Carey replaces Paine as Australian keeper for AshesBRISBANE: Alex Carey was Thursday confirmed as Australia’s wicketkeeper for the first two Ashes Tests against England after scandal-hit former skipper Tim Paine stepped down.
Cummins named Australia Test captain as Ashes beckonSYDNEY: Australia named paceman Pat Cummins as their Test cricket captain and Steve Smith as vice-captain Friday after a sexting scandal led Tim Paine to resign last week, just ahead of the Ashes.
Paine distressed and embarrassed by sexting scandalMELBOURNE: Tim Paine Sunday said Australian coach Justin Langer wanted him to remain as Test skipper, as he spoke of his “distress” and “embarrassment” over a sexting scandal that cost him his job.
Australian Test captain Paine quits over sexting scandalSYDNEY: Tim Paine abruptly quit as Australian Test cricket captain Friday over an explicit “private text exchange” with a female colleague – a bombshell announcement just weeks before the Ashes series against arch-rivals England.
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