Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley on Friday said there is no place for physical contact on the cricket field, following the physical altercation between India superstar Virat Kohli and Australian debutant Sam Konstas. The brief showdown took place after the 10th over of the Australian innings on the opening day of the fourth …
Batter Travis Head was declared fit for the Boxing Day Test against India on Wednesday in a big boost for Australia while Scott Boland was confirmed as the injured Josh Hazlewood's replacement. Aggressive number five Head is the highest run scorer in the five-match series, plundering centuries at both Adelaide and Brisbane. He …
Australia captain Alyssa Healy has confirmed she will play as a specialist batter in the upcoming ODI series against New Zealand, marking her return from a knee injury that prematurely ended her WBBL season. The star opener, who missed Australia's 3-0 ODI series sweep over India, is on track to feature in the …
Australia endured their first-ever Test defeat at the Optus Stadium in Perth during the series opener, losing by a massive 295 runs as Jasprit Bumrah, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Virat Kohli delivered stellar performances for India. However, the hosts bounced back emphatically in the second Test at Adelaide, clinching the day-night contest by 10 wickets. Mitchell …
Our colleague Sabyasachi Chowdhury did some digging to give you an overall preview as to what to expect in Adelaide. 7-0: Australia have won all their seven Day-Night Tests at the Adelaide Oval since the first-ever pink-ball Test back in 2015. 0-1: India have lost their only Day-Night Test in Adelaide. Back in December …
Ahead of the pink-ball, day-night Adelaide Test against India, Australia's ace spinner Nathan Lyon expects the Adelaide Oval wicket to spin and called it the "best cricket wicket in the world". Lyon, who was once an assistant curator at the Adelaide Oval, will be aiming to conquer the Adelaide pitch as Australia seeks …
Ahead of the pink-ball Adelaide Test between India and Australia in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Damian Hough, the head curator of the pitch at the venue, said that six millimeters of grass will be used on the pitch. The Adelaide Test, starting on December 6, sees India entering with both a mental and …
India are dominating Australia in the first Test. Captain Jasprit Bumrah picked a dazzling 5-30 as India secured a handy 46-run lead at lunch on day two of first Test after bowling out Australia for 104 in 51.2 overs at Perth Stadium on Saturday. It is also the third lowest-score for Australia in …
The Australian bowling quartet of pacers Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and spinner Nathan Lyon made history on Friday as they became the first bowling quartet in Test history to take 500 Test wickets while playing together. The legendary quartet accomplished this feat during the first Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test against India at …
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel (NSP) have named the squad for the Prime Minister's XI match against India in Canberra. ACT Comet Hanno Jacobs will rub shoulders with Test-capped internationals Scott Boland and Matthew Renshaw when he takes the field for the Prime Minister's XI. A fast-bowling allrounder, …
