Australia vs South Africa: Second Test, day two
Follow all the action live from Blundstone Arena as the Australian team try to rescue the series after a calamitous first innings.
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Spectator banned for racist graffiti about South African cricketer
A man has been banned from going to the cricket in Australia for three years after he allegedly wrote racist graffiti aimed at a South African player at Blundstone Arena ...
Test team still priority, says Sutherland
There is intense pressure building not just on the batsmen responsible for the failures of Perth and Hobart but on those pulling the strings at CA, all the way up to long-time ...
Lehmann admits batting in crisis after collapse for 85
In the inglorious tradition of Cape Town and Trent Bridge Australia folded ineptly with the bat on the first day of the second Test in Hobart.
Where to now for Australia's batsmen?
Australia's latest embarrassing collapse has given selectors more reason to sharpen the blade but there is no standout waiting in the wings to save them.
Canberra has to wait for a Test match but interstate crowds make you wonder why
If Australia slumps to 6/31 on day one of a Test match and no one is there to see it, did it really happen?
Lehmann not blaming Warner for capitulation
Australia coach Darren Lehmann refused to single out David Warner for the "terrible" shot which sparked the collapse that has the hosts in dire straits in the second Test.
Team on back foot as selectors' delivery goes awry
Mitchell Marsh was promised two Tests by Rod Marsh's selection panel and the fact he is not playing in Hobart will not be doing much for the relationship between players and ...
Australia vs South Africa Cricket Live: Second Test, day 1 from Hobart, Tasmania
Follow all the action live from the second Test, day 1 from Hobart, Tasmania.
85 all out: South Africa make Australia grate again
Like a certain superpower, it is time to recognise what is really happening in Australian cricket, not what we might have misled ourselves to think was happening. You might ...
South Africa expose the full scale of ineptitude
Cape Town, Birmingham, Nottingham, Galle, and now Hobart. Like falling cities in a losing war, the scenes of Australia's cricket disasters have come to our doorstep.
Does Test cricket have to die in order to be reborn?
 One of the many endearing qualities of Test match cricket is the way it graciously hosts a conversation about its own mortality, and has done for as long as anyone cares to ...
A crisis of culture? Don't make me laugh
You have to chuckle when you read criticism about the Australian cricket team when it comes from members of the opposition, past or present.
Australia bowled out for 85 in 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.