Category: Australia Cricket

As India look to maintain their newfound, hot run of form, questions have arisen over how they will line up for this weekend’s pink-ball Prime Minister’s XI match in Canberra.

England will be searching for redemption after their series loss in Pakistan when they face a buoyant New Zealand in three Tests starting in Christchurch on Thursday.

The sound of the ball racing from David Warner’s bat indicated it was a stroke of the sweetest timing, the echo of it distinct because those in attendance at Adelaide Oval were holding their breath, barely able to look for fear as to what might happen.

Indian cricket icon Sunil Gavaskar has referenced the infamous Harbhajan Singh v Andrew Symonds clash while saying that India will “thrash” Australia in the ongoing Test series.

It’s tempting to say cricket is not important when thinking about Hughes’s death 10 years ago. But the loss of his career is symbolic of a broader lost future

So here it is. 27 November, the centrepiece of a desperately sad sequence of dates. 25 November, the day 10 years ago when Phillip Hughes was struck by a cricket ball and hospitalised. 27 November, when his life support was ended as futile. 30 November, the 26th birthday that he never reached. 3 December, the funeral that spilled down the street of Macksville. 9 December, his teammates somehow pulling themselves together for a Test match where his absence made him the defining presence. 13 December, relief more than happiness when they won, the one thing they could control.

You probably recall that match, the ceremony around it. The pictures are bright, an easy transfer from television screen to memory. Other memories we might prefer not to summon, but when we do, they’re stronger. Anyone who lived through that time will know the suffocating three days of waiting, from the news of an injury on the Tuesday to Peter Brukner’s confirmation of death on the Thursday. Those close to the centre knew soonest that there would be no recovery, and word filtered outward, but for most people the official announcement was all that ended their hopes for a miracle.

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Star Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh looks to be under a level of doubt for the second Test in Adelaide, as selectors ponder the thought of another curveball.

Phillip Hughes’ family have paid an emotional tribute to their late son and brother on the 10-year anniversary of his passing, and thanked the nation for their continued outpouring of affection for him.

During the Sydney Thunder’s first match of this season’s Women’s Big Bash League, Anika Learoyd had to correct herself after calling new captain Phoebe Litchfield by her nickname. She didn’t want to disrespect her new skipper.

In the aftermath of Australia’s worst loss on home soil in 12 years, there is one guarantee leading into the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Adelaide.

Australian coach Andrew McDonald has not guaranteed that the XI was demoralised by India in Perth in what was a record-breaking defeat in the opening Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy will feature in Adelaide.

Former Test opener Cameron Bancroft has overcome a horror slump with the bat by cracking an unbeaten century during Western Australia’s day-night Sheffield Shield match against South Australia at Adelaide Oval.

Ivory Coast has claimed the unwanted record of lowest score in men’s T20I history, bowled out for 7 during Sunday’s T20 World Cup regional qualifier against Nigeria in Lagos.

For India it was far too easy, cruising to a 295-run win in the first Test to leave Australia with a whole lot of questions and not many answers.

The IPL mega auction has wrapped up in Saudi Arabia with some astronomical figures put up by franchises to secure the biggest names in white-ball cricket.

13-year-old Indian cricketer Vaibhav Suryavanshi has become the youngest player ever to be drafted in the IPL overnight, after being auctioned off for $200,000 to the Rajasthan Royals.