Cricket Australia should have listened to the late great Shane Warne.
‘Would’ve fired me up’: India celebrations stun greats after barely avoiding 13-year low
Questions have emerged over India’s jubilant celebrations yesterday evening at the Gabba, as they narrowly avoided the dreaded follow-on.
‘Don’t know how that’s true’: Cummins fires back over Lehmann’s big Bailey claim
Australian chairman of selectors George Bailey has found himself in the spotlight for the second time this summer.
Emerging star ‘making a case’ for overseas debut as cautious approach looms for Healy
Australian captain Alyssa Healy is no certainty to play in Australia’s opening ODI against New Zealand on Thursday despite overcoming a knee issue, with selectors conscious of the upcoming Ashes.
‘Uninhibited cricket’: Record-breaking feat from 19yo Sam Konstas leaves Aussie cricket fans gushing
Sam Konstas has continued his remarkable summer with a record-breaking knock on his BBL debut that will only enhance his chances of a Test call-up.
Aussies finally lose fight with weather as Head doubt adds to Gabba frustration
Denied a decisive triumph at the Gabba by miserable weather, Australia will endure an anxious wait regarding star batter Travis Head’s fitness leading into the Boxing Day Test.
Keely Hodgkinson wins BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024 – as it happened
The Olympic 800m champion took the big prize in the BBC’s annual jamboree, with darts star Luke Littler second and Joe Root third
Root has a live chat from his hotel in New Zealand. It’s just gone 8am there, the morning after the Test series ended, and he’s looking a little bleary-eyed. Only once, in 2021, has he scored more runs than he has this year. “It’s been a hell of a journey, but it seems to get more and more enjoyable,” he says.
Jimmy Anderson on Root. You won’t get many better quotes than this.
I can’t think of a better role model for the game of cricket. I’ve got children, I’d love for them to grow up and be that sort of person.
Continue reading...‘Made it difficult’: Aussie coach grilled over shock declaration call as India reality sinks in
Australian assistant coach Daniel Vettori has defended the team’s decision not to declare after India likely put a result out of reach in the third Test at the Gabba.
Australia frustrated as India avoid follow-on on quirky day four of Brisbane Test
- Third Test, day four: Australia 445; India 252-9
- Australia checked by resilient batting and rain
It’s that time again. Not the time when the cricket enthusiasts are paying attention, because we always are – June in Barbados, August in Galle, whatever you’ve got. No, it’s the brief time either side of Christmas when the cricket is high profile enough that everybody outside our odd community also becomes vaguely aware it exists. “Who’s winning?” I’ve been asked twice this week, that dreaded question that gets lobbed from hallways over the backs of couches to torment those of us who know that nobody is ever winning a Test match, they have either won it or not won it. All we have to comfort us is our smug superiority; which is, granted, a consolation.
On the fourth day of Australia’s Test against India at Brisbane, there was a further delight: the game within a game. For the uninitiate, this contest would have looked dead. Australia on 445, India resuming in the morning 394 runs behind and four wickets down. Soon to be five, the captain Rohit Sharma an early departure. Combine the gulf in scores with the rain that had taken the match into its fourth day without completing its second innings, and there was no chance for India to get towards parity and stay in the contest.
Continue reading...Sad image exposes awkward Indian dilemma; staggering reality amid selection gamble: Talking Pts
The third Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is edging closer towards a stalemate after a courageous tenth-wicket partnership between Indian tailender Akash Deep and vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah frustrated the Australians on day four of the Gabba.
Josh Hazlewood’s Test series likely over after suffering calf strain against India
- Australian quick sent for scans after bowling just one over on Tuesday
- Scott Boland likely replacement for Melbourne and Sydney Tests
Josh Hazlewood’s home Test summer is feared over after the quick suffered a calf strain that is expected to rule him out of both Melbourne and Sydney. Hazlewood was sent for scans on Tuesday after sending down just one over at the Gabba, after hurting his right calf in the warm up before play.
Scans have since confirmed a strain, leaving Australia with just two frontline quicks for the rest of the Brisbane Test. “He is likely to miss the remainder of the Test series. A squad replacement will be made in due course,” Cricket Australia confirmed in a statement.
Continue reading...‘Can of worms’: Sixers star stumped on solution to void as concerns grow for gun veteran
Sixers skipper Moises Henriques says Daniel Hughes’ latest injury setback is “very concerning”, but the veteran batter isn’t entirely sold on the idea of introducing a replacement system that would allow teams to sub on like-for-like players.
New Zealand thrash England by 423 runs: third men’s cricket Test, day four – as it happened
Jacob Bethell’s 76 and a frightening spell for Will O’Rourke enriched an otherwise predictable final day
12th over: England 49-2 (Bethell 20, Root 16) O’Rourke is again hitting 90mph, which turns him from a very awkward bowler into a mildly terrifying one. Even Root is struggling to find the middle of the bat and almost falls when a gloved pull beats the diving Blundell and goes for four.
Meanwhile, this email is spot on. “There’s something about Will O’Rourke’s put-upon demeanour that reminds me of Angus Fraser,” writes Matt Emerson. “Even when he was on a hat-trick he looked like someone had stolen his lunch money. He’s a bit quicker than the great man, mind…”
Continue reading...‘Wants to be Superman’: Stokes slammed for ‘senseless’ injury as glaring Ashes problem laid bare
Visibly distressed England captain Ben Stokes suffered a recurrence of a hamstring injury on Monday while bowling during the third Test against New Zealand in Hamilton.
Brave Indian tail, series-long injury shock put Aussies’ Gabba hopes on the brink
Australia’s hopes of seizing control of the Border-Gavaskar Series in Brisbane were dealt a significant blow after India avoided the follow-on on a gripping day at the Gabba.