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Australia’s Steve Smith, right, and Travis Head walk off the field after rain stops the play.

Australia through to Champions Trophy semi-finals after washout

Australia were sitting pretty against Afghanistan – with a rampant Travis Head and Steve Smith in complete control – before heavy rain hit Lahore.

  • Justin Chadwick

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Fans look at the big screen showing the message that the ICC Champions Trophy cricket match between Australia and South Africa is abandoned due to rain.

Australia’s Champions Trophy clash with South Africa washed out

Tuesday’s match at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium was abandoned without a single ball being bowled due to persistent heavy rain.

  • Justin Chadwick
Abhishek Sharma blasted 135 against England.

Gone in 63 balls: Humiliating defeat for England as India feast on Bazball blood

This was a brutal, humbling defeat that smashed a bevy of unwanted English records. Defeat by 150 runs made it their heaviest in T20 internationals; the 247 they conceded was just one shy of the biggest total they have surrendered in the format; and they responded with their shortest completed innings.

  • Will Macpherson and Rob Bagchi
Mitch Owen celebrates his whirlwind hundred for the Hurricanes.

IPL riches and KFC eating contests: Mitch Owen’s future after a 39-ball BBL hundred

From ‘chubby’ die hard Hobart fan to Australian cricket’s newest cult hero, Mitch Owen has delivered the Hobart Hurricanes a maiden Big Bash League title.

  • Dan Walsh
Mitch Owen.

As it happened: Mitch Owen’s stunning 39-ball 100 breaks Hobart’s BBL drought

The previously unheralded Hurricanes opener rewrote the record books as the Sydney Thunder were thrashed by seven wickets in the BBL final.

  • Dan Walsh
What does the future of Test cricket look like?

Test cricket thrived like never before in 2024. But can it survive 2025’s reckoning?

The most extraordinary year of Test cricket will be followed by one its most critical periods on record.

  • Dan Walsh
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Sam Billings and Nathan McAndrew of the Thunder celebrate victory during the BBL The Challenger match between Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder at Sydney Cricket Ground

BBL As it Happened: The Thunder book their first BBL final in nine years

The Sixers and Thunder square off for a chance to meet the Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL final

  • Jonathan Drennan
Heather Knight shows her displeasure at being called off for rain.

DLS drama: Australia win T20, and the Ashes, as rain halts match with five balls to go

Australia’s clean sweep of England is on track after rain played havoc with the second Twenty20, cutting the match short with five balls to go.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Australian players celebrate their win over England in their Women’s Ashes T20 cricket match in Sydney

‘It’s huge’: Australia humiliate England to retain the Ashes

Australia look to keep their perfect record in the Ashes tonight at the SCG in their first Twenty20 clash against England

  • Jonathan Drennan
Jafer Chohan of the Sixers warms up during the BBL match between Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder

In 2021, Jafer Chohan was playing third XI cricket for his uni. Now, he’s gunning for a BBL title with the Sixers

A chance meeting with Joe Root changed everything for English tweaker Jafer Chohan.

  • Jonathan Drennan

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