Shoaib Akhtar: “This ‘announcement’ [of intent] is very important – they should hit two balls on the side of the batsman’s head or neck”
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Legendary fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has called on Pakistan’s pace attack to make their intent clear during the upcoming tour of Australia by hitting the opposition batsmen on the head and neck.
Warner is expected to travel to Bangladesh with the rest of the Test team on Friday
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Australia head coach Darren Lehmann has revealed that opening batsman and Test vice-captain David Warner is likely to be on board the team flight to Bangladesh on Friday.
“He’s a little bit stiff and sore, but just speaking to him then, he’s all fine”
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Australia pace bowler Pat Cummins has confirmed that opening batsman David Warner has been cleared of any serious injury after he was struck on the side of the neck during an intra-squad practice game in Darwin on Tuesday.
Warner did not require any assistance to leave the field
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Australia opener David Warner retired hurt after a bouncer from pace bowler Josh Hazlewood struck him on the side of the neck during an intra-squad practice game in Darwin on Tuesday.
“It was the first thing that crossed my mind – possibly not being able to represent Australia in this Champions Trophy”
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Australia batsman Chris Lynn has revealed that he had doubts about whether he would be able to participate in the Champions Trophy after injuring his shoulder during the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Maxwell was cleared of any serious injury
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Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell was struck on the head while batting in the nets during a training session at Lord’s on Wednesday.
“He has had consistent performances in the BBL, IPL and CPL and also brings international experience”
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Australia have brought in Ben Dunk as a replacement for batsman Chris Lynn for the upcoming Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka later this month.
“It’s been 15, 16 years of hard work and it’s great to get some reward now”
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Opening batsman Michael Klinger is set to make his international debut at the age of 36 after he was drafted into Australia’s squad for their three-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka later this month.
“I’ve had a bulging disc in my neck for the past five weeks”
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Chris Lynn was recently ruled out of Australia’s ODI series against Pakistan due to a neck injury, but just how serious is it?
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Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim and opener Imrul Kayes will both be forced to sit on the sidelines for the second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch.
