Travis Head retained his spot after passing a fitness test. Scott Boland replaces the injured Josh Hazlewood, while Pat Cummins expressed confidence in Head's form as the series' leading scorer.

Australian captain Pat Cummins describes the Melbourne ... in temperatures as high as 39 degrees. Cummins described the wicket as "well-balanced" in his subsequent remarks. "Nathan Lyon has ...

His best bowling performance is 6/27 against India. He has four five-wicket hauls at the venue in Tests. Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Travis Head (vc ...

Sam Konstas and Nitish Reddy have displayed the fearlessness of youth at Melbourne. They carry their freedom on to the ...

Melbourne’s Boxing Day heatwave has Australian captain Pat Cummins unsure ... 19-year-old will make his Test debut in the cauldron of the Boxing Day Test. Cummins was 18 when he played his ...

Pat Cummins has delivered the perfect message ... youngest man to earn a baggy green cap since an 18-year-old Cummins made Test his debut against South Africa in 2011. Konstas has been called ...

Rohit Sharma, Pat Cummins, the match referee, who has his eyes locked on proceedings.' That last remark got Cummins and Sharma laughing just before the Aussie won the toss and put his side into ...

One of the first jobs for any cricket captain is to pick their starting 11 – for Australia’s 47th test captain, he made his decision in book-form. In the fourth chapter of his 11-chapter novel ...

Australian captain Pat Cummins insists Travis ... made it an even more crucial toss to win, with Cummins deciding to bat on Thursday after the coin landed his way. The last thing Head needed ...