Australia on top as English batting woes continue on Boxing Day

Australia’s Ashes dominance continued on day one of the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, with the hosts dismissing England for 185 on boxing day after winning the toss and choosing to bowl. The captain Pat Cummins set the tone in the opening session on his return to the side, bursting through the English […]

Cummins take five as Australia bowl England out for 147

Australia couldn’t have asked for a better way to begin the Ashes in Brisbane as the hosts rolled England for just 147 in the first innings. Pat Cummins enjoyed the dream start to his captaincy career, finishing with figures of 5 for 38 after Joe Root had won the toss and opted to bat first […]

Pat Cummins named as Australia’s new Test captain with Steve Smith appointed as his deputy

Pat Cummins has been appointed as Australia’s Test captain with Steve Smith taking over as his understudy ahead of the start of the Ashes in Brisbane on the 8th of December. The fast bowler takes over the reins from Tim Paine – who stood down as captain and has taken an indefinite break from the […]

Australia T20 World Cup 2021 Preview

Australia have dominated the cricketing landscape for large parts of the past few decades, but the country has always been lagging behind in the shortest format of the game with zero titles and only one finals appearance to their name in the six previous editions of the T20 World Cup. Their recent form has also […]

Kolkata Knight Riders IPL 2021 Part II Preview

It has been far from plain sailing for the Kolkata Knight Riders so far in IPL 2021, as Eoin Morgan’s side are currently lingering near the bottom of the table with only two wins from seven matches. Overseas stars such as Narine, Russell and Morgan have failed to deliver in the first half of the […]

Chennai seal victory despite Russell, Cummins fireworks

It was the battle of the sixes at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai as over 400 runs were scored between the two sides with the Chennai Super Kings narrowly edging out the Kolkata Knight Riders to win by 18 runs. Chennai boasts a deep batting unit this season and were able to put on an […]

Cricket news round-up – April 9: Wisden names cricketers of the year

Wisden has announced its cricketers of the year; Akhtar has proposed a fundraising India-Pakistan series to help combat COVID-19; CA face a fifty percent cut in revenue; and Cricket NSW have appointed Leah Poulton as new head of female cricket.

South Africa vs Australia 2nd ODI, Bloemfontein: Preview, prediction, likely XIs

South Africa are already 1-0 up in the 3-match series. However, they are yet to win a single (out of four) home series this season, across formats.

South Africa vs Australia, 1st T20I, Johannesburg: Preview, likely XI, prediction

Australia and South Africa will meet in the first T20 International on February 21 at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.

India vs Australia 2019-20 3rd ODI, statistical preview: India return to favourite venue as Rohit, Cummins seek milestones

India have won 13 matches at both Chinnaswamy and Barabati Stadium, their most at any Indian ground. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma has reached 8,996 ODI runs and Pat Cummins 98 wickets.