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Australia eyes victory in fourth Test in Ahemedabad to draw Border-Gavaskar series

It was unthinkable after the disaster in Delhi, but Australia stands on the cusp of drawing the Border-Gavaskar series should they win back-to-back Tests in India for the first time in 53 years.

ABC News

Robodebt inquiry analysis shows majority of victims women – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Australia break with tradition by trusting spinners against India

Steve Smith turns to Nathan Lyon, Matt Kuhnemann and Todd Murphy for fourth Test at the daunting Narendra Modi stadium

The Guardian - UK

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Chris Woakes heads into Bangladesh T20 series with eye on ODI World Cup

Matthew Mott’s white-ball team are light on batters for the three-game series, while the bowlers are set to rotate

The Guardian - UK

Edgbaston unveils designs for new hospitality suite

Club is expanding its corporate offer for parties and matchday experiences

Birmingham Post

Curators at Ahmedabad finally pick pitch for fourth Test

India's pesky curators have made the call on the pitch to be used for the fourth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar series in Ahmedabad.

The New Daily

India vs Australia: Rohit Sharma shares his mantra for batting on tricky tracks

NEW DELHI: India captain Rohit Sharma on Wednesday shared a glimpse of his mantra for batting on tricky tracks amid unending debate about the pitches of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

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Former Australia coach makes bold David Warner Ashes claim amid retirement talk

Australia's David Warner has struggled for form recently and there have been suggestions he should retire from Test cricket ahead of the Ashes, but former coach Darren Lehmann has a different idea

Daily Mirror

There might be opportunities for bigger totals on this wicket: Steve Smith on Ahmedabad pitch

NEW DELHI: Steve Smith, Australia's stand-in captain, on Wednesday said that the pitch for the fourth and final Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Ahmedabad looks a little different from the previous three pitches. Smith added that there might be opportunities for bigger totals on this wicket.

The Times of India

Ben Stokes set deadline to make World Cup decision as England hope star will return

Ben Stokes retired from ODI cricket last year, but England white ball coach Matthew Mott is hopeful he will reverse his decision ahead of the World Cup

Daily Mirror

India vs Australia: Steve Smith still in dark about pitch for Ahmedabad Test

NEW DELHI: Australia's stand-in skipper Steve Smith on Wednesday said that they still did not know which pitch will be used for the crucial fourth and final Test against hosts India in Ahmedabad. The two top sides will square off in less than 24 hours on Thursday.

The Times of India

Rohit Sharma terms Ravi Shastri's assertion as 'rubbish'

NEW DELHI: Ravi Shastri, who was the Indian team's head coach for six out of seven years from 2014, wouldn't be too amused to find out how it feels when the shoe is on the other foot as skipper Rohit Sharma called him an "outsider".

The Times of India

Fearless Faisal blazing a trail for Scots girls in cricket

The sixth-year student was part of the first-ever women’s Scottish Under-19 side for the World Cup.

The National (Scotland)

4th Test: India eye victory against Australia to seal WTC final spot

NEW DELHI: With a 3-1 series victory and a second successive World Test Championship final berth on their minds, India take on Australia in the series-deciding fourth Test in Ahmedabad from Thursday.

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Ashes: Ricky Ponting predicts surprise inclusions in Australia squad

NEW DELHI: The spin-friendly tracks in India had prompted Australia to pick a squad suited to the sub-continent's conditions, but former captain Ricky Ponting foresees some surprise inclusions in the Australian squad for the World Test Championship (WTC) final and the Ashes in England from the one that is currently…

The Times of India

David Warner should be pushed down the batting order for Ashes: Darren Lehmann

NEW DELHI: David Warner has never crossed a 100 in the 25 Test innings in England and scored a half-century just once in his last 15 outings in the five-day format, but even then former Australia head coach Darren Lehmann believes that the opener should be a member of the…

The Times of India

ICC should stop conducting WTC: Niranjan Shah

MUMBAI: Former BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah has a solution for halting this recent trend in India of making spinner-friendly pitches on which Test matches are finishing inside three days on a regular basis now. He wants the International Cricket Council to stop conducting the World Test Championship.

The Times of India

Rahul Dravid wants young batters to embrace challenge of playing on tough pitches

AHMEDABAD: At a time when young opener Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and KS Bharat are trying to cement their place in the Test team, the challenging nature of pitches for the Test series against Australia has only made the task tougher for them.

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'It's all about points': Rahul Dravid defends spin-friendly tracks

Rahul Dravid says every team wants home wins to qualify for WTC Final

ABC News

Ahmedabad pitch confusion, with two strips prepared ahead of fourth India-Australia Test at Narendra Modi Stadium

Australia remains in the dark about which pitch will be played on in the fourth Test in Ahmedabad, with Indian curators preparing two wickets.

Daily Mirror

Michael Vaughan's legal team describe ECB racism investigation as "wholly inadequate"

Michael Vaughan's legal team gave closing submissions on Tuesday at the Cricket Discipline Commission hearing and took aim at the ECB, but the national governing body hit back

The Guardian - UK

Vaughan’s lawyers accuse ECB of ‘woefully inadequate’ investigation

The England and Wales Cricket board conducted a ‘woefully inadequate investigation’ into Michael Vaughan that was “an affront to fairness”, the final day of the Yorkshire racism hearing was told

The Independent UK

Shape of Michael Vaughan’s life and livelihood at stake at racism hearing, says lawyer

Former England captain Vaughan is accused by the ECB of making a racist comment to Azeem Rafiq and three other Yorkshire players in 2009

The Independent UK

‘Inherently probable’ Michael Vaughan made racist comment, says lawyer

Vaughan has been charged over an alleged comment made before a Yorkshire match in 2009

The Times of India

With WTC points at stake, you tend to play on result-oriented wickets: Rahul Dravid defends 'poor' Indore track

NEW DELHI: All the 3 Tests of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy so far have finished inside three days courtesy the rank turners on offer but India coach Rahul Dravid on Tuesday defended the wickets saying that the World Test Championship points do push countries to prepare result-oriented pitches.

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