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Steve Smith is reportedly a chance of playing this year’s Hundred competition in the United Kingdom as the Australian superstar closes in on a deal with the Welsh Fire.

In-form Shubman Gill made an unbeaten 101 to anchor India’s chase in a six-wicket win over Bangladesh as the two teams began their Champions Trophy campaign on Thursday in Dubai.

Rising Australian cricket star Jake Fraser-McGurk has lost one of his most vocal backers in Ricky Ponting.

Western Australian opener Cameron Bancroft is eyeing a potential Sheffield Shield return next month as he continues recovering from a shoulder injury he sustained during the Big Bash League.

Scott Boland has further pressed his claims for selection in the World Test Championship final by snaring a six-wicket haul during Victoria’s Sheffield Shield clash against New South Wales in Sydney.

Australian Meg Lanning and Annabel Sutherland led the Delhi Capitals towards a tense seven-wicket victory over the UP Warriorz at Vadodara’s Kotambi Stadium on Wednesday.

Vice-captain Travis Head has confessed Australia can’t afford any early wobbles in the Champions Trophy courtesy of the tournament’s “cut-throat” format and high-quality opposition.

New Zealand rode on brilliant hundreds from Tom Latham and Will Young to beat Pakistan by 60 runs in the Champions Trophy opener on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT), spoiling the country’s historic return to hosting global events after three decades.

• ICC experts run rule of Australia spinner in Brisbane
• 28-year-old reported during Sri Lanka Test series

Matt Kuhnemann is expected to learn his fate by the end of next week, after being put through intensive tests on his bowling action in Brisbane over the weekend. Just a week after being reported during Australia’s 2-0 Test series win in Sri Lanka, Kuhnemann has now completed tests on his suspect action.

The 28-year-old was put through his paces during a session that lasted more than one hour in Brisbane, asked to bowl at a similar speed and with similar revolutions to what he did in Galle.

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Teenage phenom Sam Konstas has once again fallen victim to Australian teammate Scott Boland, dismissed cheaply on day two of the ongoing Sheffield Shield clash at the SCG.

India will start the Champions Trophy as tournament favourites with the distinct advantage of not having to play games in the same country as everyone else, including Australia, who will have to take on Afghanistan in Pakistan amid lingering tensions about their place in the tournament.

It feels like an eternity since Sarfaraz Ahmed lifted the Champions Trophy alongside his Pakistan teammates, but after an eight-years hiatus, the ICC tournament has finally made its long-awaited return.

Spinner Matthew Kuhnemann risks missing Australia’s upcoming Test tour of the West Indies if his bowling action isn’t cleared during this week’s biomechanical testing in Brisbane.

There was inexplicable bowling carnage at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday as 20 wickets fell on the opening day of the Sheffield Shield clash between South Australia and Tasmania, dismissed for just 194 runs between them in the first innings.

Almost a year on from the end of Steve Smith’s short-lived stint as a Test opener, Australian great Adam Gilchrist believes the cameo provided the catalyst that sparked the star’s resurgence as a dominant force in world cricket.