David Warner will get around a month's batting practice ahead of his return from the Newlands scandal ban that ends on March 28

Melbourne Renegades completed a defence of 152 to defeat the Sydney Thunder - one of their nearest rivals on the competition table - by 12 runs in Sydney

Next summer's ninth edition of the Big Bash League may be pushed back to start as late as Boxing Day

They put on an unbroken 158 for the opening stand to consolidate the Hurricanes' position at the top of the table

Australia's selectors have added him to the Test squad at the last possible moment to face Sri Lanka after the batsman's twin centuries in the Hobart tour match made his case undeniable

Australia's ODI series defeat by India exposed another major flaw in the national team's approach to 50-over matches since the 2015 World Cup

Agarkar had also bagged six wickets at the MCG in January 2004, but India lost 6 for 13 and the match. Fifteen years later, they found themselves at the right end of the result

Lee Germon, Cricket New South Wales' chief-executive elect, held the view that Sydney Thunder should get the points, and he has sent a formal appeal in writing to Cricket Australia

After Harris gave the Renegades a usefully rapidfire start, Harper and Cooper needed only to keep their heads, something they did with the help of dropped catches by the Heat

The 20-year old is coming to terms with a year in which he compiled a monumental double ton, stood out of the game with mental health issues, made a return with a new outlook

The whole of the Australian game was in a hurry to try and find answers in a year of disarray and it left them no match for India's class

Kane Richardson's early wickets left Hurricanes with an early headache, and they couldn't recover effectively enough to keep their run going

The batsman capitalised on a disciplined bowling effort that restricted Adelaide Strikers to just 150 for 5

Tim Paine will have to juggle the need to win the fourth Test against India, with getting the right balance for when Smith and Warner eventually return

From picking the wrong choice of balls to pitches not being abrasive enough, Australia haven't had the best luck producing reverse swing in this series against India

Coach Justin Langer said that Aaron Finch would be better for the experience of learning how to juggle three formats as he goes through a testing series as opener

After the Melbourne defeat, the Australia captain bluntly admitted that the team has been unable to fill the hole left by the duo

The numbers show Bumrah, Ishant and Shami have been markedly more effective at using the ageing Kookaburra than Starc, Cummins and Hazlewood

At a time when their faces fill your TV screens and newspapers, their names are glaringly absent from the scoreboards

Chants of 'show us your visa' were a regular feature of the first two days, leading to a formal warning from CA to spectators in the bottom tier of the Great Southern Stand