Cricket Australia is facing renewed calls to move the New Year's Test away from Sydney after rain wreaked more havoc at the SCG on Friday. After 43 overs were lost due to rain and bad light on the opening day on Wednesday, the poor weather again brought an early halt to proceedings on Thursday and … Read more
Australia will return to India for a Test series for the first time since 2017, with the all-important Border-Gavaskar Trophy up for grabs.After going down to India in their last three meetings, the in-form Aussies will look to regain the trophy and claim their first series win in the sub-continent nation since 2005. Pat Cummins will … Read more
Cricket fans donning pink shirts and dresses huddled under trees outside the SCG, desperately hoping to avoid the rain.Inside the venue, spectators retreated to the undercrofts of the Victor Trumper Stand as puddles formed around the pitch square. A quartet of miserable security staff stood by the boundary rope, shivering in the cold.It’s become an … Read more
New Zealand have turned back the Test clock in their match against Pakistan in Karachi, leaving the likes of Kerry O'Keeffe beaming with pride over their fielding tactics late on day four. Having set the home side a second innings target of 319 to win, New Zealand found themselves in a commanding position after managing … Read more
Steve Smith says he still has “no plans” for retirement, despite saying he doesn’t know whether he’ll play another Test match in Australia.The Aussie great passed Don Bradman with his 30th Test century on Thursday at the SCG, putting a pitiful South Africa to the sword alongside Usman Khawaja.While Smith will join his teammates for … Read more
Big Bash League also pulled in great numbers for Seven• Wanderlust viewers tune in to Nine’s Great GetawaysSeven’s coverage of the second test between Australia and South Africa continued its reign on day four of the match as the top-rating non-news program, fetching an audience of 807,000.Aside from cricket, The Chase Australia was another top-performing … Read more
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia batsman Steve Smith dampened down talk of his retirement on Friday after suggesting it was by no means certain that he would be still playing test cricket next season.The 33-year-old former captain scored his 30th test hundred on the second day of the third test against South Africa on Thursday, moving … Read more
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Rain prevented the start of the third day of the already weather-disrupted third and final test between Australia and South Africa at Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.The covers were still on the pitch at the scheduled start, which had been brought forward by half an hour to 1000 local time (2300 GMT) … Read more
Sydney Thunder’s English opener Alex Hales is confident a shortened Big Bash season will encourage more international stars to travel for future competitions as a stack of overseas players prepare to leave Australia for other leagues. Hales has one more match for the Thunder before he joins the UAE T20 League, with other BBL headliners … Read more
KFC BBL|12English opener Alex Hales believes a shorter BBL will entice more international players to make the trip to Australia for the tournamentAAP 6 January 2023, 10:36 AM AESTEnglish batter Alex Hales believes plans to shorten the Big Bash League will encourage more international players to make the trip to Australia for the annual T20 … Read more