Sport
Cricket
Final-ball boundary seals stunning T20 triumph for Australia
Australia have won the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy opener in dramatic fashion, with Tim David hitting four off the final delivery for a six-wicket victory.
- by Ben McKay
Latest
First T20 LIVE: Australia win thriller in New Zealand
Wellington played host to the first match of Australia’s trans-Tasman tour – and it all came down to one last ball.
- by Jonathan Drennan
‘Untruths’: Botham accused over cricket’s racism report
The author of the report which rocked English cricket has hit out at the legendary all-rounder and the ECB for failing to call him out on his comments.
- by Tom Morgan
The factor that could give Smith upper hand in return bout with Wagner
Nathan Lyon believes Steve Smith’s clash with fast-bowling nemesis Neil Wagner could prove the highlight of Australia’s Test series against New Zealand.
- by Malcolm Conn
‘Derogatory and vulgar’: Warner questions character of Kiwis who use personal abuse
David Warner has laid the foundations for a hostile final tour of New Zealand, questioning the “character” of spectators who stooped to personal abuse.
- by Malcolm Conn
Opinion
England
England’s humiliating Bazball loss proves they learnt nothing from the Ashes
Forget the Jonny Bairstow stumping. The reason England lost at Lord’s and Rajkot was because they gifted wickets away when the match was there for the taking.
- by Michael Vaughan
Pucovski’s Test ambition burns bright after SCG ton
Will Pucovski’s first century in three years meant as much to Australian cricket as it did to the 26-year-old and his team.
- by Daniel Brettig
The ‘perfect’ fast bowler Australia won’t have to face in New Zealand
Formidable quick Kyle Jamieson was dubbed the “perfect” fast bowler after a stunning start to his Test career. Now, a stress fracture in his back has robbed the Australians of their first chance to face him.
- by Daniel Brettig
THE ENGLISH VIEW
Test cricket
Joe Root’s latest Bazball shot is the stupidest in English Test cricket history
Joe Root’s reverse-scoop at India’s most dangerous bowler, Jasprit Bumrah, wrecked England’s chances of winning this Test and this series.
- by Scyld Berry
Australia break Proteas resistance to secure massive Test win inside three days
Australia have thrashed South Africa by an innings and 284 runs inside three days in a one-sided women’s Test at the WACA Ground.
- by Justin Chadwick
Opinion
Australian cricket
Why T20 cricket could be the thing that saves Test matches
In the early 1980s as coloured uniforms, white balls, prime-time TV slots and results achieved in one day were swamping the cricket topography, the death knell of Test cricket was sounded loudly. They were wrong then, and they’ll be wrong again.
- by Geoff Lawson