Written by Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Tea The players go off for tea after that wicket with a couple of balls left in Washington’s over. India are two wickets away from a quite stunning victory. Share WICKET! Australia 227-8 (Starc c Durel b Washington 12) A brilliant […]
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 32nd over: Australia 77-8 (Starc 10, Lyon 4) Play Bon Jovi. They’re halfway there with Starc’s single to mid on. Lyon gets them into the second half with a gentle pull from Rana for another single. 76 plays 150, as Starc […]
More than any pitch in the world, people talk about Perth. In our collective memory, it was always the Waca, fast and furious enough for decades of sequels. These days the city’s cricket venue has hopped from the western bank of the Swan to the east at Perth Stadium, but in our collective contemporary consciousness […]
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature That was a chastening final session for Australia. It felt like they were in complete control after dismissing India for 150, but you know what they say: you should never judge a pitch until Jasprit Bumrah has bowled on it. He […]
Arriving in Australia in the ember weeks of 2024, the Indian Test team is in an unusual position. They are, in a sense, defending champions. Starting in 1947, Asian teams toured Australia 30 times in a row without winning a series. Most of the time they didn’t come close: Australia won 24, six drawn. It […]
The simmering rivalry between India and Australia has bubbled away over the past decade as the pair challenge for titles in all formats while they have been, for the most part, the two leading Test teams. The familiar foes have had the best winning percentages in red-ball matches across that period and again top the […]
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature WICKET! Pakistan 15-2 (Farhan c Bartlett b Johnson 5) Farhan, who has struggled to beat the infield with his ground shots, pulls Johnson breezily over midwicket for a couple. But then he plays a second pull that is neither one nor […]
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Batten down the hatches Mr Binnacle! Share Updated at 02.48 EST Toss delayed by rain Gah, as the sky turns from inky black to gun metal grey here in south London it seems Brisbane is having a touch of English weather with […]
Cooper Connolly suffered what could be a fractured hand as Australia surrendered their one-day international series to Pakistan after another disastrous display with the bat. Australia, missing Test stars Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, finished with a paltry 140 from 31.5 overs on Sunday, with Connolly unable to return […]
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 8th over: Pakistan 37-0 (Saim 16, Abdullah 16) Sean Abbott replaces Stoinis and is hit for ten runs off his first over! Abdullah Shafique showing some good intent by dancing down and driving for a couple and then rocking back to […]