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Australia's stand-in skipper Steve Smith doesn't look surprised at all as he reckons Indore pitch to be another rank turner on the eve of the third Test against India at the Holkar Stadium on Tuesday. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/india-vs-australia-steve-smith-reckons-indore-pitch-to-be-another-rank-turner/articleshow/98303658.cms

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New Zealand's sensational 1 run win vs England on Day 5 of the Wellington Test has not just made fans across the world sit up and say wow, it has also equaled the record for the smallest margin of victory in a Men's Test match, in terms of runs. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/walk-down-memory-lane-the-3-narrowest-wins-by-runs-in-mens-tests/articleshow/98298994.cms

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After risky shot-making cost them dearly in the previous match, Australia's stand-in skipper Steve Smith said their batsmen will aim to slow things down at the crease in the third Test against India in Indore starting on Wednesday. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/3rd-test-australia-batsmen-will-aim-to-slow-things-down-in-indore-says-steve-smith/articleshow/98295795.cms

A day after she slammed 74 not out in the final of the Women's T20 World Cup 2023 and earned the 'Player of the Match' award, Australia's ace opener Beth Mooney experienced another high as she was named the captain of her Women's Premier League franchise, the Gujarat Giants. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/wpl/wpl-beth-mooney-to-captain-gujarat-giants/articleshow/98278390.cms

Having made her presence felt in ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, Richa Ghosh continued her good form into the senior Women's T20 World Cup that concluded on Sunday. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/icc-womens-t20-world-cup/richa-ghosh-only-indian-in-iccs-most-valuable-team-of-womens-t20-world-cup/articleshow/98275606.cms

Newly-appointed skipper Temba Bavuma is quite confident about his team and said that it will be the start of a new journey when South Africa take on West Indies in the two-Test home series starting at Centurion Park on Tuesday. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/its-the-start-of-a-new-journey-for-south-africa-says-new-skipper-bavuma-ahead-of-windies-test-series/articleshow/98274454.cms

If Australian batters follow what they trained for on Monday ahead of the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India in Indore beginning March 1, it can be said that the Australians have done away with their tactics of sweeping everything bowled at them by the Indian spinners in this four-match series. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/3rd-test-orthodox-cricket-seems-to-be-australias-mantra-for-comeback/articleshow/98271114.cms

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Australia's predetermined sweep ploy in the first two Tests against India backfired heavily and that has led to Pat Cummins and co. conceding the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with the hosts taking an unassailable 2-0 lead after winning the Nagpur and Delhi Tests. Joining the list of critics, former Australia captain Ian Chappell slammed the sweep tactic, saying that sweeping regularly is not the answer on Indian tracks and one has to have good footwork while playing spin in sub-continent conditions. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/ian-chappell-slams-australias-sweep-ploy-says-rohit-sharma-showed-the-way/articleshow/98251778.cms

Australian opener David Warner has been enduring a lean patch in Test cricket and also failed to make any impact in the opening two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy before being ruled out of the remaining two matches due to a concussion and elbow fracture. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/taylor-urges-australian-selectors-to-take-a-call-on-warners-test-future-before-ashes/articleshow/98250397.cms

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Five wickets fell in a final over for the ages as Tasmania pulled off an incredible victory over South Australia to claim the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) title here. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/five-wickets-fall-in-last-over-in-australian-womens-domestic-league-final/articleshow/98248920.cms

New Zealand were 202 for three in their second innings at stumps, needing only 24 runs to make England bat again at the Basin Reserve. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/2nd-test-new-zealand-frustrate-england-on-day-3-after-following-on/articleshow/98246480.cms

Backing himself to play shots, Travis Head said he will continue with his aggressive approach against the Indian spinners in the third Test beginning in Indore on March 1. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/3rd-test-travis-head-to-continue-with-his-aggressive-approach-against-indian-spinners-in-indore/articleshow/98230384.cms

Joe Root scored an unbeaten century and star pacer James Anderson bagged three wickets as England were in commanding position at the end of rain-trucated Day 2 of the second Test at Basin Reserve in Wellington on Saturday. England, who had won the opening Test by 267 runs, are leading the two-match series 1-0. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/new-zealand-vs-england-2nd-test-joe-root-shines-before-nz-collapse-on-day-2/articleshow/98228682.cms

