Category: Cricket

• 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.

• 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.

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.

Despite overwhelming odds against them, Bangladesh still found a way to win – but their success wasn’t down to any Australian complacency

Sport coverage is powered by hyperbole and recency bias, but the following statement is justifiable: Bangladesh’s defeat of Australia in Darwin is the most profound upset, the greatest revolt against the pre-game odds, in international cricket history. Australia’s win in England in 1882 so shocked locals that they published a cremation-themed obituary, but the same result had already happened four times on the other side of the world. Zimbabwe stunned India in 1998, but that was at least in the underdogs’ home conditions.

India’s bench-depth win at the Gabba in 2021 has a claim, or the new nation of Pakistan winning either in India in 1952 or England in 1954. But in truth, Sunday’s result is now the title holder, not just because of the disparity between the resources and histories of the two teams, not just because of the location, but because of the manufactured rarity of this match-up even taking place. Since Bangladesh’s admission to Test ranks in 2000, Cricket Australia have treated a cricket populace of well over 100 million people with the most blatant condescension.

New Zealand opener Tim Seifert’s blistering innings paved the way for Manchester Super Giants’ five-wicket win over Trent Rockets in the final of the Hundred at Lord’s on Sunday.

Former Australian selector Mark Waugh believes it is a “50/50 call” on whether Jake Weatherald and Marnus Labuschagne will hold their spots after they failed to fire in Australia’s shock loss to Bangladesh in the first Test in Darwin.

Australian captain Pat Cummins said it is clear the nation’s malfunctioning top order is not performing as required after a debacle in Darwin resulted in an unprecedented loss to Bangladesh and drove calls for change from former greats.

Australia has suffered a historic loss on home when thrashed by Bangladesh in Darwin by nine wickets in the First Test.