Carey replaced Lee Tim Paine and made his Test debut in the first match of the Ashes. Carey has been in poor form for some time, scoring only 153 runs in the last eight innings, the highest being an unbeaten 66. But now he seems to be back in form as he scored 101 against Queensland in a one-day cup match at the end of last month. The first Test begins in Brisbane on 8 December.

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly says that India's tour of South Africa is on schedule despite "Omicron". The Indian cricket team has to play matches in South Africa from December 17 to January 26, out of which three are Tests, three ODIs and four T20 matches.. . Sourav Ganguly: “The safety and health of players has always been the first priority of BCCI, we will do everything possible for that. We will see what happens in the coming days.”

Rashid Khan and KL Rahul not retained by their respective franchises for IPL 2022. The SRH CEO stated that Rashid Khan himself wanted to return to the auction pool. He further added that Rashid Khan was part of his plans. Returning to the auction pool was the player's choice which was accepted by the franchise. KL Rahul was also tried to be retained by Punjab Kings, but he also wanted to go to IPL 2022 auction, this statement came from Ness Wadia

Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed New Zealand batsman Tom Latham to get his 418th Test scalp. He took his 419th wicket in his 80th Test to overtake Harbhajan Singh (417 in 103 Tests) at an impressive average of 24.49. Ravichandran Ashwin is now second only to Anil Kumble and Kapil Dev and needs 16 wickets.

Afghanistan's head coach Lance Klusener of South Africa has decided to step down as the head coach of the Afghanistan cricket team after 2021. He said in his statement that his contract will expire on December 31, 2021, which he will not extend any further. He was appointed as the head coach of Afghanistan for a period of two years.

This is the confirmed list so far, who is with whom? CSK: Ravindra Jadeja (16 crore), MS Dhoni (12 crore), Moeen Ali (8 crore), Ruturaj Gaikwad (6 crore) KKR: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer SRH: Kane Williamson (14 crore), Abdul Samad (4 crore), Umran Malik (4 crore) MI: Rohit Sharma (16 crore), Jasprit Bumrah (12 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (8 crore), Kieron Pollard (6 crore) RCB: Virat Kohli (15 crore), Glenn Maxwell (11 crore), Mohammed Siraj (7 crore) DC: Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje RR: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal PBKS: Mayank Agarwal (12 crore, 14 crore to be deducted from purse), Arshdeep Singh (4 crore)

Opener Mohammad Naeem Sheikh has been included for the first time in the Bangladesh Test squad for the second and final Test against Pakistan, which starts on December 4, while all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and fast bowler Taskin Ahmed have been included in Bangladesh's squad returned to the test team.