Category: Australia Cricket

Australia’s likely next Test opener Sam Konstas was looking to follow up his record-setting Big Bash League debut in style as he and the Thunder face their rivals the Sixers in the Sydney Smash.

Hobart has a new hero, with promoted opener Mitch Owen standing tall and delivering at Bellerive Oval on Saturday.

Australian cricket legend Mike Hussey says Nathan McSweeney’s axing for the Boxing Day Test is a “tough call” as teenage prodigy Sam Konstas earns an “exciting” opportunity to potentially debut.

And so, the 12-month game of musical chairs continues.

Cricket fans are set to swelter through the annual Boxing Day Test amid a warning Melbourne could hit “record” heat.

Australia has retained the Rose Bowl after defeating New Zealand by 65 runs via the DLS Method courtesy of Annabel Sutherland’s 78-ball hundred in the second ODI at the Basin Reserve.

Ben Duckett took one of the best catches in BBL history but it was Lloyd Pope’s act of redemption that stole the show as the Adelaide Strikers defeated the zero and three Melbourne Stars by 15 runs at the Adelaide Oval.

Australian cricket’s domestic One-Day Cup has been renamed the Dean Jones Trophy after the batting pioneer of the 50-over game was the winner of cricket.com.au’s competition to name the cup.

India is under fire for its handling of Ravichandran Ashwin’s shock retirement midway through the Border-Gavaskar Test series against Australia.

The weather has been fairly mild this week, but things are about to heat up on Saturday with what should be one of the spiciest Sydney Smash derbies of all time after a couple of stinging sledges were exchanged in the lead-up to the clash between two of the BBL’s unbeaten teams.

Ravichandran Ashwin’s dad has claimed that “humiliation” may have played a role in his sudden retirement from the Indian cricket team.

Retired Australian wicketkeeper Matthew Wade looks set to spend time on the sidelines this BBL series, after a calf injury forced him out of Wednesday night’s record-breaking loss to the Melbourne Renegades.

The Australian selectors have unveiled their squad for the upcoming Boxing Day Test against India, dropping opening batsmen Nathan McSweeney and calling up teenage prodigy Sam Konstas.

The Melbourne Renegades have enforced a demolition of the highest order on the Hobart Hurricanes in Geelong on Wednesday night, winning by six wickets in their chase of a franchise record-low target of just 75 runs.

Indian superstar Virat Kohli has been been involved in a verbal stoush with media at Melbourne Airport, landing in Victoria ahead of the Boxing Day test at the MCG.