Third Test up for grabs as India near Australia's total
It's anyone's game as the fourth day of the thrilling Third Test heats up.
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Cummins quickens Australian hearts
If not a red letter day for Australia, it was at least a red leather day. Pat Cummins on his return to Test cricket took four wickets, and is not done yet.
The optical illusion which prompted Laxman's rant at Smith
India Test great accuses Australian captain of setting a poor example to his team. The only problem, however, is Smith did nothing of the sort.
Cummins' heroic comeback as Kohli's clap reignites DRS controversy
Steve Smith landed another blow in his battle with Virat Kohli as the India captain's attempt to mock Australia failed spectacularly on Saturday.
Forgotten Test player all but sinks Blues' Shield hopes
A career-best innings from Hilton Cartwright has lifted Western Australia to a dominant position in their must-win final-round match against NSW in Perth on Saturday.
Pattinson demolishes Queensland with haul of 5-7
Despite routing Queensland by an innings inside two and a half days on Saturday, Sheffield Shield table-toppers Victoria say they have room for improvement ahead of next ...
South Africa clinch eight-wicket victory in second Test over New Zealand
* Maharaj takes career-best figures of 6-40
WA on top of Blues for Shield final berth
NSW face a challenge to hang onto a spot in next week's Sheffield Shield decider after ending day two at 5-242 in Perth, still 194 runs behind fellow final aspirants Western ...
Cheating and the sound of silence
Sometimes there is cause for serious sport-related gloom and such a moment came during the week.
India chase Australia's challenging first innings target
Australia chasing wickets to assert dominance on third Test.
'I've got a frog in my throat': Maxwell's joy at maiden Test ton
Glenn Maxwell has set himself the ambitious goal of following in Steve Smith's footsteps and making the transformation from spin bowler to bona fide Test batting dynamo.
Smith's innings a masterpiece of carrying team on his shoulders
Steve Smith has entered the Himalayan stage of his career: so many mountains of runs, it is hard for individual peaks to stand out. His unbeaten 178 at Ranchi deserves to be ...
Australia leave door open for Indian fightback
Australia's bowlers are locked in a gruelling battle of attrition as India launched a spirited fightback without their inspirational leader Virat Kohli.
Smith and Maxwell put Aussies on top
Can India prevent Australia from posting a match-winning total?
Western Australia on top of Blues in race for Shield final berth
NSW face a challenge to hang onto a spot in next week's Sheffield Shield decider after ending day two at 5-242 in Perth, still 194 runs behind fellow final aspirants Western ...
Could the GP clash with next year's Shield final?
As Victoria prepare for a likely "home" Sheffield Shield final later this month in Alice Springs, the prospect of how the Grand Prix might affect the Bushrangers's chances of ...
Virat Kohli, the head of the Indian snake
India's captain Virat Kohli seems as unpopular with Australian fans as the villain of Bodyline, Douglas Jardine.
Steve Smith's century in Ranchi rubs salt in Kohli's wounds
Steve Smith has hit Virat Kohli where it hurts most by producing one of the most important centuries of his career to dig Australia out of a dangerous hole in the third Test ...
WA makes good start in Shield clash with NSW
​Runs came plentifully and quickly for Western Australia on day one of their Shield Sheffield clash with NSW, the home side compiling 5-360 as they chase an unlikely spot in ...
Smith and Maxwell blaze the trail
Steve Smith looked to the dressing room at least twice, at 50 and 100, and again as he walked off at stumps, unbeaten. If in Bengaluru he had misguidedly needed an outside ...
Kohli set to return despite shoulder injury
Firebrand Indian skipper should be fit to take to the field today with officials holding 'no serious concerns' about strained shoulder.
Live: Test series on a knife edge
All the action as it happens in Ranchi.
Kohli's series hangs in the balance after shoulder injury
Captain's injury during a fielding mishap threatens to force India into shaking up their batting order.
Journey's end for trio, but what sights they saw
A cricketer's career is a journey, an adventure, but more than those, a blind date.
'Complete rubbish': Smith-Kohli feud still raging on eve of Test
Steve Smith and Virat Kohli remain at loggerheads over the India captain's unfounded DRS cheating allegations which have produced one of the tensest build-ups to a Test match ...
Maxwell, Stoinis in selection battle
Australia's plans for the third Test have been thrown into uncertainty by Ranchi's "rolled mud", leaving all-rounders Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis sweating on the ...
Two Australia Test players call time on first-class careers
Former Australian Test cricketers Adam Voges and Xavier Doherty have announced their retirements from first-class cricket.
Pitch doctors beware, the ICC is coming after you
Cricket's governing body is only weeks away from introducing a system that will "shame" curators who produce substandard wickets, as another pitch controversy brews in India.
Ranchi pitch rocks Australians
Australia have walked into an India-endorsed stitch up as suspicion grows the hosts have been delivered a tailor-made wicket designed to blunt Australia's pace weapons and ...
David Warner: out, but not down
David Warner hasn't made as many runs as doubtlessly he would have liked, but nor has he been as lacking as his scores say.