India's star batsman Virat Kohli ended a long wait for his first hundred in close to three years with a century in the Asia Cup T20 tournament in September. Virat on Saturday said Mahendra Singh Dhoni was the only person who reached out to him when he was going through a lean patch. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/ms-dhoni-was-the-only-one-who-reached-out-to-me-virat-kohli-recalls-his-lean-patch/articleshow/98228249.cms

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Regular defeats in the knock-out stages of global events have haunted the Indian team for quite some time now. And on Thursday, it was another setback for Harmanpreet Kaur and co. as the Indian team crashed out of the Women's T20 World Cup after suffering a five-run defeat in the semi-final against Australia in Cape Town. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/icc-womens-t20-world-cup/this-indian-team-is-going-to-dominate-for-ages-jemimah-rodrigues-after-semi-final-heartbreak/articleshow/98215895.cms

With focus on the 2023 ODI World Cup at home, 'shadow tours' with the India A squad will have to wait till the year-end tour of South Africa. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/with-focus-on-white-ball-cricket-india-a-shadow-tours-might-resume-post-odi-world-cup/articleshow/98214255.cms

Former Australia cricketer Ian Healy has urged Pat Cummins to leave Test captaincy and focus solely on his fast-bowling skills. Cummins was appointed as Australia's Test captain in November of 2021. The 29-year-old was made ODI skipper last year when Aaron Finch retired. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/ian-healy-wants-pat-cummins-to-leave-captaincy-focus-on-bowling/articleshow/98204483.cms

Ben Stokes was not indulging in hyperbole when he tipped five-Test-old Harry Brook for global stardom heading into the series final against New Zealand, and the England Test captain will feel vindicated by the 24-year-old's batting on Friday. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/2nd-test-harry-brook-lives-up-to-superstar-billing/articleshow/98203407.cms

Ash Gardner feels Australia's supreme fielding was the point of difference in the Women's T20 World semifinal clash against India at the Newlands cricket ground in Cape Town on Friday. Australia defeated India by five runs to enter the final. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/icc-womens-t20-world-cup/womens-t20-world-cup-australias-fielding-the-difference-vs-india-says-ash-gardner/articleshow/98202316.cms

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The Yorkshire County Cricket Club has confirmed that documents related to allegations of racism and its responses to those charges had been "irretrievably deleted", which could be prejudicial to the interest of the game in the country. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/yorkshire-confirm-data-related-to-racism-irretrievably-deleted/articleshow/98179769.cms

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Returning to competitive cricket after a three-month gap, Glenn Maxwell is struggling to get that "mental application" back and is leaving no stone unturned in "building match intensity" to be ready for the crucial ODI series against India, which will also host the World Cup later this year. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/maxwell-working-on-mental-application-marsh-to-play-only-as-batter-in-india/articleshow/98174781.cms

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Age is just a number. England's veteran pacer James Anderson is proving the said sayings true these days. The 40-year-old, who appears to be aging like a fine wine, has regained World No.1 spot in the latest ICC Test rankings for bowlers on Wednesday. At 40 years and 207 days, Anderson has knocked Australian paceman Pat Cummins off his four-year perch to become the oldest player to top the Test rankings. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/englands-evergreen-anderson-becomes-oldest-cricketer-to-top-test-rankings/articleshow/98153436.cms

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UP Warriorz had bought Healy for Rs 70 lakhs at the WPL Player Auctions in Mumbai on February 13 in Mumbai, and the star Australia batter has now been appointed the skipper of the side. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/wpl/alyssa-healy-to-captain-up-warriorz-in-womens-premier-league/articleshow/98148510.cms

There will be no room for errors when India take on nemesis Australia in the first semifinal of the Women's T20 World Cup at Newlands in Cape Town on Thursday. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/icc-womens-t20-world-cup/womens-t20-world-cup-india-eye-improved-performance-against-nemesis-australia/articleshow/98146947.cms

Australia spinner Ashton Agar was released from the Test squad touring India and has flown home to play cricket for Western Australia in the closing stages of the domestic season, national selector Tony Dodemaide said on Wednesday. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/australia-spinner-ashton-agar-released-from-test-squad/articleshow/98144399.cms

