• Nathan McSweeney steals march on rivals in Australia’s Test opener audition

    Nathan McSweeney steals march on rivals in Australia’s Test opener audition
    South Australia captain closes on half century against India ASam Konstas, Marcus Harris and Cam Bancroft all out cheaplyNathan McSweeney has the chance to assert himself as the favourite for the Test vacancy after closing in on a half-century in Australia A’s second innings against India A.On day three in Mackay, Australia A captain McSweeney (47 not out from 98 balls) was by far the most impressive of the four leading candidates to open the batting for Australia alongside Usman Khawaja t
  • Charlie Dean claims hat-trick as England thump South Africa to level ODI series

    2nd ODI: England, 137-4, bt South Africa, 135, by six wktsDean takes four for 45 before Wyatt-Hodge secures chaseCharlie Dean claimed a hat-trick as England levelled their one-day international series against South Africa with a crushing six-wicket win in the second match in Durban.Heather Knight’s side bounced back from Saturday’s six-wicket defeat with a superb bowling display to restrict South Africa to 135 at Kingsmead before easing to 137 for four with 26 overs to spare. Continu
  • Charlie Dean claims hat-trick as England thump South Africa to go level in ODI series

    Charlie Dean claims hat-trick as England thump South Africa to go level in ODI series
    2nd ODI: England, 137-4, bt South Africa, 135, by six wktsDean takes four for 45 before Wyatt-Hodge secures chaseCharlie Dean claimed a hat-trick as England levelled their one-day international series against South Africa with a crushing six-wicket win in the second match in Durban.Heather Knight’s side bounced back from Saturday’s six-wicket defeat with a superb bowling display to restrict South Africa to 135 at Kingsmead before easing to 137 for four with 26 overs to spare. Continu
  • Stokes hails Bethell after England’s ‘phenomenal’ victory in New Zealand

    Stokes hails Bethell after England’s ‘phenomenal’ victory in New Zealand
    Win by 323 runs inside three days secures series triumphStokes: Bethell ‘proved why we rate him so highly’After securing a win inside three days in a howling gale, the series victory over New Zealand also claimed with a Test match to spare, Ben Stokes was blown away himself. “Quite phenomenal,” was the England captain’s reaction to the monstrous 323-run scoreline, not least after losing four wickets on the first morning of the match.What followed from Stokes was a d
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  • Australia beat India by 122 runs: second women’s cricket one-day international – as it happened

    Australia beat India by 122 runs: second women’s cricket one-day international – as it happened
    Georgia Voll and Ellyse Perry tons power Australia to winAustralia take unassailable 2-0 series lead with one match to play2nd over: Australia 7-0 (Litchfield 4, Voll 3) Voll gets her first chance to face a delivery and she starts with a little poke out to point, which is fielded easily, before a play and miss on a good ball from Thakor. She starts to look a little frustrated at her inability to pierce the field just yet, Litchfield comes down the pitch to offer a few words of support. Finally T
  • Ellyse Perry and Georgia Voll tons power Australia to ODI series win over India

    Ellyse Perry and Georgia Voll tons power Australia to ODI series win over India
    Australia 371-8; India 249 | Australia win by 122 runsVoll makes century in Brisbane on just second appearanceA record-breaking knock by Ellyse Perry and Georgia Voll’s maiden international hundred lifted Australia to a comprehensive 122-run victory over India in the second women’s ODI in Brisbane.Perry belted six sixes – the most by an Australian in a single women’s ODI innings – in her 105 off just 75 balls as Australia stormed to an unassailable 2-0 series lead o
  • Pat Cummins takes five as Australia avert crisis to level series with India

    Second Test: India 180 & 175; Australia 337 & 19-0 Mitchell Starc finishes with eight wickets in the matchCrisis averted. Panic stations vacated. All units stand down. Australian cricket followers were hitting every big red button they could find after India handed out a hammering in Perth, but the Australian team hit the big pink button in Adelaide. A different style of thrashing has levelled the five-match series. It took less than two and a half days, not even a third night – un
  • Australia avert crisis as thumping win levels series with India

    Australia avert crisis as thumping win levels series with India
    India 180 & 175; Australia 337 & 19-0 | Australia win by 10 wicketsHosts wrap up victory inside two-and-a-half days in AdelaideCrisis averted. Panic stations vacated. All units stand down. Australian cricket followers were hitting every big red button they could find after India handed out a hammering in Perth, but the Australian team hit the big pink button in Adelaide. A different style of thrashing has levelled the five-match series. It took less than two and a half days, not even a t
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  • Cummins takes five as Australia demolish India

