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Pat Cummins (inset with Alex Carey) handled the fallout from the Jonny Bairstow incident at Lord’s with aplomb.

‘Put back in their place’: Cummins and Australia brace themselves for Lord’s return

Test captain Pat Cummins and Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg are confident Australia’s players won’t face a repeat of the ugly scenes that marred their last Test Match at Lord’s, as the team prepares for its return to the iconic venue.

  • Tom Decent

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Pat Cummins of Australia and Kagiso Rabada of South Africa pose for a photo ahead of the 2022 series in Australia.

‘They come at you’: Rabada dares Aussies to sledge him at Lord’s after drugs ban

Kagiso Rabada returns from suspension with a warning for Australia as old tensions threaten to resurface ahead of a tantalising World Test Championship final at Lord’s.

  • Tom Decent
Beau Webster

‘He’s a generational talent’: Beau Webster wants to team up with Cam Green in WTC final

After more than a decade on the domestic scene, Beau Webster turned quiet promise into a Test debut – and is now chasing the biggest prize in red-ball cricket at Lord’s.

  • Tom Decent
Australian batsman Cameron Green raises a century for Gloucestershire against Kent.

Cameron Green made a ton and apologised, but the Australian selectors are thankful

Cameron Green’s first hundred since back surgery was a battle against cramps. This time he looked much more physically ready for a comeback in the world Test championship final.

  • Daniel Brettig
It’s expected Sam Konstas will make way at the top of the Australian order for Marnus Labuschagne.

Marnus firms to pip Konstas for opening role as Australian squad for Test final takes shape

Marnus Labuschagne is favoured to join Usman Khawaja at the top of the order and tip out Sam Konstas when Australia faces South Africa to bid for back-to-back World Test Championship titles at Lord’s next month.

  • Daniel Brettig and Tom Decent
Mitch Marsh hooking Mark Wood for six.

He was dropped and stopped bowling, but selectors say Mitch Marsh’s Test career isn’t over

With England set to bring a battery of pacemen Down Under for next summer’s Ashes series, Marsh has been given another contract by the selectors, who value his aggression off the back foot.

  • Daniel Brettig
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Josh Hazlewood hasn’t played since breaking down with a calf injury in mid-December.

Hazlewood still under a cloud as Boland firms for world title spot

Josh Hazlewood won’t play for NSW before the end of the cricket season, presenting Scott Boland with the rails run into the World Test Championship decider.

  • Robert Dillon
Sam Konstas is bowled by Scott Boland at the SCG.

Don’t play it again, Sam: Seven balls, three trick shots, 10 runs

The swashbuckling approach that launched Sam Konstas’ international career has again brought him undone after an eventful seven-ball innings in the Sheffield Shield.

  • Robert Dillon and Jon Pierik
Patterson Labuschagne composite

Resurgent two-Test wonder threatens Labuschagne’s Ashes mission

Once Australia’s golden boy, Marnus Labuschagne has endured a lean two years. Now, five men are coming for his spot – and one in particular.

  • Nick Wright
Cameron Green is set for a stint as a batsman only.

Body blow: Injury to stop Australia’s gun all-rounder from bowling until tail of India Tests

Cameron Green is expected to be available to play against India as a batter from the start of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy showdown.

  • Daniel Brettig

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