Tag: Cricket Australia
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Usman Khawaja Charged for Wearing Black Armband in Test against Pakistan
CANBERRA: Australian opener Usman Khawaja has been charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for wearing a black armband during the first Test against Pakistan. According to a leading Australian news website, Khawaja, 36, has been “slapped down” by the ICC after his protest – wearing a black armband in solidarity with Palestine – in…
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Australian cricket team has arrived in Pakistan for first tour in 24 years
Australian team begins first tour of Pakistan in nearly quarter of a century amid tight security for their six-week stay
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PCB announces revised schedule of Australia’s tour to Pakistan
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Cricket Australia (CA) today announced the revised itinerary of the 2022 Australia men’s cricket team’s tour of Pakistan for three Tests, three ODIs and one T20I. According to the details, the tour will now start and end in Rawalpindi with the opening Test to be played from 4-8 March and…
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Pakistan pacer Muhammad Hasnain bowling action illegal: Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia (CA) said in a statement on Friday that Pakistan’s fast bowler Muhammad Hasnain has been banned from bowling after being found to have an illegal bowling action
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No surprise if some players skip Pakistan tour over security fears: Josh Hazlewood
Australian pace bowler Josh Hazlewood said he would not be surprised if security fears prompt some players to opt out of the upcoming Pakistan tour, as he eyes a comeback to the national team after recovering from injury
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Australian bowlers want Tim Paine manning the stumps in Ashes series
Australia’s bowlers want Tim Paine behind the stumps for the first Ashes Test against England because he is “the best keeper in the world”, according to Nathan Lyons
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Tim Paine steps down as Australia test captain
Australian captain Tim Penn has resigned as captain of the test team after sexually explicit messages sent by him to a co-worker were leaked
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Perth may not be able to host Ashes test due to COVID-19 curbs
Sports Minister Richard Colbeck said Perth would not be able to conduct the Ashes test in Australia’s domestic summer due to COVID-19 restrictions
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Cricket Australia reeks double-standards and hypocrisy
Cricket Australia (CA) on September 9, 2021, canceled the Afghanistan men’s tour of Australia after a ban on women cricket in Afghanistan by the Taliban government. However, on the other hand, Adelaide Strikers have signed Afghanistan’s star leg-spinner Rashid Khan for the fifth KFC Big Bash League (BBL) season which clearly shows the hypocrisy and double-standards of…
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“Ask your husband to leave captaincy; I lost all my bet money”: Demand from Mrs Finch
Australian Cricket team’s captain Aeron Finch’s wife has received a message in which a person said “Ask your husband to leave captaincy. I lost all my bet-money”