Captain Rohit Sharma and middle-order batter Ravindra Jadeja have smashed defiant hundreds to drag India out of the doldrums and to a comfortable 5-326 on the opening day of the third Test against England. India were reeling at 3-33 inside the opening hour after Mark… Read More »Tons of fun for Sharma and Jadeja as India bludgeon England on dramatic day after top-order collapse
The Pakistan Cricket Board has terminated the central contract of fast bowler Haris Rauf after he refused to join the Test team for the tour of Australia, which coincided with his stint in the Big Bash League. Rauf, who played for Melbourne Stars in the… Read More »Pakistan come down hard on Star bowler after choosing BBL over Test duty: ‘A material violation of his contract’
If there is one club that has kept Australian fans from turning off Super Rugby, it is the Brumbies. Australia’s highest achievers at the Super Rugby level and the team that has made the second-highest number of grand finals in the competition’s history (a distant… Read More »Larkham’s Brumbies must gallop to fifth gear to be title contenders – and address two key challenges in uncertain times
Round One of the frontloaded 2024 Six Nations pitted the top two northern teams against each other. It was not the contest we expected. Round Two featured two challengers trying to stay unbeaten to allow the tournament to retain suspense. England did just enough; Scotland… Read More »Spoiler alert: Cocky Irish wary of grim, grafting England as France forget what made them winners
Now that stumps have been called on the home summer season for the Australian men’s cricket team, it has been a success by any measure apart from a couple of hiccups. The Test loss at the Gabba and the dead rubber defeat in Tuesday’s final… Read More »Australian cricket summer summary: A successful but not great season as bigger challenges await