It was a moment that would live with the Australian Test team for the rest of their lives. “We were all sitting in the rooms thinking, ‘How did that happen?’,” Kim Hughes told ABC Sport. It was Headingley, 1981, and Hughes had gone from almost certainly leading Australia to a 2-0 advantage to losing the unlosable third Test. … Read more
The fifth and final Ashes Test will not be played in Perth after Cricket Australia decided to move the match due to Western Australia’s COVID-19 restrictions. Australia and England were hoping the Western Australian government would give exemptions for players and staff to avoid lengthy quarantines, but they faced a 14-day stint on arriving in Perth. … Read more
Josh Philippe has made a statement to start the BBL season after he blasted the Sydney Sixers to the biggest win in the competition’s history with a 152-run flogging of the Melbourne Stars. In a demolition job to start the Twenty20 summer on Sunday, Philippe crunched 83 from 47 balls to help the Sixers to their … Read more
Australia has named its team for the first Ashes Test against England at the Gabba, with South Australia’s Travis Head preferred for the last batting spot ahead of Queensland veteran Usman Khawaja. Key points: Australian Test captain Pat Cummins says it was a “tight” call to take Travis Head over Usman Khawaja for the number five batting spot … Read more
