…given a chance. His record demanded that he was given a chance,” Kirsten remembers. It came against Australia at Newlands, his home ground, and was one of the more remarkable…
…the major contributing factors is the addition of former Yorkshire coach and Australia great Jason Gillespie. “Jason has had a lot of success in his very short coaching career but…
…sought financial security by signing a deal with Audi, a business rival of major Cricket Australia sponsor Toyota. The Australian has also reported that another key member of the Australian…
…Australia responded to confirmation from the Australian Cricketers’ Association that players won’t travel to South Africa for the ‘A’ tour this month with – you guessed it – a media…
…consecutive Test series victories, including a third consecutive one away to Australia, have seen them climb from sixth in the world to second. They appear to be on a roll,…
…an attempt to address dwindling crowds at Test matches, mostly in places like India, West Indies and South Africa, but not yet England and Australia, the MCC have decided the…
…now based in Australia but he was in England earlier this week and was invited to Edgbaston by his former county team-mate Ashley Giles, now Warwickshire’s sport director, to talk…
…an eight-horse race, which tells you what the bookies and those who like a flutter thought of them. While countries with ample resources, like England, Australia and India, seek to…
…in the case of Ireland, encourage players with Irish links to forge careers there rather than, say, Australia. For a Sheffield Shield player with Irish family links, playing for Ireland…
…a position to offer annual contracts to some of its players which would dwarf anything any of the national boards, apart from India, England and Australia, could offer even their…
…cent home World Cup record over the next month and will find themselves under huge scrutiny, with interest in the women’s game at an all-time high. The spectre of Australia…
…first overseas cricketer to play for New South Wales since Imran Khan in 1984-85? Didn’t he finish his debut for them, against South Australia, with five wickets in the match?…
…Zealand had a supreme platform. They were 254-3 off 39 overs against Australia; 158-2 off 30 overs against England; and 152-2 in the 30th over against Bangladesh. On every occasion,…
…Stokes added: “The best thing about today was beating Australia in the way we have.” The bad news for Smith and the Australians, though, is the fact Stokes believes he…
…descended on Lance Klusener and Donald with the scores tied against Australia and with just four balls remaining. To this day Klusener says he “cannot remember” whether they spoke while…
…50-over tournament had been raised by their barnstorming performances against Bangladesh, the Kiwis and Australia, not to mention their pre-event series victory over South Africa, the world’s No.1-ranked ODI team,…
CHRIS Edwards will lead England’s Learning Disability squad as they look to win the Tri-Series for the third time in a row. The hosts will compete with Australia and South…
…they do not need to: they have their high-octane rivalries and elongated series with Australia and England; indeed, any nation in the world will do anything they can to accommodate…
…attacks on the capital’s transport system and the chaotic events that followed. Then, as now, sport went on relatively unaffected, with the Australian side happy to continue their tour despite…
…a Test series win against Australia. It was a fine victory made more remarkable for it being away from home and achieved without South Africa’s three truly world-class players, De…
…been forgiven for getting ahead of himself. “You have a lot to learn about playing in Australia, on and off the field,” Langeveldt told him in October last year, with…
…those challenges.” That winter starts with the Ashes. How confident are you Australia will sort out their pay dispute before the first Test in Brisbane? “I’d be very surprised if…
…should face off in the quarter-finals. Such a format would have meant that New Zealand’s group victory over Australia had clear consequences – rather than being a brilliant match which…
…to win you a cricket match. “It will be tough to beat them in these conditions, but all the teams are playing such good cricket right now. “Australia, South Africa,…
…of New Zealand in April 2018, 14 are Tests – four against South Africa this summer, three against West Indies, five in Australia and two in New Zealand. The South…