8:00 AM GMT Lunch Australia 5 for 336 v New Zealand For the third time in three innings Neil Wagner bounced out Steven Smith to bring the second morning at the MCG alive but Australia remained in control as Travis Head moved to a half century as they reached 5 for 336 at lunch. Smith
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6:55 PM GMT Not so long ago, had an England team produced a performance like this at a moment like this, it might well have been blamed on the over-indulgences of Christmas. Indeed, a couple of decades ago, some members of an England team credited a memorable victory in Sydney, in January 2003, precisely to
8:00 AM GMT New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl against Australia New Zealand have taken the brave decision of bowling first on a well-grassed MCG pitch as they aim to level the series in their first Boxing Day Test for 32 years. There has been much focus on the MCG surface since
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1:44 AM GMT Mitchell Swepson, the Queensland wrist spinner, is in line for a Test debut at the SCG and a place on next year’s tour of Bangladesh after he was added to Australia’s squad ahead of the final match of the series against New Zealand. Having first toured with Australia’s Test team to India
2:04 PM GMT Playing his first first-class match in more than 15 months, Shikhar Dhawan might have been forgiven for feeling he was still in England. On a cold Delhi day, he was asked to bat against the seaming ball in nightmarish conditions for top-order batsmen. Dhawan, coming back from an injury, brought all his
Pakistan must be careful about managing Naseem Shah’s workload © Getty Images Sixteen-year-old Naseem Shah‘s participation in the Under-19 World Cup in South Africa early next year is not certain yet, with the senior team management not in favour of releasing him for age-group cricket. The junior team management, understandably, wants the star fast bowler
3:07 AM GMT Justin Langer hopes that Pat Cummins‘ record-breaking IPL deal will have mutual benefits that extend to Australia’s push for their first T20 World Cup title next year and the following tournament in India. Cummins became the highest paid overseas player in the tournament’s history when he secured USD 2.2 million deal with
6:22 PM GMT “Give God a laugh,” they say: “tell him your plans.” Joe Root could be forgiven for reflecting ruefully on the expression as his England side head into the first Test in South Africa. It would be unfair to suggest his squad has been thrown into disarray by events of the last few