Tim Paine 'extremely confident' of being fit for Ashes in December
Cricket | September 17, 2021 10:30 ISTPaine is facing problems with a bulging disc and also had an operation to lessen the pain in his neck and left arm.
Paine is facing problems with a bulging disc and also had an operation to lessen the pain in his neck and left arm.
The 33-year-old told Paine to not make statements that would lead to Afghanistan cricket being isolated.
A Zoom meeting reportedly took place on Wednesday (August 18) to discuss the differences between coach Langer and the players and CA chairman Earl Eddings among others.
The Afghanistan team tour of Australia in November will begin a gruelling summer for Australia where they will play the Ashes and limited-overs series against New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
Australia, who were front runners in the race to reach the WTC final, were docked four points for slow over rate during the Boxing Day Test against India.
Paine feels Australia needs to have youngsters who can step up at the international level, taking the load off senior players.
World's top-two Test teams will fight it out for the title at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton from June 18.
Paine's age as well as Australia's losses in back-to-back Test series against India at home has led to a debate over the Tasmanian's ability to continue as an inspirational captain for long.
The pair have had run-ins on the field, particularly during the India's 2018/19 tour in which they won the Test series 3-1.
The wicketkeeper said he "certainly wasn't making any excuses" for the side's series defeat.
Paine claimed that the Indian team created ‘sideshows’ during the series, and the Aussies fell for them and got distracted.
Paine said that he expects himself to be captain for at least six more Test matches culminating in the Ashes later this year at home.
Australia's Tim Paine took off his wicketkeeping gloves and bowled 10 overs during a one-day domestic match, bowling medium-pace as well as off-spin.
Tim Paine's tactics were questioned particularly during the third and fourth Test and he admitted that the pressure got to him which led to blunders behind the stumps.
Paine's captaincy and glove work faced ire of many cricket experts during the Australia-India Test series.
Ravichandran Ashwin took another cheeky dig at Tim Paine on his official YouTube channel.
Several former players, including wicketkeeper-batsman Ian Healy and England's Kevin Pietersen, were critical of Paine's captaincy.
The former Australian wicket-keeper said the Australian side was not that bad but the players were "a bit soft this summer".
Rishabh Pant took a brilliant catch to dismiss Australian captain Tim Paine on Day 4 of the Brisbane Test.
Tim Paine had decided to review decisions for catches off Mayank Agarwal and later Navdeep Saini, both of which turned out to have missed the bat by a fair distance.
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