Chair of selectors George Bailey believes they have picked the "best six batters in the country"

Cummins, Hazlewood and Starc are set to play their sixth Test in a row together in Adelaide which would be the most they have played together consecutively

He suffered a laceration to his chin and neck but scans cleared him of a fracture

Smith is understood to have expressed his desire to be David Warner's long-term replacement with Australia's selectors

Wicketkeeper-batter, who also holds Australian citizenship, will replace Quinton de Kock for Renegades' final two BBL games

The former Australia allrounder was one who made a success of moving up the order

Warner's retirement has dominated the build-up but Pakistan's play in Melbourne should ensure that this won't be a dull dead rubber

Harris, Bancroft and Renshaw are in the mix but the possibility remains of someone else being moved up the order

There are three openers in the race but there is also a possibility it may not be a like-for-like

A man for all conditions and occasions, he has led Australia to a WTC title, an away Ashes retention and an ODI World Cup in 2023 alone

Pakistan team director was particularly unhappy with Rizwan's dismissal, saying "there was no conclusive kind of evidence" for the umpire's initial not-out decision to be changed

He joins Stars for the remainder of the BBL with Haris Rauf and Usama Mir are unavailable due to international duty

He lifted Australia out of a deep mire on Thursday against Pakistan, but fell agonisingly short of his century

In the past, Babar has appeared to get the better of Cummins more often than not. Against that ball, he didn't have a chance

"He's put his statement out there that he believes in" - Warner bats for opening partner Khawaja

"If you haven't done it much in your first-class career, it's going to be very difficult to come up the order"

Australia skipper supports Khawaja and sees no difference between a dove logo representing human rights and Labuschagne's approved eagle sticker that is a religious display

His application was to display the image of a dove and an olive branch on his bat and shoes

Allrounder 'deeply regrets' the way he reacted towards the umpire but never intended to run into him

Coach Adam Voges confirms Hardie was preferred over vice-captain Inglis in part because of the "limitations" of a wicketkeeper talking to bowlers under time pressure