    Cummins takes five as Australia demolish India
    Pat Cummins takes 5-57 as Australia wrap up an emphatic 10-wicket victory over India on day three of the second Test to square the series at 1-1.
  • Australia beat India by 10 wickets: second men’s cricket Test, day three – as it happened

    Australia beat India by 10 wickets: second men’s cricket Test, day three – as it happened
    Australia seal thumping victory early on day threeTravis Head player of the match as Siraj feud simmers26th over: India 134-6 (Nitish 20, Ashwin 1) That was the dream start for Australia, and with Pant surely goes any hope India have of making this match anything bordering on a contest. Smith really did make that catch look simple, despite ending up taking it in front of first slip. He moved so early and got into a perfect position to get both bucket hands safely around the fast moving ball.Cumm
  • Australia beat India by 10 wickets: second men’s cricket Test, day three – reaction

    Australia seal thumping victory early on day threeHead v Siraj send off feud simmersTravis Head named player of the match26th over: India 134-6 (Nitish 20, Ashwin 1) That was the dream start for Australia, and with Pant surely goes any hope India have of making this match anything bordering on a contest. Smith really did make that catch look simple, despite ending up taking it in front of first slip. He moved so early and got into a perfect position to get both bucket hands safely around the fas
  • Australia beat India by 10 wickets: second men’s cricket Test, day three – live

    Australia seal thumping victory early on day threeCummins leads the way with 5/57Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email26th over: India 134-6 (Nitish 20, Ashwin 1) That was the dream start for Australia, and with Pant surely goes any hope India have of making this match anything bordering on a contest. Smith really did make that catch look simple, despite ending up taking it in front of first slip. He moved so early and got into a perfect position to get both bucket hands safely around the fas
  • Mohammed Siraj accuses Australia’s Head of abuse and lying after India loss

    Words exchanged following wicket in second TestBowler claims Head lied in press conferenceTravis Head says he won’t allow accusations of lying from India firebrand Mohammed Siraj ruin Australia’s second Test triumph.The batter has admitted swearing at Siraj during their tense flashpoint at Adelaide Oval on Saturday. Siraj gave century-maker Head a send-off and the Australian responded with some choice words. Continue reading...
  • India’s Mohammed Siraj accuses Travis Head of abuse and lying after Test send-off

    India’s Mohammed Siraj accuses Travis Head of abuse and lying after Test send-off
    Words exchanged following wicket on day two of second TestIndian quick claims Head lied in post-match interview in AdelaideIndia firebrand Mohammed Siraj has accused Travis Head of lying, and abusing him in their heated clash during the second Test. Siraj gave Australia’s century maker Head a send-off on Saturday in the second Test in Adelaide and could face sanction from the International Cricket Council.Head expressed disappointment in the Indian fast bowler after receiving a verbal barr
  • Australia v India: second men’s cricket Test, day three – live

    Australia v India: second men’s cricket Test, day three – live
    Updates from the day-night clash at Adelaide OvalAny thoughts? Get in touch with an email26th over: India 134-6 (Nitish 20, Ashwin 1) That was the dream start for Australia, and with Pant surely goes any hope India have of making this match anything bordering on a contest. Smith really did make that catch look simple, despite ending up taking it in front of first slip. He moved so early and got into a perfect position to get both bucket hands safely around the fast moving ball.Cummins opens from
  • Australia v India: second women’s cricket one-day international – live

    Updates from the ODI at Allan Border Field in BrisbaneAny thoughts? Get in touch with an email or on X @Jimbo_Cricket2nd over: Australia 7-0 (Litchfield 4, Voll 3) Voll gets her first chance to face a delivery and she starts with a little poke out to point, which is fielded easily, before a play and miss on a good ball from Thakor. She starts to look a little frustrated at her inability to pierce the field just yet, Litchfield comes down the pitch to offer a few words of support. Finally Thakor
  • Joe Root’s 36th Test century helps England claim series with big win over New Zealand

    2nd Test, D3: England, 280 & 427-6d, bt N Zealand, 125 & 259, by 323 runsHosts unable to make major inroads after being set 583 to win England could scarcely have been made to feel more welcome in New Zealand, be it a warm-up game tailored to their specifications in Queenstown, those eight dropped catches in Christchurch, or the cheery ground announcer regaling spectators with Harry Brook’s eye-popping statistics throughout. Whatever happens on the other side of the Tasman this tim
  • England thrash New Zealand by 323 runs: second men’s cricket Test, day three – as it happened

