Trevor Hohns

Cricket Australia's selection chair Trevor Hohns handed in his resignation Friday, media reports said, ending over a decade at the helm spanning several world-beating squads.

Australia's national selector Trevor Hohns on Wednesday said that Will Pucovski can also bat in the middle-order if the situation arises in the longest format of the game. Hohns' remark came as Australia announced the squads for the upcoming T20I series against New Zealand and the Test series against South Africa.

Australia selector Trevor Hohns has backed Will Pucovski's fitness to make his Test debut against India, with the batting talent passing "wellbeing" checks to be included in the squad on Thursday.

Former limited-overs captain George Bailey is set to be Australia's new selector after he was picked to be a part of the national selection panel alongside coach Justin Langer and chairman Trevor Hohns.

Former Test all-rounder Tony Dodemaide has been named on Australia's panel of selectors with chairman George Bailey and coach Justin Langer, Cricket Australia said on Monday.

Former fast bowler Jason Gillespie said Tuesday he could put his hand up to succeed Rod Marsh on the Australian cricket team's board of selectors.

As the ICC T20 World Cup 2020 is inching closer, Australia cricket's chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns said they have a quite "settled line-up" in the shortest format of the game and are "very close" to finalising the squad.

His eyes are firmly set on the challenge India is set to pose in the Test series, starting Thursday, but Australia Test captain Tim Paine on Wednesday revealed that he has been discussing his future with coach Justin Langer and chairman of selector Trevor Hohns.

Australia named an unchanged squad on Wednesday for next month's one-day international home series against New Zealand.

Fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile has criticised poor communication from Australia selectors following his omission from the ODI squad to face India this month, saying they have not checked his fitness status properly.

Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting may be in contention for a big role in a revamped Australian cricket, something that is doing rounds after Mumbai Indians named Mahela Jayawardene as their new coach.

Former Australia skipper George Bailey has been appointed chairman of the national selection panel, replacing the retiring Trevor Hohns, Cricket Australia announced on Sunday.

Australian Test captain Tim Paine has hinted at stepping down from the position if his team manages to defeat England in the Ashes series this year and backed former skipper Steve Smith to succeed him.

Promising Australia batsman Will Pucovski may have to wait for his much-anticipated Test debut with skipper Tim Paine showing keenness to persist with struggling Joe Burns when the high-stakes series against India begins next month.

Australia's chairman of selectors George Bailey says Mitchell Marsh's incredible match-winning knock in the final of the T20 World Cup "will carry little weight" when the Ashes squad is picked as both are completely different formats.

Cricket Australia has said that Richardson had informed the national selectors on Tuesday about his decision to withdraw from the squad to spend time with his wife and their newborn son.

Former Australia captain George Bailey feels in-form Matthew Wade must be in the mix when Australia select their playing XI for the opening Test of the four-match series against India beginning at Adelaide on December 6.

The mood in Australia has plunged into depression following the cricket team's first home series defeat in 16 years.

Opening batsman Marcus Harris has been called into Australia's first Test squad as the hosts count the cost of a number of injuries ahead of the first Test against India in Adelaide.

The question of whether Steve Smith will regain the captaincy of the Test team continues to gnaw at Australian cricket nearly three years after the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa.

After batting legend Sunil Gavaskar expressed surprise about Virat Kohli being automatically allowed to continue as the captain and called the selectors "lame ducks," chief selector MSK Prasad defended his panel vigorously. Prasad also denied speculation that Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri have tried to bully the panel on certain decisions.

Chief selector George Bailey said Tuesday he will step aside from voting on whether Tim Paine should remain in the Australian Test cricket side if there is a split decision, given their personal and business relationship.

All-rounder Cameron Green was awarded a Cricket Australia central contract for the first time on Friday; but fellow young gun Will Pucovski as well as more experienced hands Matthew Wade, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis missed out.

Australia on Wednesday brought back David Warner and Will Pucovski to bolster their under-fire batting line-up for the remainder of the Test series against India and dropped struggling opener Joe Burns.

Australia great Adam Gilchrist believes that promising batsman Will Pucovski is set to miss out on making the side for the opening Test against India despite "strong reason" for his inclusion as the selectors seem reluctant to drop under-pressure Joe Burns.

Australia chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns on Wednesday said he expects the country's IPL players to forgo the high-profile T20 league starting mid-September if a tri-series involving West Indies and Afghanistan is scheduled at the same time.

"Surprised" to see some of his teammates withdraw from the country's upcoming white-ball tours, limited overs skipper Aaron Finch feels Australian players will have a hard time to justify their participation in the second half of the postponed IPL 2021, given the hectic national schedule.

Two moments of breathtaking brilliance in the field are available on YouTube to define what Andrew Symonds was to that ridiculously talented Australian cricket team in the 2000s.

Batting mainstay Steve Smith on Saturday emerged as one of the candidates for Australian Test captaincy after the selectors had reportedly approached the country's cricket board with a proposal to hand over the reins to the former skipper.

Australian coach Justin Langer revealed on Thursday long-time batting assistant Graeme Hick was among 40 jobs axed due to COVID-19, and said telling him was like "facing Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh without a helmet and a box on".