Under financial stress, Cricket Australia has already put 80 per cent of its staff on 20 per cent salary till end of June, while a handful of others, including the executives, remained on 80 per cent pay.
The reigning champions should consider giving spinner Nathan Lyon a runout at some point in the round-robin stage, former captain Allan Border said.
'It won't be easy like the other matches but confidence is the main thing... If we took that confidence into the ground and deliver to our best, you never know'
They have 49 points from a maximum 54 after 18 games, with Lens still on 32 points.
Fourth seed Richard Gasquet led the French charge at the Lyon International when he reached the quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-4 win over Belgian Dick Norman on Thursday.
Holders Manchester United soothed a painful old wound for Alex Ferguson by knocking Inter Milan out of the Champions League on Wednesday, as Barcelona mauled Olympique Lyon 5-2 in a thrilling return to form. Arsenal made it four English teams in the quarter-finals for the second successive year, their youngsters showing great composure to see them home 7-6 on penalties away to AS Roma.
'I'm in the team to take wickets and I've had two wicketless games, so we'll see how we go.'
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'There is the World Test Championship final, which we are aiming at, so we need to win a few games to achieve it.'
Olympique Lyon have agreed to let Mali midfielder Mahamadou Diarra join Real Madrid.
Images from Day 4 of the third Test between Australia and New Zealand in Sydney on Monday.
Australia will play their first match against Afghanistan on June 1 at Bristol.
Arjen Robben spared Franck Ribery's blushes with a spectacular strike to lift Bayern Munich to a 1-0 win over Olympique Lyon in their Champions League semi-final first leg on Wednesday.
On the back of some great all-round performance, Australia thumped New Zealand by 247 runs to win the Boxing Day Test and take a 2-0 series lead. Images from Day 4 of the Boxing Day Test played at the MCG on Sunday.
Matthew Wade's defiant century proved in vain as England bowled Australia out for 263 to win the final Test at The Oval by 135 runs on Sunday and ensure the first drawn Ashes series since 1972.
Former skipper Ricky Ponting believes defending champion Australia's ability to bowl and play spin will define their success in the upcoming 2019 World Cup.
Denly fell six runs short of his maiden Test century and Ben Stokes made a sparkling 67 in bright sunshine at The Oval to put England in a strong position to level the series at 2-2.
Part-time off-spinner Glenn Maxwell can see himself playing a bigger role behind specialist spinners Nathan Lyon and Adam Zampa.
Jofra Archer took six wickets as England's bowlers gave their side a handy lead on the second day of the final Ashes Test, reducing Australia to 225 all out in reply to their own first innings score of 294.
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Zampa, who has played in English conditions following a spell at Essex last summer, said communication is the key to success with spin twin Nathan Lyon.
Australia coach Justin Langer said that England are obviously the red-hot favourites going into the World Cup and said the team deserves to be the number one team in the world.
Olympique Lyon's dip in form is proving to be of concern to the players before next week's Champions League tie against PSV Eindhoven.
Peter Siddle has been brought into Australia's squad while uncapped fast bowler Kyle Jamieson has been called into the New Zealand squad.
Ferguson, who will need five to six weeks to recover, is returning to New Zealand and a replacement for him will be named on Tuesday, coach Gary Stead told reporters on Monday.
Kane Richardson gets nod ahead of Josh Hazlewood as replacement
Olympique Lyon are suing soccer's world governing body over an injury sustained by defender Eric Abidal in a friendly international.
In the semi-finals, Roddick beat Fabrice Santoro while Frenchman Monfils got the better of compatriot Sebastien Grosjean.
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Nantes knocked Gerard Houllier's side out on penalties in the second round of the French League Cup.
Australian media can't have enough of 'miracle man' Stokes after Headingley thriller, compare him to Ian Botham.
What happened at the Gabba on January 19, 2021 now sits at the pinnacle of India's most significant Test wins, declares Faisal Shariff.
Jofra Archer's first five-wicket haul in Test cricket put England in command on a weather-affected opening day of the third Ashes Test at Headingley on Thursday as they bowled Australia out for 179.
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