Cricket Australia

Despite the stringent Covid-19 protocols and quarantine rules in Australia -- the sore point among England players before the issue was resolved by the ECB and Cricket Australia recently -- the Barmy Army is expected to have a significant presence during the fourth and fifth Tests in January.

After posting just 118/9 in 20 overs, thanks to an unbeaten 37 from Pooja Vastrakar, India did well with the ball to reduce Australia to 94/6 in 16.4 overs. But Tahila's crucial knock, laced with six boundaries, ensured Australia held their nerve and chase the total with five balls to spare.

"With Jos Buttler or Jonny Bairstow at six, Livingstone can come in with a swagger and intimidate at seven. He bowls a bit of spin that could be handy on days four or five. He is a brilliant fielder and he has that arrogance and confidence you need in Australia so I would have him in the squad. He averages just under 40 with the bat in first-class cricket, numbers that are not very different to the others, so why not look at him as an all-round cricketer," wrote Vaughan in his column for The Telegraph on Saturday.

The 30-year-old broke Blackwell's record of 251 appearances for the Australian national women's team after she took the field against India Women for the second of three T20I games at the Carrara Oval. It is Perry's 252nd match across all formats since making her debut in 2007. Alyssa Healy is currently on third place with 207 appearances while Meg Lanning occupies the fourth spot with 205 matches.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, any boycott because of the England player'' refusal to undergo resort-style quarantine for themselves and their families around the five-Test series would leave an Australian Dollars (AUD)200 million blackhole in Australian cricket's finances."International, state, and Big Bash male and female cricketers receive roughly a quarter of Australian cricket income." the report stated.

Cricket Australia (CA) on Sunday had a long video conference where the England touring party along with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) officials were briefed on what to expect during the 11-week-long tour, involving five Tests.

Pietersen has criticised Australian quarantine rules on Twitter, terming them "ridiculous" even as doubts linger over leading England cricketers' availability for the five-match Ashes tour due to stringent quarantine rules imposed by Australia. There are concerns in England over the impact of the lengthy bio-bubble on the health of the players as the team will be going Down Under soon after the T20 World Cup.

Haynes, who top-scored in Australia's series-opening win on Tuesday with 93 not out, was batting in the nets when she was struck by a rising ball. She doubled over in pain, then removed her gloves and walked out of the nets and to the team changerooms to ice the injury, before leaving the ground a short time later, Cricket Australia's official website reported on Thursday.

It has been a tough year for the Australian men's team in T20I cricket as they lost the series against the West Indies and Bangladesh, with several of their cricketing stalwarts missing because of injuries and bio-bubble fatigue.

"We've seen in recent times players become one-day specialists or white-ball specialist, and that is going to happen more and more. To keep attracting young players who come through… to want to play Test cricket, is going to be more difficult," said Taylor to Wide World of Sports on Wednesday.