Selectors roll dice big time by recalling Cummins
Pace ace Pat Cummins is set to play his first Test in more than five years after selectors resorted to desperate measures to cover the giant hole left by Mitchell Starc in India.
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The Centenary Test 40 years on - cricket with style
The way the Melbourne Cricket Club pulled the Centenary Test together moved Marylebone Cricket Club secretary Billy Griffith to remark: "This must be the most magnificent ...
It's been a big week in art with Jim Pavlidis: Warnie and Nathan Lyon
During one of the happiest stages of his life, the famous Rose period, Pablo Picasso painted circus folk. Sure, the darker stuff which followed would catapault the young ...
Warner suggests tensions are still bubbling despite ceasefire
Australia remain seething at India's in-your-face attitude despite the two nations having officially agreed to a ceasefire.
Victoria to defend their Sheffield Shield title
Sheffield Shield holders Victoria will have the opportunity to defend their title after winning through to this season's final with an impressive eight-wicket win over Western ...
Jackson Bird in the mix for Test recall as Cummins, Pattinson loom
Jackson Bird can't match Pat Cummins and James Pattinson for express pace, but the right-armer impressed selectors during the past summer and has a clear idea of what's ...
Dhoni pitching in for third Test preparations
M.S. Dhoni retired from Test cricket in Melbourne during the most recent series between Australia and India, but the iconic keeper has helped shape pitch preparations for the ...
Clearing things up: A bluffer's guide to Monkeygategate
Who said sequels never work? The beauty of Monkeygate 2.0, or Monkeygategate as we call it here, is that it incorporates all the learnings from the original.
Injured Starc out of India series
Australia's hopes of achieving mission impossible in India have been dealt a devastating blow with star paceman Mitchell Starc to be sent home after breaking down with a ...
Hohns back as chairman in restructured panel
Selector Trevor Hohns, the man who presided over Australia's last glory era, has returned to the top job long term after Cricket Australia made radical changes to the ...
Steam stops play in bizarre break in Test match
Play in the first Test between New Zealand and South Africa resumed on Friday after a fire alarm in the main grandstand forced the evacuation of the venue and halted play for ...
Cummins back on track after Shield return
Pat Cummins has taken a giant stride towards regaining Test selection after a hugely successful return to Sheffield Shield in NSW's crucial eight-wicket win over South ...
India-Australia: Peace in our times
At last, a decision on which all can agree, without recourse to a third umpire, nor protest against it.
Hales, Root lead England to series clean sweep over Windies
England's Alex Hales and Joe Root struck centuries as the tourists cruised to a series sweep with a massive 186-run victory over West Indies in the third and final ODI at the ...
Australia, India call Test series truce after 11th-hour crisis talks
There has been a stunning overnight twist in Australia and India's bitter feud with both nations calling a cease fire, narrowly averting a major cricket crisis.
Sutherland can still act on Kohli
Virat Kohli stands to get away scot free with his unfounded allegations of systemic cheating unless Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland exercises a rarely used power and ...
Stoinis a Test bolter under horses-for-courses policy
Victorian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis was picked ahead of the in-form Moises Henriques on a horses-for-courses policy, despite a wretched season in the Sheffield Shield.
Shocked Gavaskar slams ICC for Smith decision
BANGALORE: Indian great Sunil Gavaskar has condemned the International Cricket Council for failing to act on Steve Smith.
ICC turns blind eye to second Test antics
Steve Smith and Virat Kohli have both escaped censure as cricket's governing body effectively declared open slather for Australia and India for the rest of the series.
Mitchell Marsh sent home, replacement named
Ousted batsman Usman Khawaja is back in the frame for a Test recall after all-rounder Mitchell Marsh was ruled out of the rest of the series with a shoulder injury.
Australia are back where they began; behind the eight ball
It is no longer possible for Australia to emerge from this series as No.1 in the world, and if South Africa prevail in New Zealand in the series that began on Wednesday, ...
Ed Cowan leads NSW Shield charge as South Australia wilt
An unbeaten century from Ed Cowan has helped NSW into a strong position in their must-win Sheffield Shield match against South Australia at the SCG.
Bushrangers bounce back against Shield nemesis
Victoria are well placed after day one of their match against Western Australia in Alice Springs, as they chase a berth in a third successive Sheffield Shield final.
'Outrageous': Sutherland slams Kohli
Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland has slammed Virat Kohli for questioning the integrity of the national team as pressure mounts on the Indian captain to produce the ...
Handscomb takes blame for Smith's DRS 'cheating'
Peter Handscomb has taken the blame for Australia's controversial use of the Decision Review System after former captain Michael Clarke expressed concern about whether the ...
Did Australia cheat on DRS? Yes, but it's a sideshow
The deep wrestle for advantage, not the surface shenanigans, was what made this one of the great Test matches.
The law catches up with cricket: changes to the game
For all its latter-day modernisation, cricket lives with such a hidebound past that sometimes common sense comes across as a radical new idea.
'Go' means stay? Smith, Marsh mix-up the turning point
A communication breakdown between Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh came at a critical point - and heralded a stunning collapse.
Clarke admits concerns over Australia's DRS actions
Michael Clarke says Virat Kohli's allegations that Australia were systematically rorting the Decision Review System (DRS) in Bangalore may have some merit, while two former ...
Kohli all but accuses Australia of cheating after epic Indian Test win
India captain Virat Kohli all but accused Australia of cheating over their use of the decision review system.