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On the eve of the first of a five-test series in England, Tim Paine addressed the media and was eager to point out his team will let his actions do the talking. Australian cricket has endured a turbulent 14 months, after former captain Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were found guilty of ball-tampering during a test match against South Africa in Cape Town. Smith and Warner were banned for 12 months, while Bancroft was suspended from playing cricket for nine months....

Joe Root (83) and Dawid Malan (55 not out) put the tourists in the ascendancy with a stand of 133 after they had been reduced to 95-3 in the afternoon session. Australia will still start the second day with the momentum, though, having dismissed Root and Jonny Bairstow to leave England 233-5 at stumps. Marsh, who stooped to catch Root at square leg from the third delivery bowled by Mitchell Starc with the new ball, is hopeful Australia can take the remaining five wickets in quick time as they attempt to win the series 4-0....

The embarrassing incident followed his dismissal for Western Australia against Tasmania on Sunday. Marsh lashed out after he was caught and bowled for 53 by Jackson Bird on the final day of a drawn Sheffield Shield opener at the WACA. He vowed never to repeat the rush of blood to the head and faces the prospect of being ruled out for the start of the Test series against Pakistan due to a self-inflicted injury....

During the third day of India’s warm-up match against Cricket Australia XI at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Shaw twisted his left ankle while attempting a catch along the boundary. As he winced in pain, the medical staff carried him off the field. A BCCI statement confirmed, “Shaw underwent scans this morning and the reports revealed a lateral ligament injury. Shaw will be unavailable for the First Test against Australia in Adelaide....

The previous time India visited Australia we saw the birth of a new captain who was fearless and had a mentality of winning no matter what the situation was. Captain Virat Kohli dominated with the bat, he was all over the Australian’s pacers but still couldn’t help India win the series. This time around the story was a bit different key contributions from Pujara, Bumrah, Shami, Mayank, Pant, and Kohli amongst others has led to a series victory....

The Queenslander is set to join the London-based club in early May and replace compatriot Adam Voges, who ironically was picked ahead of Burns for Australia’s Test series against West Indies and England, cricket.com.au reported on Tuesday. Burns will be at the club till July 18, after which he will fly to India for a series of matches for Australia A against India A. “The chance to call Lord’s home is going to be special....

Buzbee represents 22 women who have filed civil suits against Watson, alleging he sexually assaulted or harassed them during massage sessions in 2020 and 2021. The Houston-based attorney detailed his own 90-minute massage, in which the woman “didn’t feel threatened, degraded, or uncomfortable in any way.” “It was actually nice and relaxing — I fell asleep,” Buzbee said. “But note, it was professional; I made no weird demands, I didn’t grind around on the table, I never fully disrobed, and I never acted like an entitled, horny, teenage boy....

In a press release sent to several Louisville media outlets Tuesday morning, the family’s legal team said police “unlawfully denied several open records requests” and alleged the mayor’s administration has been “the least transparent, the slowest and the most frustrating” of all U.S. cities in its handling of recent police violence involving black Americans. “We present this information so that the public is able to see the lengths that the city will go to in order to withhold the truth and keep [Taylor’s mother] from learning the facts surrounding her daughter’s murder,” the release said....

Borussia Dortmund striker Aubameyang won the accolade, conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), for 2015 after a scorching start to the previous season for the Bundesliga club. The Gabon international beat off competition from Andre Ayew and Toure, who made headlines with his bitter reaction. Toure had captained Ivory Coast to victory in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and, upon being overlooked, branded the decision to honor Aubameyang as “pathetic....

Auburn and Virginia were locked in a nailbiter in Saturday’s Final Four. The Tigers held a two-point lead in the waning seconds, part of a 12-0 run that saw them overcome a 10-point deficit in the final minutes of the game. Then, Virginia’s Kyle Guy appeared to miss a 3-pointer at the buzzer. And when the horn sounded with the scoreboard reading “Auburn 62, Virginia 60,” Auburn fans did what they normally do after huge wins: They began rolling the trees on Toomer’s Corner....

Auburn ended the season with a victory against Alabama in the Iron Bowl. The Tigers played four top-10 teams this season, and freshman Bo Nix has a chance to complete a 10-win season for Gus Malzahn. That should solidify his job security heading into what could be a breakout season in 2020. MORE: Get the latest NCAA odds & betting advice at Sports Insider Minnesota is thinking the same thing under Fleck, who had the Gophers one game away from a Big Ten championship appearance....

Audacity has just updated its privacy policy, and users are taking to major social platforms to express their anger and disappointment regarding the change. Audacity May Collect and Share Your Personal Data Open-source audio editor Audacity has updated its Desktop Privacy Notice with a new section on the collection and distribution of your personal data. This was first noticed by independent publication FOSS Post, which warned its readers to uninstall the “possible spyware....

“Then I realized he wasn’t there for me. He just needed to turn around,” Eger told Newsweek of the police car. “But when I see someone with a uniform I have PTSD.” Decades after the world saw the death and destruction caused by the Nazi regime, it’s grappling with a different crisis and Eger, a psychiatrist and expert in PTSD, expects the trauma of the pandemic to stay with frontline workers....

According to Australian Associated Press, national mean temperatures were 1.88 C above the yearly average. The maximum temperature was 2.11 C higher than usual and the minimum temperature exceeded the norm by 1.64 C. This follows concerns the country is experiencing summers a month longer than they were in the past, and twice as long as the average winter. “Australia warms slightly more than the global average,” Karl Braganza, Manager of Climate Monitoring at BOM, told audiences at a Senate estimates committee in the country’s capital, Canberra, on Monday....

Cameron Bancroft admitted attempting to alter the condition of the ball after being caught on camera using tape in the field on day three of the third Test. Australia captain Steve Smith revealed that the tourists’ “leadership group” had devised a plan to manipulate the condition of the ball during the lunch break in a desperate attempt to get back into the match. Smith and his deputy David Warner were stood down for the rest of the Test, which the Proteas won by 322 runs on Sunday, and the former was banned for one match by the ICC as well as being fined his entire match fee....

The vehicle carrying the Australia team to their hotel after the opening day of play in the second Test in Chittagong is suspected to have sustained the damage when a rock was thrown in its direction. There were no injuries as a result of the incident and Cricket Australia (CA) declared itself satisfied with additional safety measures that have been put in place as a result. “En route back to the hotel last night a window on the Australian team bus was broken....

Nathan lyon, Xavier Doherty, Glenn Maxwell and Steve Smith make up the spin quartet, with explosive opening batsmen David Warner also included despite a thumb fracture which ruled him out of the first two ODIs against the West Indies. Usman Khwaja has been selected as a replacement for the now-retired Michael Hussey, with the squad also featuring Moises Henriques as a bowling all-rounder, after Shane Watson decided to focus solely on his batting....

On the back of a number of successful programmes implemented in the Oceanic region, The Football Federation Australia (FFA) and the Australian government will try to replicate the programmes in the Indian state of Kerala, reports Xinhua. The FFA has said it had held talks with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and the Sports Authority of India to secure access to national facilities in the event that the programme expands beyond the state of Kerala....

Here is the video: The heart of the matter With Nathan Lyon coming into the attack, Paine decided to take on Rohit with a strategy to unsettle him with some funny words coming from behind the stumps. Howbeit, instead of talking directly to Rohit, Paine applied an intriguing technique of talking to Finch who was fielding at the forward short leg position. The stump-mic was loud and on as it picked up the funny comment made by the Australian captain....