Australia

News Starc had twinged his ribs while batting in Adelaide, while Hazlewood’s fitness is an unknown as he flies into Melbourne on Thursday Mitchell Starc is expected to be fit for Boxing Day despite suffering a twinge in his ribs while batting in the second Ashes Test in Adelaide but Josh Hazlewood‘s fitness is an

News Mitchell Starc has broken into the top ten for Test bowlers Marnus Labuschagne and Babar Azam have risen to the No. 1 spot in the Test and T20I rankings for Test and T20I batters respectively following impressive performance in the most recent engagements. For Labuschagne, it’s the first time at the top spot, while

News Over-rates cost them last time and they do not want to let any points slip away The motivation of making amends for missing this year’s World Test Championship final is an added driving force behind Australia’s push for an Ashes whitewash after they took a 2-0 series lead. Convincing victories in Brisbane and Adelaide

News Australia name a 15-player group for the Melbourne, Sydney, and Hobart Tests; Khawaja could be considered to open Josh Hazlewood has returned to Australia’s squad for the remainder of the Ashes, while captain Pat Cummins is available again for Melbourne following his Covid-enforced absence in Adelaide. Australia have named a 15-player group to cover

News Selectors opt for additional cover while medical team assesses fast-bowling group Australia have added fast-bowling cover to their squad for the third Ashes Test, with Scott Boland called up. Boland had been training with the Australian team in Adelaide, being brought into the squad after Pat Cummins’ close contact with a Covid-19 positive person.

News He knows the five-for may not be enough to keep him in the team for Melbourne, but is “happy to go either way” Jhye Richardson‘s return to Test cricket could not have gone much better, taking a five-wicket haul in the fourth innings to help Australia claim a 2-0 Ashes series lead in Adelaide.

News The left-arm seamer took a lead role in the pace attack in the absence of Cummins and Hazlewood In the absence of Cummins, who was a close contact of a Covid-positive person the night before the game, and Josh Hazlewood because of a side strain, Starc took a lead role in a pace attack

Report Jhye Richardson plays match-winner with maiden five-wicket haul to break tourists’ resolve Australia 473 for 9 dec (Labuschagne 103, Warner 95) and 230 for 9 dec (Labuschagne 51, Head 51) beat England 236 (Malan 80, Root 62, Starc 4-37) and 192 (Woakes 44, Buttler 26, Richardson 5-42) by 275 runs Australia overcame an epic

Report Century stand between Joe Root and Dawid Malan raised English hopes, only for hosts to end up 237 ahead in first innings Australia 473 for 9 dec and 45 for 1 (Harris 21*, Warner 13) lead England 236 (Malan 80, Root 62, Starc 4-37, Lyon 3-58) by 282 runs Australia opted to turn the

News He currently has the highest average of all male Test players behind Bradman, following his sixth century in 19 games The ‘best since Bradman’ is a title handed to a number of players over the years. By one measurement, that accolade now sits with Marnus Labuschagne after his maiden Ashes hundred which set up

News ICC heap more misery on side staring down a mammoth task to salvage second Test in Adelaide As if England’s plight wasn’t difficult enough, staring down a 456-run deficit heading into the third day in Adelaide, the ICC piled on more misery by docking them a further three points for slow over-rates in the

News X-rays cleared Warner of a break as Australia were confident enough in his fitness to confirm their XI the day before the match David Warner will play through the pain of a damaged rib in the second Test against England while Jhye Richardson has been confirmed as Josh Hazlewood’s replacement for the day-night encounter.

Report England’s seamers toil under the lights as pair make 95 each on first day Australia 2 for 221 (Warner 95, Labuschagne 95*) vs England After Warner had fallen just short of three figures for the second innings in succession, Labuschagne walked off unbeaten at the close but still waiting for a maiden Ashes hundred.