"There was a time when we feared playing Mumbai, now they and other teams fear us," said Saurashtra head coach Niraj Odedra, summing up his team's remarkable rise over the last decade. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/saurashtra-feared-playing-mumbai-10-years-ago-now-its-the-other-way-round/articleshow/98128049.cms

India woman batter Harleen Kaur Deol on Tuesday said she is eager to go all guns blazing for Gujarat Giants in the Women's Premier League (WPL), starting March 4. Harleen was bought by Gujarat Giants at the base price of Rs 40 lakh. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/wpl/ready-to-bring-some-fireworks-harleen-kaur-deols-message-ahead-of-wpl/articleshow/98126293.cms

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Fifteen women cricketers got a chance to interact with and learn from former India captain MS Dhoni in a cricket clinic held in Mumbai under the mentorship of one of India's greatest leaders. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/ms-dhoni-mentors-u-19-women-players-at-cricket-clinic-msd-in-mumbai/articleshow/98119046.cms

Pat Cummins, who had faced just one defeat as captain before coming to India, was the sole quick in the Australian playing XI in the six-wicket loss in Delhi. He bowled just 13 overs in the first innings and didn't bowl at all in India's second essay. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/pat-cummins-grossly-under-bowled-himself-in-delhi-test-allan-border/articleshow/98118191.cms

Australia opener David Warner will return home from India and miss the last two Tests of the Border Gavaskar Trophy after an elbow fracture and concussion, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/injured-david-warner-ruled-out-of-border-gavaskar-trophy-as-australia-problems-grow/articleshow/98116667.cms

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Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the last two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with an Achilles injury. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/web-stories/hazlewood-ruled-out-australias-woes-increase/photostory/98088030.cms

Australia have lost the first two Tests of the four-match series in India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/web-stories/michael-clarke-lists-australias-mistakes-on-india-tour/photostory/98089646.cms

Australia chief coach Andrew McDonald made no bones about his team's capitulation in the second innings of the second Test here, saying they "failed the examination" of India. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/ind-vs-aus-we-failed-the-examination-of-india-says-australia-coach-andrew-mcdonald/articleshow/98088301.cms

Ravindra Jadeja is having a dream Test series against Australia, with his 7 for 42 in India's victory in the second Test being the latest highlight of a series being dominated by the Indian all-rounder. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/super-confident-ravindra-jadeja-gets-self-belief-from-his-batting-aakash-chopra/articleshow/98084925.cms

Australia came to the second Test in Delhi with a pre-determined ploy to tackle spin with sweep shots and it backfired for the visitors as they suffered a collapse on the third day. Hosts India defeated the visitors by six wickets inside three days to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/sweep-shots-not-a-good-option-on-kotla-pitch-says-ravindra-jadeja/articleshow/98063136.cms

KL Rahul's woeful form continued with the Indian opener enduring yet another failure in the second innings of the second Test against Australia in New Delhi. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/rohit-sharma-breaks-his-silence-on-kl-rahuls-prolonged-lean-patch/articleshow/98063439.cms

Australia skipper Pat Cummins on Sunday admitted that their pre-determined ploy to use sweep shots to counter spin backfired for them at the Kotla pitch in Delhi. An over-reliance on sweep shots hastened their collapse on the third day of the second Test as they suffered a six-wicket loss to hosts India. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/disappointed-pat-cummins-says-australia-to-review-shot-choice/articleshow/98063627.cms

India strengthened their position to make it into the second successive final of the World Test Championship with a comfortable six-wicket victory over Australia in the second Test in New Delhi. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/australia-in-india/india-inch-closer-to-world-test-championship-final-with-6-wicket-win-over-australia/articleshow/98063005.cms

A defeat against England denting their confidence, India will look to bounce back with a big win against lowly Ireland to remain in contention for a semifinal berth in the Women's T20 World Cup, here on Monday. source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/icc-womens-t20-world-cup/womens-t20-world-cup-india-look-for-big-win-against-lowly-ireland-to-qualify-for-semis/articleshow/98062172.cms