RICKY Ponting will join Australia as an assistant coach for their T20 series against Sri Lanka, teaming up with former team mates Justin Langer and Jason Gillespie. Langer will lead…
…opposed to two men and his dog.” Root even made an appearance at Collegiate the day after England defeated Australia in the 2015 Ashes. He served the players drinks, and,…
…deal with easily, the straight ones, more dangerous than they should be. Graham Gooch, Cook’s mentor at Essex, had a similar problem against Terry Alderman, Australia’s swing and seam bowler….
…or Australia. The problems affecting Zimbabwean cricket have to be put into context against the nation’s descent into political and economic turmoil, with those running cricket being guilty of gross…
…winning the toss at the first Test in Brisbane, and making the worst insertion in Ashes history. Day one: Australia 364 for 2. Hussain had actually gone to the middle…
…He was to spend the following winter touring Australia with Gubby Allen’s MCC team. Copson was joined on that Ashes tour by Stan Worthington, one of four Derbyshire batsmen to…
…emotionally draining ball tampering saga. Still, Australia suddenly has a chance to build momentum against an out-of-form Pakistan side, who haven’t won a Test in Australia for 20 years. It…
…Brisbane, it seems Australia is on a steadfast course to play England in a day-night Ashes Test next year. Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland clearly stated to ABC Grandstand his…
…pinpoint exactly when the primary attribute for a Test match wicketkeeper switched from holding catches to scoring runs, but it certainly applied when England won the Ashes in Australia in…
…the fact that I didn’t play a lot of games for South Africa also gave me the motivation to go onto places like Australia and Bangladesh and India, but in…
…against Australia and to retain the Ashes. Since her retirement, Rainford-Brent has established herself as a strong celebrity talent in the world of broadcasting. She has appeared as guest presenter…
…to go.” For my part, I hope Cook leads the team successfully for another 12 months, then takes England to Australia for the 2017/18 Ashes. It has been suggested that…
…total, 13 from 54, would surely have been better. Another mitigating factor is that Australia possessed one of the greatest sides in history during Atherton’s tenure as captain. They alone…
When it comes to the Ashes, it is not uncommon for both countries to turn to dry humour in times of crisis, and one of the wittier Australian crowd banners…
…wartime pilot, the great Australian all-rounder, Keith Miller, was able to put any pressure that existed during a Test match in its proper context. When imprisoned in Singapore, Edrich and…
…I started reporting for BT Sport on the first Test between Australia and South Africa at the WACA. Instead, it comes from my parents’ living room in Northamptonshire after suddenly…
Shane Warne recently took another step to cement his phenomenal cricketing legacy by pitching to be considered for the role of head coach for the Australian team in the upcoming…
…’desh would be called off on the grounds of security. Until that point, nothing much had improved, it was said, since Australia called off their two-Test tour there in October…
…If it’s hitting the stumps, it’s hitting the stumps. Deal with it batsmen, the game is all yours anyway! BT Sport is your new home for Australia’s home international matches…
…the second teenager to play Test cricket for England in 67 years; Ben Holliaoke appeared against Australia in 1997 at the same age, the only other teen to do so…
…words can be a potent tool. My personal favourite was allegedly delivered by Jacques Kallis during the halfway break in a one-day international against Australia in Johannesburg in 2006. South…
(Photo: Getty Images) By Harvey Burgess A coroner’s inquest has ruled that no individual was responsible for the death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes in November 2014. Hughes died of…
…initially came into the side in late 2014 at number 6, but was swiftly promoted to opener for a Sydney Test against Australia – the change worked immediately for Rahul,…
…in 1938, now 68 years ago. In the same year, Len Hutton scored 364 against Australia. That record lasted for 20 years but has now been beaten five times. Fagg’s…