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Friday, September 27, 2024
TopicCricket Australia

Topic: Cricket Australia

Pad up for class! Cricket isn’t an extracurricular at this Australian school, it’s a core subject

Sport is an incredible motivator for students and also it also instils important values for life, principal says. Subject is optional and will count for 20 percent of the grade.

Australian Cricket coach Langer resigns, board says he declined short-term extension

An official Cricket Australia release stated that contract extension offered to Langer was result of thorough review that evaluated factors including future requirements of the team.

Cricket Australia ‘unreservedly apologises’ after Indian players complain of abuse from crowd

The BCCI has also lodged a complaint with the ICC, a day after a drunk spectator allegedly directed racial abuse at Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj.

Australia considers swapping venues for last two India Tests due to Sydney Covid outbreak

Cricket Australia still wants to host 3rd Test in Sydney from 7 to 11 January, but could swap it with Brisbane, where 4th Test is scheduled from 15 January.

Tim Paine to step in as captain after Smith and Warner stand down for the rest of the match

There have been growing calls for Smith's sacking after he admitted being the mastermind of a premeditated plan to change the condition of the...

Ban Steve Smith for ball tampering, and do it right now

The Australian self-image is one of manly combativeness, in which all is fair. To them, the spirit of the game is for wussy lesser men. 

On Camera

India has 2 women CMs now. Atishi and Mamata Banerjee are both victims of bad PR

Women look up to women in power as role models. But so far, Atishi’s public image is that of a woman-in-waiting rather than a woman-in-charge.

Tamil Nadu govt & Ford go way back. How carmaker’s return is new chapter in story that began in 1995

High value of 350-acre Ford plant property drove TN to encourage Ford to return over nearly a yr of negotiations. It's expected to reinforce state's resurgence as global manufacturing hub.

A fitness & fighter aircraft enthusiast, who is Air Marshal AP Singh, the next Chief of Air Force

Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh will take over as chief on 30 September. During his service of nearly 40 yrs, he has served in variety of command, staff, instructional & foreign appointments.

Lesson from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan: if you have no patience, you don’t deserve democracy

Sri Lankan transition was smoothly managed. Check Bangladesh for contrast. They forced their incumbent into exile, installed a mostly unelectable govt of non-political people.