Adelaide, March 11 (IANS) Diksha Dagar will once again spearhead the Indian challenge as the Ladies European Tour stays in Australia with the Women’s Australian Open. Three other Indians Pranavi Urs, Avani Prashanth and Hitaashee Bakshi have also been playing in Australia but this week Vani Kapoor will also be playing as an invitee. So there will be five Indians in the field this week.Last week’s Top-5 result from Diksha saw her get into the Top-10 of the Order of Merit, and this should give…
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New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) CEO Todd Greenberg has reaffirmed its intention to include a day-night Test in the 2029–30 men’s Ashes series, pushing back against recent reports suggesting that the fixture had already been ruled out. During the most recent Ashes series in Australia, the day-night Test was staged in Brisbane, where the hosts secured an eight-wicket victory. England’s record in such matches on Australian soil remains poor; they have played four pink-ball T…
Melbourne, March 2 (IANS) Emergency warnings for life-threatening flash flooding have been issued for vast areas of the southeast Australian states of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW).The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) on Monday issued severe weather warnings for heavy and locally intense rainfall across regions in central and northern Victoria and south and southwestern NSW.It said that six-hourly rainfall totaling up to 100 mm was possible on Monday across the warning area spanning over 650 km …
Canberra, Feb 5 (IANS) Three structures have been destroyed by a bushfire that has burnt more than 3,000 hectares of land in South Australia (SA).The SA Country Fire Service (CFS) said that the fire near the small town of Deep Creek, 85 km southwest of Adelaide in the state’s Fleurieu Peninsula region, had burnt through 3,646 hectares and had a 49 km perimeter as of Thursday morning, reports Xinhua news agencyAuthorities on Wednesday night confirmed that the fire, which has been burning since Su…
Canberra, Jan 19 (IANS) Hundreds of firefighters have been deployed to contain an out-of-control grass fire that is threatening lives and homes south of Adelaide in the state of South Australia.The fire started near the small town of Tooperang, 50 km south of Adelaide, on Sunday afternoon, and had burned around 650 hectares of grass and scrub, said the Country Fire Service (CFS).Residents of Tooperang and the nearby town of Nangkita were on Sunday night told to evacuate immediately, but the emer…
Sydney, Jan 6 (IANS) Almost 7 million Australians are living in areas on the outskirts of major cities that are most exposed to deadly wildfires, a report has found. The report, which was published on Tuesday by NGOs the Climate Council and Emergency Leaders for Climate Action (ELCA), warned that Australia is increasingly at risk of an urban fire event similar to the January 2025 Los Angeles (LA) wildfires.It found that the urban fringe on the outskirts of the major cities of Sydney, Melbourne, …
Melbourne, Dec 28 (IANS) Australia opener Travis Head said he reached out to England’s Ben Duckett after a social media video surfaced before the Melbourne Test that appeared to show Duckett intoxicated. England’s managing director, Rob Key, had mentioned that the board had initiated an investigation following reports of players drinking heavily during a break in Noosa, a beach town, between the second and third Tests.A viral social media video also appeared to show England opener Duckett into…
Melbourne, Dec 28 (IANS) Australia stand-in skipper Steve Smith gave his take on the MCG wicket after the Boxing Day Test lasted just two days, with England winning by four wickets. He said that had the 10mm grass been 2mm shorter, it might have made a difference in the match.The Melbourne Cricket Ground pitch came under the scanner after the Boxing Day Ashes Test between Australia and England finished in two days. As many as 36 wickets fell in 142 overs. It lasted for 952 balls, just five more …
Melbourne, Dec 23 (IANS) England cricket team’s managing director Rob Key defended the team’s four-day trip to Noosa, taken between the second and third Ashes Tests, and stated that the board is investigating claims that their travel was turned into a beer-filled stag party. Away from the field, England’s mid-series trip to Noosa, a well-heeled coastal resort in Queensland, has also come under the microscope. The squad headed there for four nights after their heavy defeat at the Gabba, descr…
Adelaide, Dec 23 (IANS) Todd Murphy and Jhye Richardson have been added to Australia’s 15-member squad for the fourth Ashes Test, starting on December 26.Murphy edged out Matt Kuhnemann and Corey Rocchiccioli to replace Nathan Lyon as the veteran off-spinner set to undergo surgery on his injured hamstring.Murphy has featured seven times at Test level for Australia, with his most recent match coming at the start of the year against Sri Lanka in Galle.Australia confirmed on Tuesday that Nathan Lyo…