Category: Australia Cricket

Australian great Adam Gilchrist believes Matt Renshaw has the temperament and the technique to succeed in his latest chance at Test level.

Cameron Green’s assessment of how he turned his Test form around with a maiden century on home soil in Darwin will come as music to the ears of cricket purists.

Left-arm spinner Manav Suthar finished with 10 wickets as India thrashed Sri Lanka by 165 runs in the first Test in Galle on Wednesday to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.

Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue took five wickets apiece as England made a strong start to the post-Bazball era by dismissing Pakistan for 171 in the first Test at Headingley on Wednesday.

For a man who has discovered that thinking less about his cricket has helped rejuvenate him at the crease, it might sound strange that Jason Sangha was preoccupied with mastering spinning decks earlier this month.

A forgotten former international quick has been linked to a shock Test call-up to bolster Australia’s pace attack; while a series of key Australia A squad calls have revealed who’s on the selectors’ radar.

As Mark Waugh assessed the prospects auditioning to be the nation’s next Test batter prior to Matt Renshaw’s recall, the Aussie great and former selector paused before identifying what is a significant problem.

• Former Test opener fined $1,500 after failing a breath-test at Easter

• Future work opportunities will be affected, says barrister

Australian cricket great David Warner has lamented global media attention about his drink-driving offence, suggesting it cost him valuable overseas commercial opportunities.

The 39-year-old was convicted and fined $1,500 on Tuesday for mid-range drink-driving after he tried to switch seats with a passenger when approaching a random breath-testing site on Easter Sunday.

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• Opener pays price after scores of 23 and 0 in first Test defeat

• Matthew Renshaw drafted into 13-man squad in his place

Jake Weatherald has paid the price for an underwhelming performance in Australia’s shock Test defeat to Bangladesh, with Matthew Renshaw drafted into a 13-man squad to replace the opener for the second and final match of the series starting on Saturday.

Weatherald went into the first Test in his home town of Darwin with a question mark over his place in the side, having largely failed to make an impact since coming into the Test set-up as a late-blooming debutant at the start of the 2025-26 Ashes series.

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Matt Renshaw’s abrupt call-up to face Bangladesh in Mackay will be the “last roll of the dice” for the Queenslander to resurrect his Test career, according to a former Australian great.

A third-ball duck against Bangladesh has brought to an end Jake Weatherald’s stint as Australian opener, with the national selectors axing the left-hander in favour of Matt Renshaw.

Welcome to England’s sensible era.

As Australia’s shock nine-wicket loss to Bangladesh in the first Test in Darwin reverberates around the cricket world, the reaction hasn’t been what you might expect.

Australian coach Andrew McDonald has conceded the Test team was poor in Darwin but said that did not mean there will be a change for what is now a must-win match in Mackay in order to square the series against Bangladesh.

An exchange between Steve Smith and Litton Das on the third day picked up by Fox Cricket’s stump microphone has become symbolic of Bangladesh’s fearless attitude in their historic nine-wicket Test win in Darwin.