For now, victory is enough
What a difference a day-nighter makes.
Cricket
Future looks bright with young batsmen
Steve Smith had never met Matt Renshaw until last week week but the Australian captain and the debutant opener anchored Australia's completion of a long-awaited Test win.
Day four: As it happened
Re-live the action as Australia gain a consolation win in Adelaide.
Australia are at rock bottom, but still mining for depth
Australia might have hit rock bottom during the series with South Africa, but they are still searching for depth.
The Tonk: Cummins in the mix for Test tour of India
Here's one that might surprise a few. It was thought Pat Cummins was no chance to be seen in the baggy green until next summer but the young gun might be back sooner than we ...
Nevill dominates for NSW in Shield
Tasmania are struggling to get a foothold in reply to NSW's lofty first-innings Sheffield Shield total, with dumped Test wicketkeeper Peter Nevill headlining proceedings for ...
Australia's fast bowlers a well-oiled machine
Australia's team might be a work in progress but their fast bowling cartel is a well oiled machine with the weapons to worry Pakistan on home soil.
Finch ton helps Vics in Shield fightback against SA
South Australian set for first-innings lead, Victoria trail by 142 runs with 4 wickets remaining after day two.
Wade runs his mouth as Lyon finds range
Matthew Wade was brought back into an Australian side at its lowest ebb for, among other reasons, his big mouth. And the Channel 9 stump microphones on Saturday night revealed ...
Australia fortifies its edge
Cricket is a game of cosmic connections, or coincidences, as you will, of mysterious causes and effects. Shine will make a ball swing. But not always, and not predictably. ...
Aussie crowds are bad mannered: Proteas
South Africa have branded Australian cricket fans bad mannered as the booing of Faf du Plessis continues unabated.
Lyon and Cook show new boys how it's done
For Australia's fresh-faced batting order, blooded in Test cricket over the first three days in Adelaide, a new order of pressure awaits. At some point on Sunday, they are set ...
Lyon roars back to form as Australia sniff victory
Australia can sniff a drought breaking win after embattled off-spinner Nathan Lyon snapped his horrible run of form by landing crucial blows late in Adelaide on Saturday.
Live: Third Test day three
Follow live for all the action from the pink-ball Test.
Nevill delivers message to selectors with commanding knock
Two weeks after Peter Nevill twice faltered with the bat at Bellerive Oval representing Australia, the dumped Test wicketkeeper has returned to the Hobart ground to produce a ...
Head controls Vics but Ferguson fails again
SA captain Travis Head has taken another step towards Test cricket with his first Sheffield Shield ton of the summer.
Dumped Burns finds form in Shield
Dumped Test opener Joe Burns has been dismissed for a half century in Queensland's Sheffield Shield clash with Western Australia in Townsville.
Starc ends long run drought to help Australia's tail wag
Mitchell Starc has scored the first half-century by an Australian bowler in more than 15 months as Australia posted their biggest first innings total in close to a year.
Australia dismissed for 383, lead by 124
Australia were dismissed for 383, a first innings lead of 124, to bring up tea on the third day of the day-night third test against South Africa on Saturday.
Cricket ACT confident Australia's form won't affect Manuka Oval crowd
Almost 6000 tickets have been sold for the clash as Cricket Australia keep a close eye on crowd figures with Canberra crying out for more international cricket.
Khawaja reintroduces 'lost art' of patience for hosts
It was widely lauded as Usman Khawaja's best innings and one of the finest by an Australian in recent years but the man himself says he was simply trying to reintroduce the ...
The Tonk: Day-night Ashes Test would be sell-out, claims SACA chief
England are yet to play a pink-ball Test but Cricket Australia hopes to convince them to join the party for the Ashes next summer.
International cricket stars return for WBBL 2017
English all-rounder Natalie Sciver will to return to Australia for a second season of Big Bash cricket, joined by top New Zealand spin bowler Morna Nielson at the Southern Stars.
TV ratings keep day-night Ashes Test on agenda
Under-lights Test cricket again proves a winner for Nine Network as Cricket Australia weighs at least one pink-ball Ashes Test next year.
In a sport dominated by the bat, 'ball tampering' is just levelling the playing field
I begin with a mea culpa: I was a bowler, I tried to swing the ball, I didn't like grassless pitches, I wasn't fond of fast outfields, the LBW law outraged me and cricket ...
Proteas fight back but Khawaja stands tall
Usman Khawaja seized the moment but it was a day of missed opportunities for Australia after their remoulded middle order faltered against the tricky pink ball under lights on ...
Handscomb impresses on debut with half-century
Peter Handscomb has emerged as the pick of the Australian debutants in Adelaide, announcing himself on the Test scene with a half-century alongside an indefatigable Usman ...
As night falls, a light at last
Suddenly, Australia could do no wrong, or not much. From consecutive balls in the middle of this day, Peter Handscomb scored the first of his 54 impressive debut runs and ...
If you thought facing South Africa's attack was tough ...
If the Australian batsmen thought handling the South African seam attack was difficult, wait until they get to India in three months.
Rift widens between ICC and South Africa over du Plessis affair
ICC chief David Richardson might have once played for South Africa but that fact has done nothing to temper his disappointment at the conduct of his countrymen over the Faf du ...