Australia vs South Africa Cricket Live: Second Test, day 1 from Hobart, Tasmania
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Australia suffer staggering collapse to fall to 6-43 on first morning of second Test
Five years to the day since Australia were infamously bowled out for 47 in Cape Town Steve Smith's side has suffered another jaw-dropping collapse.
Marsh dropped as Ferguson and Mennie make Australian Test debuts
Australia have abandoned their all-rounder policy with wet weather forecast for the second Test against South Africa in Hobart, with Mitch Marsh dropped and South Australia's ...
Why grassroots cricket is both healthy and sick
The best players are well cared for, but in Australia, once maturing cricketers understand that they are not going to play for their country, they find it harder and harder to ...
Culture war: Smith hits back
Steve Smith accepts that criticism of his team is warranted after four successive Test defeats but rejects the assertion that Australian cricket is in turmoil.
Voges passed fit for second Test, as selectors eye radar
Adam Voges has been passed fit to play, but selectors are yet to decide on Mitchell Marsh's fate for the second Test in Hobart.
Is Smith too vanilla to captain Australia?
The question is being posed with a little more force in the wake of the team losing the last four Test matches in a row.
Cricket's art that dare not speak its name
Let's see if we can get this straight: whatever the South Africans were not doing in Perth, they were doing it really well. The Australians thought so.
Australia seek clarification on Marsh lbw
Australia sought clarification with the company that provides the ball tracking technology over the controversial leg before wicket decision to Mitchell Marsh in the first Test.
Careers on the line in second Test
It's not just the series on the line in the second Test but careers too, as Australia chase redemption after a horror few months.
Australia's cricketers can look to '88 for inspiration
Amid the drama of Perth and the subsequent selection and injury fallout, it's been pointed out the last time Australia lost a home season-opening Test was in 1988.
Who is Kagiso Rabada?
If you tried to synthesise the ideal South African cricketer for these times, you could not come up with any better than Kagiso Rabada.
Dennis Lillee's new appeal: to find his favourite old teacher
As Australia searches for its next great fast bowler, one of the most feared tearaways of all time, Dennis Lillee is searching for something else: his primary school teacher.
Dennis Lillee set to be reunited with beloved teacher after 6PR appeal
Cricket great Dennis Lillee is poised to be reunited with one of his earliest inspirations after his 81-year-old primary school teacher answered a radio appeal from the ...
Defeat in Perth could bode well for Hobart
If world events have told us anything in the past week, it is that forecasting is a game for overpaid mugs. The performance of the Australian team in the second Test match? ...
Hobart offers a perfect opportunity to make amends
One of the great things about sport is opportunity - whether as a player or a team.
Haddin backs under-fire duo Nevill and Lyon
Former Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has backed Peter Nevill as the country's No.1 gloveman ahead of the second Test in Hobart.
Struggling Australians a turn-off for fans
The Australian team is underperforming and fans are switching off at an alarming level based on the ratings for the first Test in Perth.
Cricket Australia, players to begin pay fight
Australia's top cricketers will begin their push for better pay and conditions on Friday – at a time when the Test side is at its lowest ebb in years.
Australia bowlers search for reverse answers
Josh Hazlewood believes Australia can learn a lot from South Africa's sloppy returns, which are understood to have earned captain Faf du Plessis a rebuke from both umpires ...
Risk of injury won't deter Australia from playing Starc: Lehmann
Lehmann and the team's sports science staff on Thursday issued a firm defence of their system of managing fast bowlers' workloads.
Warne predicts who Australia will axe for Hobart
Momentum is building for Mitchell Marsh to be dumped from the Australian team as the hosts look to strengthen a frail batting line-up for the second Test against South Africa.
Smith explains why he hardly bowled Lyon, but Warne's not buying it
Australia skipper Steve Smith has attempted to clear the air with predecessor Michael Clarke regarding his use of Nathan Lyon in the first Test against South Africa.
Mitch Marsh crucial to Australian attack: Hazlewood
Josh Hazlewood has thrown his support behind all-rounder Mitch Marsh, saying he is crucial to Australia's Test attack.
He's back! Skull returns to cricket airwaves
O'Keeffe is likely to headline the FM station's broadcast of Australia's Test series against Pakistan and then the next instalment of the Ashes here next summer.
Lawry says there is no need to hit the panic button
Lawry was made an honouree at the annual Bradman gala dinner this week, and laughed at claims Australian cricket is struggling.
Long wait almost over for Callum Ferguson
At almost 32 years old, having yet to make his Test debut, Callum Ferguson is used to waiting.
Could Voges' time at the top have been better spent?
The success of Chris Rogers' late-career elevation to the Australian Test team has no doubt encouraged selectors to repeat the experiment.
Australian cricket: what, exactly, IS the problem?
The first loss of a series opening Test match on these shores for 28 years has shaken Australian cricket. But can the problem be pin-pointed. Here's a summary of the popular ...
'Lack of fight': Culture of Australian team in turmoil, says ex-Proteas captain
Inducted as a Bradman honoree at the SCG on Wednesday night Graeme Smith believes there are concerning signs about this Australian team that are unrecognisable from what he ...