THE GOSSIP: YOUR DAILY ROUND-UP OF THE CRICKETING WORLD

Head leads Strikers, Cook takes on extra net session and Lehmann says Lyon can beat Warne

Each weekday, The Cricketer rounds up all the latest news from across the game. Here's today's handy bundle.

Australian batsman Usman Khawaja has hailed Josh Hazlewood as an even bigger danger under lights than pink-ball specialist Mitchell Starc for second Test in Adelaide. (Canberra Times)

The Sydney Sixers have signed the daughter of ex-NSW premier Morris Iemma to a one-year contract ahead of the forthcoming Big Bash season. (Canberra Times)

Australia spinner Nathan Lyon threw down the gauntlet to England’s batsmen on Wednesday, challenging them to hit him out of the attack at Adelaide Oval in the second Ashes test. (Reuters)

Sri Lanka veteran spinner Rangana Herath has been ruled out of the third and final Test against India starting in New Delhi on December 2. (Asian Age)

Alastair Cook spent more than an hour in a solo, extracurricular net session at Adelaide Oval as he looks to rediscover his form of 2010-11. (cricket.com.au)

Adelaide Strikers have confirmed Australia batsman Travis Head as the new captain of the side for the upcoming edition of Big Bash League. (Cricket World)

George Worker has replaced Tim Southee in the New Zealand squad for the first Test against Windies starting on Friday (December 1). Southee will miss the clash as he waits for the birth of his first child. (Crickbuzz)

Cricket South Africa and the South African Cricketers' Association (SACA) are close to agreeing on a compensation amount for the players who had been contracted to participate in the inaugural T20 Global League. (ESPNCricinfo)

Queensland’s Charlie Hemphrey has been charged for breaching the Cricket Australia Code of Conduct in his side’s Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia at the WACA Ground. (Cricket Australia)

Darren Lehmann has made the startling call that Nathan Lyon can rival Shane Warne as Australia’s greatest Test wicket taker. (Fox Sports)

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