News He was a likely candidate to take over the top job again at some point, but not at the 11th hour before an Ashes Test There were two people with positions they did not expect to have on the first morning of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide. Steven Smith was thrust back into

News Cummins could be ruled out of the Test after being identified as a close contact Cricket Australia has been left scrambling just hours prior to the second Ashes Test in Adelaide after Australia captain Pat Cummins was identified as a close contact of a Covid-19 case at a restaurant on Wednesday night which could

Preview James Anderson and Stuart Broad set to return in Adelaide while Jhye Richardson comes in for the injured Josh Hazlewood Big Picture England have not won an Ashes series in Australia after losing the first Test since 1954-55 and they enter Adelaide with hopes of matching that feat. But the first step in rectifying

News The hosts will miss Hazlewood, but have a ready replacement in Jhye Richardson and might give a bigger role to Cameron Green Pat Cummins‘ learning-on-the-fly captaincy will be tested in Adelaide this week as he juggles an attack without one of Australia’s pink-ball spearheads plus the added factor of the day-night element. Cummins –

News England allrounder hits captain Root on helmet as he targets improvement in second Test Ben Stokes has allayed concerns about the knee injury that hampered his bowling at Brisbane last week, after coming through an energetic nets session at Adelaide ahead of Thursday’s second Ashes Test. Stokes, 30, bowled just 12 overs in England’s

Report Tymal Mills picked up 3 for 23 on his Scorchers debut as the Hurricanes slipped to a 53-run defeat Perth Scorchers 5 for 182 (Marsh 100*, Evans 40, Ellis 2-33 ) beat Hobart Hurricanes 129 (McDermott 41, Mills 3-23, Agar 2-21, Tye 2-31) by 53 runs Mitchell Marsh‘s hot streak continued when he smashed

News Jhye Richardson is the frontrunner to come into Australia’s XI in Adelaide Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide due to the side strain he picked up in Brisbane with Jhye Richardson, the Western Australia quick, favourite to replace him. Hazlewood bowled on the fourth day at the

News The Test continued but very few were able to follow it for part of the morning session A major power outage at the Gabba resulted in television coverage of the fourth day’s play going off air during the morning session as the opening Ashes Test continued be hampered by technical issues. The world feed

News Australia captain also expects David Warner to be fit for Adelaide Test Josh Hazlewood and David Warner will be monitored ahead of the second Test in Adelaide after finishing the opening match with side and rib injuries respectively. Hazlewood had a scan on the third evening of the Gabba Test which revealed a “very

News The allrounder claimed the key wicket of England captain Joe Root The first 10 overs of the fourth day at the Gabba were meant to be the prelude that set up a potentially match-defining new-ball burst. Instead the game was decided in those opening exchanges as Nathan Lyon and Cameron Green removed three of

News Analysis The landmark took a while to arrive but then the wickets came in a rush “The next wicket is always the hardest one to get. That’s my mindset and that’s not going to change.” Nathan Lyon outlined his philosophy just hours after claiming his 400th Test wicket and not long after Australia completed

News It will be the the state’s first Test since 2016 after they were preferred over the MCG and SCG Hobart has been confirmed as the venue for the fifth men’s Ashes Test – which will be the second day-night fixture of the series – after seeing off competition from the much larger MCG and

News He’s set to play for Melbourne Cricket Club on January 8 in a premier grade match Will Pucovski has revealed he is set to return to action next month as the 23-year-old recovers from ongoing concussion symptoms. One of Australia’s brightest batting prospects, Pucovski has not played at all this summer after being concussed

Report Head thumped a century in a session after Robinson took two wickets in two balls after tea Australia 343 for 7 (Head 112*, Warner 94, Labuschagne 74, Robinson 3-48) lead England 147 by 196 runs Travis Head thumped a century in a session to rip the game away from England after they briefly clawed

News The former captain took a mental health break following his resignation Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley would love to see Tim Paine return to the Test side, having defended his organisation’s handling of the former skipper’s demotion. Paine tearfully resigned as captain, three weeks out from the men’s Ashes. He initially planned to

News England said there are no injury concerns around the quick bowler and he was fit for selection James Anderson will miss the first Ashes Test in Brisbane but England insisted that it is not injury related and is part of the management plan to have him primed for the day-night Test in Adelaide next

Report England were given no chance at redemption with the ball after wet outfield and bad light combined to end the day’s play England 147 (Buttler 39, Cummins 5-38) vs Australia The Ashes’ past have been defined by the first ball of the series at the Gabba. Think Michael Slater clattering Phil DeFreitas for four