    England thrash New Zealand by 323 runs: second men’s cricket Test, day three – as it happened
    Joe Root made his 36th Test century as England crushed New Zealand inside three days to seal a fine series victorySome local colour for you, thanks to Ali: the locals call the divots “scallops.” And the players are out, off we go!The pitch experts gaze at the sweet New Zealand dirt: “There are some divots in the pitch, which means the pitch is drying out.” Continue reading...
  • England power to series win in New Zealand

    England power to series win in New Zealand
    England power to a series win over New Zealand with an emphatic 323-run victory inside three days of the second Test in Wellington.
  • Australia v India: second men’s Test, day three – live

    Updates from the day-night clash at Adelaide OvalPlay starts in Adelaide at 2.30pm local/3pm AEDTAny thoughts? Get in touch with an emailHello everybody and welcome to the third, and probably final, day’s play of the second Test from Adelaide. India will resume their second innings 128-5, still 29 runs away from making Australia bat again.That Australia are in such a commanding position is due mostly to the brilliance of Travis Head. The hometown hero delighted 50,000 of his fellow South A
  • New Zealand v England: second men’s cricket Test, day three – live

    Live updates from the third day’s play in WellingtonAtkinson ‘greedy’ for more after hat-trick | Email TanyaGreedy for hat-tricks is Gus Atkinson.“Everyone in New Zealand is buzzing about Chris Wood’s latest goal for Forest, beating Man Utd 3-2 at Old Trafford. Continue reading...
  • Australia v India: second men’s cricket Test, day two – as it happened

    Australia v India: second men’s cricket Test, day two – as it happened
    Head century powers Australia into dominant positionIndia 128-5 in their second innings, still trailing by 29 runs35th over: Australia 90-1 (McSweeney 39, Labuschagne 23) Jasprit Bumrah starts with a maiden, angled in at pace, pink ball darting off the surface like a cobra’s tongue. Good luck, lads.34th over: Australia 90-1 (McSweeney 39, Labuschagne 23) Mohammed Siraj bustles in to Marnus. A couple of slips and a gully in place. Runs straight away! Marnus whips a ball from outside off thr
  • Travis Head brings the South Australia feelgood factor to make India suffer

    Travis Head brings the South Australia feelgood factor to make India suffer
    Second Test, day two: India 180 & 5-128; Australia 337Head and Carey put hosts in control before bowlers strikeA lengthening afternoon, an Adelaide Test, and two South Australians batting together in the sunshine. Something felt very right about that, as Travis Head and Alex Carey took Australia towards a first-innings lead of 157 against India through much of the second session of day two. The old scoreboard ticking, the church steeple peering over the grandstand’s shoulder, the hill
  • Ireland beat Bangladesh to win T20 series

    Ireland beat Bangladesh to win T20 series
    Ireland beat Bangladesh by 47 runs in the second T20 game between the sides to secure an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
  • Pant plays 'outrageous' hook shot

    Pant plays 'outrageous' hook shot
    Rishabh Pant plays an "outrageous" hook shot for four during day two of the second Test between Australia and India in Adelaide.
  • Australia close in on Test victory after Head hundred

    Australia close in on Test victory after Head hundred
    Australia's bowlers back up a majestic century from Travis Head on his home ground to put themselves in a strong position to win the second Test against India.
  • Boland removes Kohli for 11

    Boland removes Kohli for 11
    Virat Kohli edges Scott Boland to Alex Carey for 11 as Australia take complete control of the second Test against India in Adelaide.
  • 'This has turned the Test match' - best of Head's 140

    'This has turned the Test match' - best of Head's 140
    Watch home favourite Travis Head thrill the Adelaide Oval crowd with some expansive stroke play before he fell for a magnificent 140 off 141 balls.
  • Bethell's sliding doors give England a decision

    Bethell's sliding doors give England a decision
    Jacob Bethell's serendipitous entry into Test cricket has left England with a decision to make, writes Stephan Shemilt.
  • Gus Atkinson ‘greedy’ for more after hat-trick marks latest Test milestone

    Gus Atkinson ‘greedy’ for more after hat-trick marks latest Test milestone
    ‘I thought I had a good chance,’ he says of hat-trick ballEngland paceman adds to remarkable first year in TestsGus Atkinson is a man of few words, but in his first year as a Test cricketer the deeds have pretty much spoken for themselves. Even capping off what has been a sparkling 2024 with a hat-trick was met with a shrug, albeit there was a hint of the drive that underpins his cricket with an insistence he is “greedy” for more.At the end of day two in Wellington, Engla

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