This Month
India A cleared of ball-tampering, no further action
In an explosive start to the summer, India’s A team have been cleared of ball-tampering and will escape any sanction after accusations flew in a match against Australia A.
- Scott Bailey
January
With historic win against Australia, the West Indies are back
The West Indies snatched one of the all-time great Test cricket victories over Australia by eight runs to square the two-match series.
- Andrew Clark
Windies lead by just 35 after bold declaration from Cummins
Australia slumped to 4-24 before recovering to declare at 9-289 in a shifting slugfest of a Test match.
- Joel Gould
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
December 2023
Brilliant Australia claim another Test victory
Pat Cummins’ Australian cricket team has had an all-conquering six months, climaxing with Friday’s second test victory against Pakistan.
- Andrew Clark
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
Foxtel boss braces for ‘bumpy summer’ of sport without India, Poms
The West Indies and Pakistan tours will not draw the kind of TV audiences that India and England series do, says Patrick Delany.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
November 2023
- Opinion
- The AFR View
One-day cricket champions of champions
The India-Australia rivalry now approaches the intensity of the traditional Ashes battle between Australia and England.
- The AFR View
Australia stun India in final to win World Cup
Travis Head was the star for Australia, striking 137 runs to help upset a red-hot Indian team at home.
- Scott Bailey
Aussies pick up the pace for India showdown
Withering opening spells from Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood in the semi-final leave Australia primed just in time for the World Cup final.
- Ian Ransom
Australia enter Cup final with a nervy three-wicket win
Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins got the team home with 16 balls to spare. They will face India in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
- Scott Bailey
Marsh back in form with big ton in Australia triumph
The win ensures Australia will enter Thursday’s semi-final against South Africa as one of the competition’s form teams, rebounding from two opening losses.
- Scott Bailey
Maxwell’s miracle 200 the greatest Aussie innings
Glenn Maxwell saved the game with 201 off 128 balls despite severe cramps and a possible back injury.
- Jasper Bruce
October 2023
Warner, Marsh send Aussies back into World Cup top four
In a crucial match for Australia’s finals hopes, David Warner and Mitch Marsh found form to power their side to a 62-run win over Pakistan.
- Scott Bailey
September 2023
Sheilas, blue heelers and a scene stealer: cultural power in 2023
The people who are behind a new era for women’s sport in Australia, an unlikely feminist icon and the first arts policy in decades.
- Lisa Murray and Matthew Drummond
July 2023
Was this the third-best Ashes series of all time?
Ben Stokes’ England team engineered a remarkable come-from-behind performance to square a memorable contest that had everything in five must-watch games.
- Andrew Clark
Bid for Ashes series win falls in a heap
Australia were bowled out for 334, ending their fourth-innings pursuit of 384 with 18.2 overs left in the last session.
- Updated
- Scott Bailey
July 2023
Smith saves the day in fifth Ashes Test, rejects retirement call
A defiant Steve Smith has declared he is not on the verge of retirement after batting Australia out of a hole.
- Updated
- Scott Bailey
Labuschagne century gives Australia hope in Manchester
A much-needed century from Marnus Labuschagne and plenty of rain combined to keep Australia’s hopes of retaining the Ashes alive on day four of the fourth Test.
- Scott Bailey
- Aus 8/299
- The Ashes
Frustration as Australia miss chances against England
On a day when Stuart Broad reached his 600th Test wicket, Australia let England off the hook time and time again at Old Trafford.
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- Andrew Clark