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Highlights A week ago, Paine tearfully quit as captain after revelations of a sexting scandal of 2017 Cricket Australia named fast bowler Pat Cummins as Test captain; Smith his deputy Paine’s teammates were hoping for the wicketkeeper to play on December 8 — his 37th birthday Former Australia test cricket captain Tim Paine is set to miss the first Ashes …

Highlights Cummins replaces Tim Paine, who resigned last week over a 'sexting' scandal The last fast bowler to lead Australia at test level was Ray Lindwall for a single match in 1956 The first of five Ashes tests against England begins on Dec. 8 in Brisbane Pat Cummins has been named the first fast bowler to captain Australia's test cricket …

Fast bowler Pat Cummins was named the 47th captain of the Australia test team on November 26 in place of Tim Paine, who stood down from the position last week. Smith replaces Cummins as vice-captain, returning to a formal leadership role after serving a 12-month ban and a two-year leadership suspension in the wake of the Newlands ball-tampering scandal in …

Pat Cummins has been named as the 47th captain of the Australia Test team on the day Tim Paine's manager announced that the former skipper is stepping away from cricket for an "indefinite mental health break" Notably, Cummins will become the first fast bowler to captain the Australian Test team in the last 65 years. Paine takes 'indefinite mental health …

Fast bowler Pat Cummins was named as Australia's 47th Test captain, while Steve Smith was appointed as the vice-captain on Friday ahead of the upcoming Ashes series. Cummins is the first fast bowler to be a full-time Test captain of the Australian men's team. Catch the latest episode of our cricket podcast, Matchpoint Paradox here: READ: "I am honoured to …

Former Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne said the time is right for fast bowler Pat Cummins to succeed Tim Paine as captain of the test team and blood Josh Inglis as the side's next wicketkeeper. "For me, the time is right to make Pat Cummins captain, something I thought even before the events of Friday unfolded," Warne wrote in Australia's The …

With Tim Paine’s drastic dip in form in Test cricket and two T20 World Cups in two years lined up, discussion around the next Australian cricket team captain has once again gathered steam. Former Australia captain Michael Clarke Australia’s 2015 World Cup-winning captain Michael Clarke, however, feels fast bowler Pat Cummins is the ideal candidate to lead Australia in all …

Matthew Wade has been cut from Australia’s test squad for the scheduled tour to South Africa. South Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey has been elevated to the test squad as backup gloveman for captain Tim Paine, and Queensland fast bowler Mark Steketee was also included. “When presented with the challenging task of selecting two concurrent Australian men’s squads for overseas tours, …

Matthew Wade has been cut from Australia’s Test squad for the scheduled tour to South Africa. South Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey has been elevated to the test squad as backup gloveman for captain Tim Paine, and Queensland fast bowler Mark Steketee was also included. Australia squads for South Africa tour: Tests: Tim Paine, Pat Cummins, Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Cameron …

Fast bowler Pat Cummins has given Australia the advantage after three days of the third Test against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground. AUS v IND, 3rd TEST, DAY 3 - AS IT HAPPENED With the weather finally cooperating at the SCG on Saturday after two days of play-restricting rain showers, Hazlewood’s throw while diving to his right and falling …

Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins has said the Adelaide wicket had played a part in the humbling of India in the first Test. Cummins, who took four wickets in India’s second innings, is hoping for another good track when the teams meet again in the second Test in Melbourne on December 26. You feel like if you do your skill …

Highly-rated young prospects Will Pucovski and Cameron Green were on Thursday included in an expanded 17-man Test squad to face India as Australia looks to the future. Rookie spinner Mitchell Swepson and seamer Sean Abbott, along with fast bowler Michael Neser, who has long been on the fringes, also made the grade and are in line for debuts. “Two of …