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Extra Cover: Inside the highs and lows of Adelaide Test A “shattered” Nathan Lyon has undergone surgery this morning as Todd Murphy’s Boxing Day dream hinges on the conditions that await at his MCG home ground. Australian coach Andrew McDonald was adamant Lyon had the hunger to return from a second serious soft tissue injury in two-and-a-half years with the veteran spinner facing an extended stint on the sidelines after tearing his right hamstring on day five in Adelaide. McDonald said Lyon remained a key part of the team’s plans with a hectic 20 Test matches on the horizon in…
Jhye Richardson among the quicks vying for a Boxing Day berth after Aussies put their captain on ice Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the rest of the Ashes series but coach Andrew McDonald insists Mitchell Starc, who Australia’s medical staff have labelled a physical “freak”, will be right for the Boxing Day Test. The Aussies are now weighing up whether Cummins will be considered for February’s T20 World Cup after shutting down their Test captain for the home summer having sewn up the Ashes in Adelaide last week. Scott Boland is on trick to overcome a hip niggle…
Extra Cover: Inside the highs and lows of Adelaide Test Match facts Who: Australia v England What: Fourth NRMA Insurance Test, men’s Ashes When: December 26-30, first ball 10.30am AEDT (11.30pm GMT) Where: MCG, Melbourne Live scores: Match Centre How to watch: Channel Seven, 7plus, Kayo Sports and Foxtel How to listen: ABC Radio, Triple M and SEN Radio. New this summer, the CA Live app has teamed up with NRMA Insurance so you can listen to radio and commentary streams in real-time with no delay to live play using zero-latency technology. Cricket Radio (both standard and real-time) is available…
Star allrounder is hopeful a rare block of games for South Australia will give her the ideal preparation ahead of the massive India series A candid Tahlia McGrath says she’s feeling pressure to perform after self-admitted under-par campaigns at the ODI World Cup and Women’s Big Bash League. Australia’s vice-captain McGrath will switch her attention to her state side South Australia in the Women’s National Cricket League in order to restore some confidence ahead of the blockbuster multi-format series against India in February and March. The allrounder made the call to sit out of next year’s lucrative Women’s Premier League…
Australia captain Pat Cummins will be rested for the final two Ashes Tests against England as his back issue is managed, with the injured Nathan Lyon also to sit out the rest of the series.Paceman Cummins made his first appearance since July in the third Test in Adelaide, which Australia won by 82 runs to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-game series and retain the urn, after missing his side’s victories in Perth and Brisbane. Steve Smith has been named in a 15-player squad after missing the Adelaide fixture with vertigo and is set to deputise for Cummins…
Australia captain Pat Cummins has been rested for the fourth Ashes Test against England as his back issue is managed, while the injured Nathan Lyon has been replaced by fellow off-spinner Todd Murphy for the game in Melbourne.Paceman Cummins made his first appearance of the series in the third match in Adelaide, which Australia won by 82 runs to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-game series and retain the urn, after sitting out his side’s victories in Perth and Brisbane. Steve Smith has been named in a 15-man squad after missing the Adelaide fixture with vertigo and is…
Todd Murphy and Jhye Richardson have been added to Australia’s squad for the Boxing Day Test Victorian Todd Murphy is in line for a dream home Boxing Day recall after being called up to Australia’s squad for the fourth Ashes Test alongside fast bowler Jhye Richardson. Murphy edged out Matt Kuhnemann and Corey Rocchiccioli to replace Nathan Lyon with the veteran off-spinner to undergo surgery on his injured hamstring. Australia confirmed on Tuesday morning Lyon would require surgery after tearing his right hamstring diving to save a boundary on day five of their Ashes-clinching third Test victory. Australia squad for…
The forecast is in for what the MCG pitch is likely to dish up on one of the biggest days on the Australian sporting calendar Extra Cover: Inside the highs and lows of Adelaide Test Melbourne Cricket Club curator Matt Page is aiming to replicate the pitch for the best Test he has been involved in. Last year’s Boxing Day Test was decided late on day five, as Australia collected seven wickets in the final session to stun India and go 2-1 up in the battle for the Border-Gavaskar trophy. During Page’s time in charge, the MCG wicket has gradually…
Brendon McCullum is eager to stay on as England’s head coach but says his future is “up to other people” after losing the Ashes in just 11 days Brendon McCullum, the man behind the tourists’ gung-ho approach, to the extent his very name became identified with it, has said he wants to stay on as England’s head coach with a view to refining Bazball in the light of lessons learned in the Ashes debacle. However, he accepts his future is “up to other people” after losing the Ashes in just 11 days – and the immediate task is to state…
Brendon McCullum is eager to stay on as England’s head coach but admits his future is “up to other people” after losing the Ashes in just 11 days.The New Zealander branded this winter’s tour of Australia as “the biggest series of all our lives” but saw his hopes of delivering the urn evaporate after humbling defeats in Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide. McCullum’s predecessor, Chris Silverwood, did not survive a 4-0 thrashing four years ago and questions are already being asked about who should carry the can for the latest defeat Down Under. McCullum is keen to pick up the pieces…