Spin has largely been a peripheral factor across the first four Tests, with England opting not to play frontline spinner Shoaib Bashir and Australia’s veteran Nathan Lyon restricted before being ruled out through injury.
The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) pitch, used for the recent fifth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT), has managed to received a ‘satisfactory’ rating from the International Cricket Council (ICC) despite rolling out one of the spiciest wickets of this century.
Australia head coach Andrew McDonald remained optimistic about left-arm quick Mitchell Starc's availability for the crucial fifth and final Test in Sydney, starting January 3.
On the first day of the Adelaide Test, the Australian cricketers were seen sporting black armbands to commemorate their former teammate Phillip Hughes, who lost his life after a ball hit him during a Sheffield Shield match on November 25, 2014.
There was never a dull moment when Warner took to the field. He finished his Test career as Australia's fifth-leading run-scorer in the format.
In the 19th over of Australia's innings, skipper Aaron Finch hit leggie Ish Sodhi for a six into the stands at the cow corner. As there were no spectators in the ground, Lockie Ferguson himself had to go there and search the ball into the stands.
In the wake of the novel coronavirus, Cricket Australia has announced that the ongoing series will be played in front of empty stands.
The vision, available on the NFSA website, shows Bradman striding onto the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) during a testimonial match between AF Kippax and WA Oldfield.
All profits and funds from the match would go to the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund, which will help victims of the blazes which began in September and have left at least 33 people dead and thousands of homes destroyed.
It was in February 2019 that Taylor had even gone past Fleming in the ODI run-getters list and became the batsman with most ODI runs under his belt.
