Tim Paine has asked Steve Smith to take as much time as is needed as he recuperates from injury. The Australian Test captain conceded he might want to see Steve Smith at top fitness when the Ashes comes around not long from now.

Cricket: 'Important he takes time' — Tim Paine urges Steve Smith not to rush injury return

Australian skipper Tim Paine has apologized to New Zealand for predicting that India would beat them to win the World Test Championship final. Tim Paine had said that India 'will win pretty comfortably if they play anywhere near their best, yet needed to reclaim his words when New Zealand was crowned as the World Champions of Test cricket.

Cricket: Tim Paine eats 'humble pie' after predicting India's easy win in WTC Final

Tim Paine has backed Marnus Labuschagne to assume control over the captaincy in the future. The Test skipper commended Labuschagne for his inherent capacity, backing him to turn into an extraordinary skipper for Australia.

Cricket: Tim Paine believes Marnus Labuschagne will be a 'great' captain

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Australia's Test captain Tim Paine lauded skipper Virat Kohli and called him the best batsman in the world. The Aussie also recalled his feud with him during the 2018/19 tour.

Australian Test skipper Tim Paine calls Virat Kohli 'best batsman in the world'

Australia's Test captain Tim Paine received a lot of heat for his recent comments on Team India. Paine recently commented that the Indian cricket team are good at 'niggling' and 'creating sideshows'.

'Was asked number of things': Tim Paine clarifies his 'creating sideshows' comments

Australia Test captain Tim Paine has taken a sly dig at India as he said that the Men in Blue are good at distracting opponents with things that “do not matter”.

'They weren't going to Gabba': Australia skipper Tim Paine says Team India good at 'creating sideshows'

Matthew Wade was axed Wednesday for Australia's Test series in South Africa after failing to fire against India, while under-pressure Tim Paine retained the captaincy.

Australia axe Wade, keep Paine as captain for South Africa Test tour

Australian captain Tim Paine insists he is the right man to lead his team to South Africa and to the possible Test championship final at Lords despite a sub-par performance in the Test series against India.

Defiant Paine wants to lead Australia to South Africa

Australian legend Shane Warne is not impressed with current Test captain Tim Paine's tactics in the on-going series against India. As per Warne, Paine has not done a few things he should have done as a captain.

'Tactics haven’t been good enough': Shane Warne questions Tim Paine

Former Australia captain Greg Chappell has written an open letter to skipper Tim Paine urging him to learn from his mistakes and stated that abuses are cheap and reflect the weakness of character, In an open letter in the Sydney Morning Herald, Chappell wrote: “Abuse is not acceptable in any workplace and talk, in my opinion, is cheap.

'Abuse is not acceptable': Greg Chappell's open letter to Tim Paine

Skipper Tim Paine warned Thursday that Steve Smith "feeds off" criticism and was fired up for the high-stakes fourth Test against India, which Australia will start without injured opener Will Pucovski.

Smith 'feeds off' criticism warns Paine ahead of Gabba showdown

From being slapped with a fine to dropping three major catches, Tim Paine had a forgettable performance at the SCG Test due to which he faced severe backlash. ALSO READ: Call on Jasprit Bumrah's availability to be taken on Friday, says Vikram Rathour ahead of Brisbane Test Paine was also involved in a verbal spat with Ravichandran Ashwin, for which the skipper apologised later on.

'Shut up and get on with job': Ian Chappell's advise to Tim Paine

Australia coach Justin Langer gave under-fire skipper Tim Paine his "100 percent" support and blasted criticism of Steve Smith as "absolute rubbish" Wednesday after a backlash against their behaviour in the drawn third Test against India in Sydney.

'Absolute rubbish' - Langer goes into bat for Paine, Smith

Former India skipper Sunil Gavaskar on Monday lashed out at Australian captain Tim Paine for sledging Ravichandran Ashwin during the drawn Sydney Test as he said that his behaviour was unbefitting of a leader and could ultimately cost him his leadership duties.

'His days as captain are numbered': Sunil Gavaskar rips into Tim Paine for unruly conduct

Cricket fans on Monday took to social media Twitter to heavily criticise the antics of Australian cricketers Steve Smith, Tim Paine and Matthew Wade as India held on to a memorable draw in the third Test in Sydney to keep the series alive at 1-1.

'Disgrace': Fans slam Steve Smith, Tim Paine, Matthew Wade for wayward antics in Sydney Test

Australian skipper Tim Paine has been fined 15 per cent of match fee for expressing his dissent at the umpire's dissent after a failed review during the Day 3 of the third Test as the SCG, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Sunday.

Australian captain Tim Paine fined 15 percent of match fee for expletive comments: ICC

With reports surfacing that India are discontent at the prospect of being forced into hard quarantine for the fourth Test against Australia in Brisbane, Australian captain Tim Paine reckoned that the controversial build-up could raise tensions on the field during the third Test match in Sydney.

AUS vs IND: Tensions broil over Team India Brisbane boycott reports

Australia have been fined 40 per cent of their match fee and penalised four ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate against India in the second Test that ended in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Australia fined for slow-over rate in Boxing Day Test vs India

Australian captain Tim Paine was involved in a controversial Decision Review System (DRS) decision during the Day 3 of the ongoing Boxing Day Test between India and Australia at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

WATCH: Out or not-out? Tim Paine caught out by fresh DRS controversy

Skipper Tim Paine Friday called India a proud nation that won't roll over in the Boxing Day Test, and Australia must be "bang on the mark" to inflict more misery after their Adelaide collapse.

Paine wary of depleted India in Melbourne

Australian skipper Tim Paine on Friday said that India is a proud cricketing nation and will not roll over in the Boxing Day Test like they did in Adelaide. According to Paine, KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant will be potential threats in the second Test match.

'India, a proud cricketing nation, will not roll over at MCG': Tim Paine

Indian skipper Virat Kohli's has had a bitter-sweet relationship with Australia. Virat has played some big knocks against the Aussies. However, this year's tour might not be as intense as previous years as Kohli will leave for India after the first Test.

'We love to hate him but we also love to..': Australia's Tim Paine on Virat Kohli

Australia's cricketers must forge a leaner, tighter Test team to cope with the coronavirus-related job losses forced on the sport, captain Tim Paine said Tuesday.

Paine says Australia cricketers must adapt quickly after cutbacks

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