his future.

Ex-Cricket Australia executive asks to be spared prison

Ex-Cricket Australia executive asks to be spared prison

Ex-Cricket Australia executive asks to be spared prison

Ex-Cricket Australia executive asks to be spared prison

The former head of communications for Cricket Australia was found guilty of sexually touching two men without their consent.

Hazlewood plays down concerns over Ashes campaign

Hazlewood plays down concerns over Ashes campaign

Hazlewood plays down concerns over Ashes campaign

Hazlewood plays down concerns over Ashes campaign

Josh Hazlewood has been limited to four Tests in two years but he is adamant his fitness has not been a significant issue.

Blow for England as injured Leach ruled out of Ashes

Blow for England as injured Leach ruled out of Ashes

Blow for England as injured Leach ruled out of Ashes

Blow for England as injured Leach ruled out of Ashes

Jack Leach, an English Ashes hero in 2019, has been ruled out of this year's series with a stress fracture to his lower back.

Australia won't go into defence-mode bowling in Ashes

Australia won't go into defence-mode bowling in Ashes

Australia won't go into defence-mode bowling in Ashes

Australia won't go into defence-mode bowling in Ashes

Australia believe England's attacking approach to Test cricket will bring about more dismissals in the Ashes, vowing not to go on the defence with the ball.

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Hazlewood ruled out of Test Championship final

Josh Hazlewood's hopes of playing in Australia's World Test Championship final have been dashed, with the quick put on ice for the Ashes after side soreness.

Warner's unhappy 2019 returns irrelevant in his mind

David Warner will enter the Ashes as the Australian most under pressure, but the opener insists his torrid 2019 series is irrelevant now for several reasons.

Warner to retire from Tests during Australian summer

Opening batter David Warner says he will retire from Test cricket midway through the 2023-24 Australian summer season with plans to bow out at the SCG.

Australia will take India spin lessons into WTC final

Marnus Labuschagne says Australia can take lessons from their series loss to India into the World Test Championship final, despite vastly different conditions.

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Ex-Test spinner MacGill vindicated in intimidation case

Former Australian spin bowler Stuart MacGill has been cleared of stalking and intimidating a friend's ex-partner after bumping into her on a Sydney street.

Australia's Test 'grand final' no warm-up match

Nathan Lyon insists Australia will have no problem balancing their preparations as they look to pull off a World Test Championship and Ashes double in England.

Former Cricket Aus exec guilty of sexually touching men

Former Cricket Australia executive Timothy Whittaker has been found guilty by a Melbourne magistrate of sexually touching two men without their consent.

Perry's 'full circle' mission to provide Ashes edge

Ellyse Perry is in thunderous form with the bat but it's bowling that put her on the map 16 years ago that's returned to focus ahead of the women's Ashes.

Taylor sees potential for Warner to follow 1997 revival

Mark Taylor believes David Warner is capable of turning his struggles around in the space of an hour in England, after reviving his own career there in 1997.

Murphy delves into Ashwin's bag of tricks before Ashes

Australian spinner Todd Murphy has studied Ravichandran Ashwin closely, including his carrom ball and the intricacies of offspin bowling.

Skipper Healy confirms move after Lanning withdrawal

Meg Lanning's withdrawal has helped confirm stand-in captain Alyssa Healy's thoughts on her own position in the batting order for next month's Ashes Test.

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