Lyon slams 'ridiculous' pitch but Australia up for the fight
Spinner Nathan Lyon says it's "ridiculous" he already has had trouble with a worn bowling crease on just day one of the third Test but has declared the Australians are ready ...
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Australia's missed chances let Sri Lanka off the hook
Australia's morning of joy became an afternoon of frustrating grind and missed opportunities as Sri Lanka took charge of the third Test.
Alex Ross begins series for Australia A
Alex Ross is ticking off all the boxes to becoming an international cricket star.
Murali consultancy fails to deliver results for Australia
Sri Lankan legend Muthiah Muralidaran was drafted into the Australian squad to help banish the team's sub-continental woes - but his consultancy has largely failed to deliver ...
Live scores: Third Test, day one - Sri Lanka v Australia
Catch all the live action from Colombo as Australia looks to save face in their three-Test series.
Emotions aside, cricket needs greater context, insists CA
Cricket Australia insists a two-tiered Test structure to add greater context to the struggling long-form format is the right plan but understands it is an emotional issue for ...
Sutherland to seek answers for tour failure
Colombo: Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland says he will be seeking answers for the losing tour of Sri Lanka, mindful that there will need to be improvement before next ...
A spinner's paradise: Colombo set to torment Australia
Colombo: Australian captain Steve Smith has told his team to have "courage and faith" on a third-Test wicket Sri Lankan counterpart Angelo Mathews expects to be a "spinners' ...
Saturday serve: Manuka Green decision sets back AFL and cricket in Canberra
Loud noises from a few is going to have an impact on thousands of Canberra sports fans.
Aiden Blizzard and Mark Higgs see no quick fix for Australia's spin woes
It was supposed to be a warm-up for next year's Indian tour, but now the Australian cricket team are staring down the barrel of a three-nil series whitewash in Sri Lanka.
Moeen leads rescue after England's top-order collapse
It worked. Alastair Cook's decision to bat first was proved right, thanks to some Pakistan bowling that was as green as the pitch and to the batting of England's all-rounders, ...
Australia vow to attack to avoid 'duck season'
David Warner says a timid approach in the third Test will leave batsmen as "sitting ducks" and has vowed to maintain his attacking ethos in a bid to spoil Sri Lanka's party.
Boland breaks hand in Australia A match
Scott Boland's chances to impress in the Australia A series have taken a hit, with the Victorian pace bowler breaking a hand during the side's clash with South Africa in ...
Battling Burns hopes to leave his mark in Colombo
Colombo: Australian opening batsman Joe Burns has banished speculation he could be dropped for the third Test, insisting he is focused only on transforming his tour and ...
Anderson backs England for lasting legacy
James Anderson believes "the sky is the limit" for this fledgling team and that they have more talent than the last England side to reach No.1 in the Test rankings.
Australia faces 'tough and tight' selection for third Test
Colombo: Darren Lehmann has declared selection for the third Test will be "tough and tight", as Australia seek to leave Sri Lanka with at least a consolation prize and ...
Former Protea named as match-fixer
Former South Africa Test player Thami Tsolekile is among four players banned from cricket for his part in a match-fixing scandal in the local Twenty20 competition.
CA penalises O'Keefe over bender
Injured spinner Stephen O'Keefe has been sanctioned by Cricket Australia after a bender gone wrong in Manly on Saturday night.
PM's XI to be played as Twenty20
Revolutionising the format of the Prime Minister's XI "just made sense", Cricket ACT boss Cameron French says.
Heads up - Australian selectors show faith in Travis
South Australian captain Travis Head has emerged as a potential long-term batting plank on the sub-continent after he was fast-tracked into the Test squad this week.
Australia 'hurt' if No.1 Test ranking is lost
Australia's woes on the sub-continent have been compounded by the harsh reality that they could lose their coveted top billing to India or a bold England side which hasn't ...
Geelong to host two international Twenty 20 matches
Two international Twenty 20 matches will be played for the first time at Simonds Stadium in Geelong next February.
The PM's XI will become a Twenty20 match
Sri Lanka will play the PM's XI in the new format in February.
England take 2-1 Test series lead after Pakistan collapse
Pakistan's second innings crumbled to 201 all out as England won the third Test by 141 runs to lead the four-match series 2-1.
Is cricket next? Sachin Tendulkar and IOC president meet at Rio Olympics
Sachin Tendulkar might just be the man who kickstarts cricket's push into the Olympic games after meeting with IOC president Thomas Bach in Rio on Saturday.
Lyon works to put a fresh spin on Test defeat
Australian spinner Nathan Lyon has begun experimenting to improve his repertoire on the sub-continent, having admitted he has not performed as well as he would have liked in ...
England well placed for Test win: Joe Root
Joe Root is confident Jonny Bairstow's "brilliant" batting has put England in position to push for victory over Pakistan at Edgbaston.
Beaten Aussies must prove themselves to public: Smith
While the Warne-Muralidaran Trophy has been lost, Australian captain Steve Smith has declared the tourists have a point to prove "to ourselves and the public" when the Test ...
Spun out: Australia suffer galling series defeat
A tour of Sri Lanka which began with so much promise effectively ended in misery on Saturday when Australia tumbled to a 229-run defeat in the second Test, and ceded the ...
How cricket missed out on hitting Rio for six
A document demonstrates cricket's missed opportunity to be on the Olympic programme in Rio de Janeiro and at the 2020 Games in Tokyo.