The Hobart Hurricanes moved to the top of the Big Bash League as Cameron Bancroft’s return to pro cricket after his nine-month ban was ended by a peach of a delivery. His Perth Scorchers side suffered their third loss in four matches.
Indian captain Virat Kohli heaped praise on his team – and especially Jasprit Bumrah – for helping him fulfil his obsession of winning Test matches away from home.
Watch Australian captain Tim Paine discuss changes for the final Test in Sydney and how the return of Steve Smith and David Warner is clearly needed in order to get Australia competitive again.
Watch how India secured a 137-run victory on the final day to go 2-1 up in the four-match Test series against Australia and thus retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy on Australian soil.
It was a historic occasion when the Boxing Day Test match moved away from the coastal regions to inland Centurion for the first time, and I was lucky enough to be there to bear witness to the occasion, writes ANITHA MADIKIZELA.
Batsman Cameron Bancroft fell for just two in Sunday’s long-awaited return to competitive cricket.
South Africa’s Faf du Plessis recorded the second worst average among Test cricket’s captains who batted 10 times or more this year.
South African all-rounder David Wiese has been recruited by the Khulna Titans in the 2019 Bangladesh Premier League.
South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has beaten Sri Lanka’s Dilruwan Perera and Australia’s Nathan Lyon to finish as the year’s leading wicket-taker in Test cricket.
Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and batsman Mayank Agarwal were at the fore of captain Virat Kohli’s praise as India completed a 137-run victory over Australia in the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Bumrah took six wickets in the first innings and three in the second – and was named Man of the Match. Agarwal, on debut,… Read more →
All-rounder Angelo Mathews has been ruled out of Sri Lanka’s limited-overs fixtures against New Zealand in January 2019.
South African-born Marnus Labuschagne has been added to Australia’s squad for next week’s fourth and final Test against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Despite a lengthy delay due to rain in the morning, India wrapped up proceedings quickly on the final day of the third Test at the MCG to beat Australia handsomely and retain the Border-Gavaskar trophy with a match to spare.
New Zealand smashed Sri Lanka by 423 runs in the second Test at Christchurch to record the eighth largest runs-margin victory in Test history while securing a 1-0 series win.
Former England captain and director of England cricket Andrew Strauss confirmed the passing of his wife Ruth Strauss on Saturday.
