January
- Opinion
- India
Titanic tests level the playing field for Australia-India ties
On-field intensity and discord symbolises how cricket is helping the two countries transcend the colonial past and manage geopolitical tensions.
- Lisa Singh and Tushar Joshi
December 2024
Teenager Sam Konstas steals the show at the MCG
The exciting teenage debutant has laid the platform for Australia to take early control of the Boxing Day Test against India.
- Oliver Caffrey
PM chooses journalists over cricket elite
Albo made the photoshoot and the game, but not the sold-out function, where the list of dignitaries sending their apologies was long.
- Myriam Robin
June 2024
Australia crashes from T20 World Cup after epic Afghan win
Australia is heading home from the Twenty20 World Cup elimination after a heavy loss to India and Afghanistan’s enthralling win over Bangladesh.
- Updated
- Scott Bailey and Oliver Caffrey
January 2024
Bad light prompts early stumps after Warner dismissal
The Australian opener’s Test farewell has been overshadowed by Sydney’s poor weather and cricket’s archaic rules.
- Scott Bailey
Cummins’ golden summer continues with third five-wicket haul
Australia’s captain was again his country’s best as his 5-57 put the hosts on top in David Warner’s farewell Test.
- Updated
- Scott Bailey
Australia hunts for Pakistan sweep in Warner week
Captain Pat Cummins says the same team that won the first two Tests will take the field at the SCG on Wednesday.
- Nick Mulvenney
December 2023
Pakistan blow it – and why umpires should take the stairs
Australia had its worst start to a Test innings at the MCG since 1911 but an agonising neacentury by Mitchell Marsh helped the home side recovery.
- Updated
- Oliver Caffrey and Shayne Hope
Khawaja wears black armband as Australia pummel Pakistan in Perth
David Warner’s quickfire century against Pakistan at Perth’s Optus Stadium got the test off to a cracking start.
September 2023
David Warner-backed brewery expected to sell for ‘north of $20m’
The star cricketer is an investor and a director of St Andrews Beach Brewery near Sorrento on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula.
- Larry Schlesinger
July 2023
Bazball braggadocio hurts England again as visitors on top
Led by a ripping performance from Mitchell Starc, Australia has taken the honours after day one of the Oval Test, but was let down by poor fielding.
- Andrew Clark
- Aus 4/116
- The Ashes
Third Test a three-way dance of death
Heroics by Pat Cummins and Ben Stokes have set the stage for a thrilling finish in the third test at Headingley - weather permitting.
- Andrew Clark
- Eng 3-68 Aus 263
- The Ashes
It’s a thriller at Headingley
Medium-fast bowler Stuart Broad’s lethal zinger in the first over was, for English fans, a dream start in a dramatic first day’s play in the Third Test.
- Andrew Clark
- Analysis
- Test cricket
Boos and bad blood at Lord’s: the second Test had it all
There was ill-feeling aplenty at the home of cricket, of all places, but Pat Cummins is emerging from it all as a fine Australian captain against England’s formidable Ben Stokes.
- Updated
- Andrew Clark
June 2023
Australia take firm grip on day one of Lord’s Test
Joe Root removed Travis Head and Cameron Green in the same over to give England late hope, but the day firmly belonged to the visitors.
- Ed Osmond
First Test evenly poised as Australia chase 174
After bowling England out for 273 just before tea on the fourth day, Australia set about their 281 victory target in serene fashion but ended the day wobbling on 107 for three.
- Updated
- Martyn Herman
Cummins believes Test final could be bigger than the Ashes
Pat Cummins wants the World Test Championship to stay in cricket’s cluttered calendar and hopes Australia’s final against India can prove it belongs.
- Scott Bailey
December 2022
Australia crush South Africa to take Test series
Australia have secured their first home Test series win against South Africa in 17 years, beating the Proteas by an innings and 182 runs.
- Oliver Caffrey
Warner retires hurt after MCG double ton
Resurgent Australia veteran David Warner has ended his almost three-year century drought by smashing a double ton in his 100th Test.
- Updated
- Oliver Caffrey
Former NSW premier Mike Baird new Cricket Australia chairman
Mr Baird will take over as the organisation’s new boss from February, with his predecessor Lachlan Henderson stepping down after moving back to Perth.
- Scott Bailey