Steven Smith's prolific run of form shows no sign of ending any time soon.
'It's certainly there, the way that they want to play, this bold new approach to Test match cricket, trying to make bold decisions at any stage in the game where they can.'
Australia's spinner-turned-batsman says he's hoping to contribute with bat and ball over the next few days in the Mohali Test.
A place in the ICC ODI World Cup final once again eluded the South Africans as they went down to Australia by three wickets.
Australia's Steven Smith has become the second youngest batsman after India's Sachin Tendulkar to achieve the number-one ranking in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen following stellar batting in the Kingston Test, which Australia won by 277 runs to win the series 2-0.
Images from the World Cup 2023 match between Australia and South Africa.
The truth of the matter is that India lost their second successive WTC final on day two of this encounter when they collapsed to 71/4 in response to Australia's first-innings total of 469.
'I feel like my rhythm has been good for a few weeks now and I guess the last couple of nights I've got the ball to shape in the air and do a little bit off the wicket. So, it's feeling in a good place and hopefully it continues.'
Warner will be examined by the Australian medical staff after batting in the nets before a final call is made on his availability for the series.
Australia all-rounder Steven Smith has to undergo surgery on his ankle and will not be available to play in the Indian Premier League for struggling debutantes Kochi Tuskers Kerala, coach Geoff Lawson said on Thursday.
Images from Day 2 of the second Ashes between England and Australia at Lord's in London on Thursday.
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IMAGES from Day 2 of the opening Ashes Test played between England and Australia at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on Saturday.
The nominations for the 81st annual Golden Globes are out, and Barbie and Succession lead the list.
Images from Day 1 of the third Test between Australia and South Africa at the SCG on Wednesday.
Big-hitting Tim David is a "versatile and flexible" player. His presence only adds to the options Australia possess going into the T20 World cup, feels skipper Aaron Finch.
Singapore-born all-rounder Tim David has been named in Australia's Twenty20 World Cup squad, while leg spinner Mitchell Swepson was omitted, Cricket Australia said on Thursday.
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Captain Rohit Sharma's return will certainly give solidity to the top order in the second ODI against Australia.
Hardik Pandya's leadership skills and India's overall World Cup preparedness will be under focus
Images from Day 3 of the second Test between India and Australia, at the Arun Jaitley stadium in Delhi, on Sunday.
Images from Day 1 of the first Test between India and Australia, at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur, on Thursday.
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Images from Day 4 of the second Test between Australia and South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji list India's Most Valuable ODI Players in the India-Australia T20 series.
To everyone's surprise, the team management didn't play him during the high-scoring first T20I in Mohali, raising doubts whether he has still attained peak fitness or not.
Antonio Watson won a thrilling World Championship 400 metres gold on Thursday.
Australian batting mainstay Steve Smith conceded that he has let seasoned Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin dictate terms in their duels so far, something that 'I have probably never let any spinner do in my career.'
'So excited to be a part of @MLCricket @SFOUnicorns.'
It took nearly a year longer than Australia hoped but Nathan Lyon ended his agonising wait for a 400th Test victim in style on Saturday during a match-winning four-wicket haul that sent England crashing to a stinging Ashes defeat at the Gabba.
Smith has been in a bio-bubble since August when they toured England before moving to the protected environment of the IPL in September.
According to Smith, the wicket got better as the game progressed and helped SRH to chase the total.
IMAGES of the T20 World Cup warm up match played between India and Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane on Monday
Images from Day 3 of the second Test between Australia and South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Wednesday.
Steve Smith was suspended for a year along with David Warner and Cameron Bancroft after being indicted in the sandpaper-gate during a Test match against South Africa in Cape Town. Smith was also banned from taking any leadership roles for two years - a suspension which has now expired.
Dinesh Karthik has likened the captains of India and New Zealand with fire and ice respectively.
Media reports have said pace spearhead Pat Cummins, opener David Warner and several others might miss the tours after returning home following the abrupt suspension of the Indian Premier League last month.
Australia and West Indies are set to lock horns in five T20Is and three ODIs in July this year.
The trio of Bancroft, Smith and Warner were banned for their roles in the ball tampering scandal.
'It was a tough wicket, we were 10-15 runs short of the par score, there was a lot of dew and we showed a lot of character to drag the match to the last over.'
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