'Poor' pitch for the first Test? Depends how you spin it
Mumble it after me: it was a crap pitch. Louder? OK, IT WAS A CRAP PITCH. Australia won on a crap pitch.
Cricket
Perry back from hamstring tear
Ellyse Perry is fit and ready to return to the Southern Stars, six weeks after a hamstring injury.
India's decision to doctor first Test pitch has spectacularly backfired
The Indian board's decision to doctor the pitch for the first Test has spectacularly backfired - again.
Will Australian cricketers risk their lives for $65,000 in Pakistan?
Australian cricketers and support staff in the Pakistan Super League will have to make a call within days whether they are prepared to risk their safety and play in the ...
Why Starc, Hazlewood are back in the hunt
Pace duo Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood have emerged as Australia's trump cards in the second Test with reverse swing looming as the visitors' major weapon to keep India's ...
Pay fight could mean series-by-series contracts for cricketers
Australia's top cricketers may have to contemplate signing temporary series-by-series contracts should they decide to spurn a new revenue model Cricket Australia remains ...
Kohli down, but not out yet
The first ball Virat Kohli faced as captain of India was from Mitch Johnson at the Adelaide Oval, and it hit him in the head. That was less than two weeks after the death of ...
Jason Behrendorff at a loss to describe record-breaking Shield haul
Jason Behrendorff is still trying to process what has transpired over a "whirlwind" couple of days.
Australia's success leaves India's pitch doctors guessing
India's pitch doctors have been thrown another curve ball by the confident Australians, who say they are prepared for whatever surface is thrown at them for the second Test in ...
The rankings chart that Starc is taking by storm
Australia spearhead Mitchell Starc has been ranked the world's fourth best Test allrounder on the International Cricket Council's latest charts.
Partners in cricket or just another cost base?
As the days roll by and July 1 gets ever closer, increasingly I am being asked: "Why are the negotiations for a renewed memorandum of understanding between the players and ...
Behrendorff takes 14-89 as WA crush Victoria within two days
Another sublime bowling performance from returning paceman Jason Behrendorff has guided Western Australia to a crushing innings defeat of Sheffield Shield leaders Victoria ...
White Ferns beat Southern Stars by five wickets in ODI
A beautifully-paced century to Amy Satterthwaite has carried New Zealand to a five-wicket win over Australia in the first match of the Rose Bowl series in Auckland.
Indian greats want flat pitches prepared for remaining Tests
Australia's astonishing upset win in the first Test has sent shockwaves through India with calls from former greats for less spin-friendly pitches to be produced for the final ...
What made Kohli lose his stack?
Steve Smith drew first blood in the battle of the captains as Virat Kohli's hot temper threatened to boil over during the final day of India's humiliating first Test defeat.
'Have to see him bowl on a good pitch': Harbhajan takes aim at O'Keefe
Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has continued his scathing criticism of the Australian team, despite his nation being dismantled by Steve Smith's men by 333 runs in the ...
Six key questions after Aussies shock win
Six key questions after Australia stunned India in the first Test in Pune.
'Even a part-timer can get four wickets': Kohli dismisses O'Keefe's haul
Steve Smith observed Virat Kohli was "angry" in Pune. Shane Warne suggested in the commentary box that India's skipper was "animated" and "frustrated".
India's decision to use DRS backfires in first Test loss
India's new-found resolve to use the Decision Review System (DRS) backfired spectacularly in Pune.
Australia's player ratings for first Test against India
We rate every Australian player from the first Test success in Pune.
O'Keefe joins the greats as visitors post stunning win in Pune
Steve O'Keefe led Australia to one of their greatest Test victories on Indian soil with a superhero performance that rewrote the record books and humiliated the shellshocked ...
Behrendorff's 9-37 drives WA in Shield
Jason Behrendorff captures record-breaking figures in Sheffield Shield
Jason Behrendorff has captured the fifth-best figures in Sheffield Shield history with a career-best 9-37 against Victoria.
Aussies look to set India imposing total on day three
After reaching stumps at 4/143 and with a lead of 298, Australia are looking to set India an unreachable total on a devastating Pune wicket.
Behrendorff takes 9-37 in Shield v Vics
Jason Behrendorff has made a stunning return from injury and delivered the fifth best Sheffield Shield bowling figures to skittle Victoria for 117 at the WACA Ground.
Stars batters 'under pressure' to perform
Southern Stars coach Matthew Mott says his batters are "under pressure" to perform when the tourists begin their one-day series against New Zealand on Sunday.
Nic Maddinson left out of NSW Sheffield Shield side
NSW have omitted Nic Maddinson from their side for the Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania, despite the former Test batsman returning to the squad after a break from the game.
'Tough cookie' Renshaw praised for fight in gut-wrenching contest
Matt Renshaw was criticised by former Australia captain Allan Border for retiring hurt because of illness in Pune, but teammate Steve O'Keefe was full of praise for what he ...
The spin guru behind O'Keefe's stunning spell
Game breaker Steve O'Keefe paid tribute to Cricket Australia's spin guru for sparking the change that enabled the left-armer to produce a potentially match-winning spell in ...
Wonder spell from O'Keefe hits hosts – and Warnie – for six
Australia have a priceless opportunity to post a rare Test victory in India after Steve O'Keefe made spin great Shane Warne eat his words by producing a stunning career-best ...