Australia v New Zealand: Red faces at WACA over state of balls
Red faced The case of this summer's "balls up" continues, with Cricket Australia now keen to get to the bottom of what's gone wrong with the latest batch of red balls. There have been at least seven...
View ArticleUsman Khawaja admits hamstring had troubled him since Gabba
Usman Khawaja is hopeful of being fit for the Boxing Day Test, if not earlier, after revealing the hamstring he injured on Saturday had felt tight since his international comeback in the first Test....
View ArticleAustralia v New Zealand second cricket Test: The Tonk
THE TONK Balls up: Kookaburra Sport managing director Brett Elliot will attempt to get to the bottom of what's gone wrong with the latest batch of cricket balls when he returns from an overseas trip....
View ArticleAustralia v New Zealand second cricket Test: Five things we learnt from day...
Kane is able: Allan Border has declared Kane Williamson would be the man he would have "bat for his life", while Dean Jones rates Williamson the world's second best batsman behind only South African...
View ArticleAlex Hales hits his way to pole position as England’s next Test opener
After a drab, demoralising defeat selectors often pick the same team, sometimes out of sheer cussedness, sometimes out of calm shrewdness. For the moment we must conclude it was the latter as far as...
View ArticleAustralia v New Zealand cricket second Test: Australian Mitch Starc...
A searing Mitchell Starc revived memories of the WACA pitch at its fearsome best when he delivered the fastest recorded delivery in Test history on Sunday. The radar gun showed Starc had hit 160.4 km/h...
View ArticleAustralia vs New Zealand cricket second Test: Never mind the Kiwis, the real...
The Trans-Tasman series promised to provide much entertainment and gripping cricket given the recent imposing form of the visitors and the unsettled home line-up coming off an Ashes loss and a...
View ArticleCanberra's Aaron Ayre makes mad dash across Melbourne for Sheffield Shield debut
From club cricket to the MCG - Canberra junior Aaron Ayre had to make a mad dash across Melbourne and walk off the field in a first-grade match in the middle of an over after a dream call ignited his...
View ArticleAustralian Test hopefuls score in Sheffield Shield
West Australian Test hopefuls Shaun Marsh and Michael Klinger scored 50s on day two of the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria at the MCG. The Bushrangers were in control at stumps, with WA 7-217...
View ArticleFirst Test: Black Caps bowlers miss a trick as Australia's quicks take control
The major point of comparison going into the first Test was between the seam bowling attacks. Who could use the conditions better? Who would swing the maligned Kookaburra ball the most? And who could...
View ArticleSecond Test: Beginners' luck or Burns and Khawaja's time?
Australia are one step closer to solidifying their line-up for years to come after a convincing win against the Kiwis at the Gabba this week. There was much talk at the beginning of the Test about the...
View ArticleHigh hopes for maturing Mitch Starc's Test return to WACA Ground
Perth Mitch Starc will relish this week's opportunity to play his first Test in Perth since his breakthrough five-wicket haul three years ago, his teammate Mitch Marsh expects. The left-armer, arguably...
View ArticleFrom Test squad to club squad: Andrew Fekete dropped by Tasmania
A fast bowler who last month could have made his Test debut for Australia had the tour of Bangladesh gone ahead, has been dumped from his state team after two rounds of the Sheffield Shield season....
View ArticlePink ball creating nightmares, but cricket also needs to embrace change
Saturday Serve We can put a man on the moon, but the conundrum of finding a reliable pink ball to play night Test cricket seems a scientific nightmare threatening to leave Cricket Australia with red...
View ArticleWill Test stars see red over cricket's new pink ball?
Cricket's pink ball will face its harshest test from Wednesday when Australia's Test stars have their chance to judge a piece of leather authorities hope will help reinvigorate the sport. The...
View ArticlePink ball makes for 'boring' cricket, says Victorian bowler John Hastings
The pink ball being used in day-night first-class matches makes for "boring" cricket, according to Victorian fast bowler John Hastings. Hastings took two for 36 from 25 overs to be the pick of the...
View ArticleMitchell Marsh to bat No.6 against New Zealand: Australia coach Darren Lehmann
Australian coach Darren Lehmann admits they have considered demoting Mitchell Marsh in the batting order for the first Test against New Zealand at the Gabba. However, Lehmann believes Marsh will be...
View ArticleFormer Test cricketer Cameron White to play Futures League for first time
Former Australian Test cricketer and national T20 captain Cameron White will lead Victoria's second XI next week. It will...
View ArticleCricket: Marsh to bat at 6 - Lehmann
Mitchell Marsh. Australian coach Darren Lehmann admits they have considered demoting Mitchell Marsh in the batting order for the first Test against New Zealand at the Gabba. However, Lehmann believes...
View ArticleSubstandard SCG pitch mars NSW Blues' Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria
With Ed Cowan mounting a case for his Test aspirations, a dangerous SCG outfield has again halted play in NSW's Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria. Umpires called off Saturday's play in the afternoon...
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