Tests in 2019, Standout player, biggest takeaway, best team – Marnus Labuschagne, Stokes’ Headingley heist, and the World Test Championship

All the talking points from a year in which Test cricket became cool again.

Warner, Labuschagne centuries give Australia 2-0 lead

Australia registered their fifth win in five games on their white-ball tour of South Africa, completing an emphatic 123-run victory over the Proteas in the second ODI in Bloemfontein. Centuries from David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne powered Australia to their third-highest ODI total in history before four wickets from Adam Zampa buried the hosts in […]

Super-sub Labuschagne scripts thrilling victory for Australia

Australia scripted a thrilling victory in the first ODI against South Africa in Bloemfontein thanks to a match-saving half-century from Marnus Labuschagne in the run chase. Coming in as a concussion substitute for Cameron Green, Labuschagne rescued Australia from 113/7 chasing 223, putting on a century stand with Ashton Agar to trump Temba Bavuma’s superlative […]

Head, Labuschagne take Australia home in fourth-innings chase against India

Australia finished off the job on day three against India in Indore to win the third Test by nine wickets and seal their place in the final of the ICC World Test Championship in June. Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne weathered the early storm from the Indian spinners and guided Australia home in their chase […]

Warner, Labuschagne punish England to give Australia the honours on Day 1

Australia picked up in Adelaide right from where they left off in Brisbane as the hosts ended the opening day of the pink-ball Test in a comfortable position at 221 for two. David Warner and Labuschagne starred in the first innings once again, making 95 runs each and sharing a gritty 172-run stand on an […]

Head punishes England with 85-ball century after Warner, Labuschagne partnership

Australia piled on the misery with the bat on day two of the opening Ashes Test in Brisbane, finishing the day at 343 for seven to take a lead of 196 after England were rolled for just 147 on day one. David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne set up the day perfectly for Australia with a […]

Cricket news round-up – January 5: Labuschagne scores a Test double, Irfan Pathan retires

Irfan Pathan retired from all forms of professional cricket. Virat Kohli rejected the idea of four-day Test. The visitors took upper hand at Capetown. Marcus Labuschagne reached his maiden Test double against New Zealand.

Cricket news round-up – January 4: Labuschagne at it again, South African seamers own Day 1 at Newlands

Labuschagne scored yet another hundred; Protean seamers had an excellent day at Cape Town; England team banned football practice during warm-ups; and India and New Zealand won their first matches in the Under-19 Quadrangular.

Cricket news round-up – December 27: de Kock rescues South Africa, Smith-Labuschagne juggernaut rolls on

Smith and Labuschagne got their by-now-familiar fifties against New Zealand; de Kock's onslaught helped South Africa recover against England; no Pakistani will feature in the Asia XI for the T20Is in Bangladesh next year; and Australia have included Swepson in the squad for the Sydney Test.

Cricket news round-up – December 13: Labuschagne scores three tons in a row, rain at Rawalpindi, England Women win series

Labuschagne registered a hundred at Perth; rain allowed just over an hour's cricket at Rawalpindi; England Women beat Pakistan Women by 127 runs; and the Assam-Services match had to be called off due to curfew.