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Aussies drop McSweeney for Boxing Day Test, Konstas in the mix to debut

Australian selectors have dropped opener Nathan McSweeney for the Boxing Day Test against India, with NSW rising star Sam Konstas in the frame to make his debut

Konstas, Richardson called up for Boxing Day showdown | cricket.com.au

Every boundary: Konstas makes his mark in Shield Australia is poised to unle

Men’s domestic One-Day Cup to be named Dean Jones Trophy – Cricket Victoria

Why Kohli, Khawaja and other ageing greats should be worried by Ashwin’s sudden retirement

When Ravichandran Ashwin bowled India to victory in Dharamsala earlier this year, no one would have believed he'd have just six Tests remaining in his illustrio

Dean Jones Trophy: One-day competition named after cricketer before his time | Jack Snape

The name of a cricketer before his time now adorns a contest of yesterday. The men’s domestic 50-over competition was renamed the Dean Jones Trophy on Friday

Teenager Sam Konstas earns call-up to Australia squad for Boxing Day Test

Sam Konstas is in the frame for a whirlwind Test debut after being called into Australia’s squad for the fourth match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.AAP unders

COMMENT: Australia threw McSweeney into the deep end. To ditch him now is even more disgraceful

Here’s a fact: no new opener in the last 40 years of Australian Test cricket has fared worse than Nathan McSweeney.Here’s another fact, though, that

Aussie great’s warning about Sam Konstas selection amid Nathan McSweeney fears

Aussie cricket great Merv Hughes says calling up Sam Konstas to the Australian Test squad would be a 'panic call', amid reports the 19-year-old is set to be pic

McSweeney dropped, Konstas added to Test squad

He then brought up a 50 off 20 balls on his Big Bash debut to strengthen his case.Australia took a gamble by picking McSweeney, who is not a specialist opener,

Australian cricket’s One-Day Cup renamed after Dean Jones

Dean Jones, a pioneer of the 50-over game, is the new namesake of Australia's One-Day Cup trophy (Marty MELVILLE)Australian cricket's domestic One-Day Cup was F

Late Australian cricket icon recognised with top honour

Australian cricket icon Dean Jones’ name will live on forever in domestic competition, with the one-day cup to carry his name.Cricket Australia officially con

Dean Jones Trophy: Aussie one-day cup renamed

Jones scored 6068 runs at an average of 44.61 in 164 ODIs for Australia, while he tallied 2122 runs at 50.52 in 55 games for Victoria.