Sport
Cricket
The pain behind Lyon’s call to end two-Test series
Nathan Lyon has implored cricket authorities to mandate a minimum of three-match Test series, fuelled by the unresolved pain of his very first meeting with New Zealand.
- by Daniel Brettig
Latest
The English View
England
Ben Stokes’ Achilles heel: Passive batting against spin makes him a sitting duck
Just as Achilles had his heel, it is the one area of his game – his life? – wherein Ben Stokes is not his positive and proactive self: when he starts a Test innings against spin in India.
- by Scyld Berry
Aussies sweep series, but Smith’s failures put his World Cup spot at risk
While others enhanced their hopes of playing at the T20I World Cup, Steve Smith’s performances in New Zealand have had the opposite effect.
- by Daniel Brettig
Third T20: Smith’s World Cup bid in danger after rain-shortened 10-over slogfest
Matthew Short thumped Australia to an imposing total before rain and crafty death bowling kept New Zealand in check. But Steve Smith’s unhappy day at the crease could cost him a trip to the Caribbean in June.
- by Dan Walsh
Analysis
Australian cricket
Why the fall of Test cricket would hurt Australia the most
Australian cricket has bet most of its chips on the health of Tests. Cricket Australia chair Mike Baird must lead the way to save them.
- by Daniel Brettig
Rising star’s training put rivals to the sword at World Cup
Harjas Singh says the influence of his Sikh background played a huge part in becoming Australia’s under-19 World Cup final hero.
- by Malcolm Conn
Hazlewood, Zampa pin New Zealand as ferocious Aussies claim T20 series
Australia retained the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy after a superb bowling effort, defending 174 for a 72-run win at Eden Park that clinches the three-game T20 series against the Kiwis.
- by Ben McKay
Second T20 LIVE: Zampa takes four wickets after Wade’s screamer as Australia thump New Zealand
Australia has retained the Chappell-Hadlee trophy after a four-wicket haul from Adam Zampa and some valuable late order runs from Pat Cummins in Auckland.
- by Tom Decent
Exclusive
Australian cricket
‘They basically rolled their eyes’: Cricket’s superpowers ignored a blueprint to save Tests
Australia, England and India were given a blueprint to save Test cricket last year. They left it on the shelf.
- by Daniel Brettig
Final-ball boundary seals stunning T20 triumph for Australia
Australia have won the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy opener in dramatic fashion, with Tim David hitting four off the final delivery for a six-wicket victory.
- by Ben McKay
First T20 LIVE: Australia win thriller in New Zealand
Wellington played host to the first match of Australia’s trans-Tasman tour – and it all came down to one last ball.
- by Jonathan Drennan