Australia has dominated the first day of the World Test Championship Final after Travis Head made history in a remarkable innings. After two years and 69 Test matches, Australia and India were the two teams left to fight for world supremacy in the longest form of the game. Stream OverContinue Reading
Scott Boland has won the final spot in Australia’s fast bowling line up for the World Test Championship, beating out Michael Neser for the final spot. It comes after Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of the match last week and the Queensland quick was parachuted into the squad. Stream OverContinue Reading
Australia has dropped two stars from its squad for the World Test Championship final against India. Allrounder Mitchell Marsh and batter Matthew Renshaw are the casualties from the trimmed 15-man squad, with Renshaw losing his place after a shock return to the Test side in January following five years inContinue Reading
Bespectacled cult hero Todd Murphy has headlined the latest round of contract offers from Cricket Australia, rewarded for a season that saw him take seven wickets on Test debut in India, bowling himself firmly into the frame as Nathan Lyon’s heir apparent. He was joined by West Australian fast bowlerContinue Reading
Usman Khawaja has finally done it, becoming the first Australian batter this series to reach triple-figures. The silky batter produced a masterclass on the opening day of the Fourth Test in Ahmedabad as Australia used the surprisingly batter-friendly conditions to reach 4/254 at stumps. On a day of wild drama,Continue Reading
Former Test wicketkeeper Ian Healy has called for Pat Cummins to give up the Test captaincy, saying the captaincy was a “burden”. With Aaron Finch stepping down from international cricket, it creates vacancies in the white-ball leadership setup, which Cummins has partially assumed in replacing Finch as ODI captain toContinue Reading
Welcome to news.com.au’s coverage of the first Test between Australia and India. The four-match series gets underway in Nagpur today as Australia seeks to win its first series in India since a star-studded Aussie side won there back in 2004. Watch Australia’s Tour of India. Every Test & ODI liveContinue Reading
The Australian cricket team has shed more light on what led to Justin Langer’s departure as coach, revealing players were “walking on eggshells” around him. Cricket Australia and Langer mutually agreed to part ways last February after players expressed concerns over his coaching style and Langer rejected a reduced contractContinue Reading
Steve Smith might have to play the third Test against South Africa in pain after he suffered an injury scare on the eve of the New Year’s Test in Sydney The SCG practice nets have been particularly tricky to play on and on Tuesday Smith was struck on the handContinue Reading
Mitchell Starc is just about of warnings for the world’s batters and is prepared to bring the Mankad dismissal back to test cricket after repeated run-ins with South African Theunis de Bruyn which nearly moved him to do it Melbourne. Starc has the support of his captain Pat Cummins toContinue Reading