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Warner doubtful over match fitness against India AFP 2nd January, 2021 12:38:14 Australian opener David Warner is still fighting to be match fit for the Third Test against India in Sydney, but said Saturday it was "highly doubtful" hed be 100 percent if he did play. The explosive opener was named in the squad after he sat out the first two Tests with a groin injury and has been badly missed as Australias top order struggled to build partnerships. "Weve got a training session today and tomorrow ...

Injured Umesh Yadav ruled out of Australia vs India series, Shardul Thakur likely to play: Report The senior pacer had hobbled off the field after suffering the injury during the third day of the Boxing Day Test. WILLIAM WEST / AFP Pacer Umesh Yadav was reportedly ruled out of the remainder of the series against Australia due to the calf injury he sustained during the Melbourne Test. The Indian team management is likely to prefer Shardul Thakur over left-arm pace sensation T Natarajan for t...

Highlights Indian team management is likely to prefer Shardul over T Natarajan Umesh Yadav is heading back to India to start his rehabilitation The Indian team management is likely to prefer Shardul Thakur over left-arm pace sensation Thangarasu Natarajan in the third Test against Australia in place of injured Umesh Yadav. According to sources, senior pacer Yadav is heading home for rehabilitation after being ruled out of the fourth and final Test in Brisbane as well. The third Test begins in ...

Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav. (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The Indian team management is likely to prefer Shardul Thakur over left-arm pace sensation Thangarasu Natarajan in the third Test against Australia in place of injured Umesh Yadav. According to sources, senior pacer Yadav, who had earlier missed the third Test due to a calf muscle tear, is heading home for rehabilitation after being ruled out of the fourth and final Test in Brisbane as well. The third Test begins in Sydney from Januar...

NSW Health reported 10 locally acquired cases of COVID-19 on the last day of 2020 from 27,894 tests. Three cases are linked to the Croydon cluster. All were extended family members of the initial six cases. Five cases are linked to the Avalon cluster and one to a medical transport worker who most likely caught the virus from one of the COVID-positive returned travellers they were moving. The tenth case is a man from western Sydney whose source of transmission is under investigation. Loading On ...

Share on Twitter New South Wales has recorded 18 new locally-acquired COVID-19 cases with more than 17,000 people coming forward to get tested in the last 24 hours. Nine of the new cases are linked to the Avalon cluster, bringing the total for that cluster to 138. Another six locally acquired cases are related to a cluster in Sydneys Inner West referred to as the Croydon cluster. Thirty four close contacts have already been contacted.  "All six are members of the same family, ext...

Text size Australia Wednesday included David Warner and Will Pucovski in their squad for the third Test against India, with selectors ditching Joe Burns after an underwhelming performance. Warner will return as he continues recovering from a groin injury, while Pucovski is also expected to be fit to face India, Cricket Australia said in a statement. Fast bowler Sean Abbott had also recovered from a calf strain and returns to the squad. But out-of-form Burns was released after struggling i...

A left-hander, in his first eight years in first-class cricket he had his fingers broken four times 25 December 2020 • 4:28pm John Edrich on his way to an unbeaten 100 for England in the first Test against India at Old Trafford in 1974 Credit: Patrick Eagar/Popperfoto via Getty Images John Edrich, who has died aged 83, was one of the most prolific, and also one of the most underrated, of all England batsmen. The 5,138 runs he scored at an average of 43.54 in 77 Tests between 1963 and 1976 exc...

Brian James 1943-January 10, 2020 A high-quality winger for South Sydney who represented Australia at the 1968 World Cup before retiring at the age of 26. The son of former Cootamundra Maher Cup prop Jack "Swifty" James, he came to rugby league via rugby union after attending Newington College and playing a season of first grade with the St George rugby club. He switched to rugby league with St George in 1961 where he played centre and wing but top-grade opportunities were scarce in the Dragons...

England to tour India in early 2021 for Test, T20 and ODI series Last updated on 10 December 202010 December 2020.From the section Cricket England beat India 4-1 on home soil in their most recent Test series in 2018, but lost 4-0 in India in 2016 England will tour India early next year and play their first day-night Test in the country at the biggest cricket ground in the world. The sides will play four Tests starting on 5 February, with the third under lights at Ahmedabads 110,000-capacity Sa...