REUTERS – West Indies captain Jason Holder said the tourists would need a big step up in performance for their second clash with Australia in Melbourne later this month after suffering their fifth heaviest ever test defeat on Saturday. They will have to do it without Shannon Gabriel, however, as the pace bowler will be […]
REUTERS – Australia captain Steve Smith will sit out domestic Twenty 20 matches because of knee and hip niggles but has “no doubt” he will be fit to face West Indies in the second test in Melbourne on Dec. 26. Smith played through the discomfort to lead Australia to a dominant innings and 212-run victory […]
REUTERS – Australia were on the brink of a thumping victory over West Indies in the first test on Saturday after forcing the follow-on and reducing the tourists to 35 for five, still 325 runs behind, when lunch was taken early on the third day at Hobart. Josh Hazlewood (4-45) took the lead as the […]
REUTERS – Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh combined for 449 runs and the sixth highest partnership in test cricket history to put Australia firmly in control after the second day of the first test against West Indies on Friday. Voges hit a majestic 269 not out and Marsh a career-high 182 to claim the world […]
The retirement of Mitchell Johnson, coupled with the injury cloud hanging over Mitchell Starc, will force Australia to dig deep into their pace reserves.
Third umpire Nigel Llong made an incorrect call after using video technology to review an appeal during the day-night test between Australia and New Zealand.
