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"Not there yet...": Lyon on whether current Australian line-up is a great
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Ahead of the second Test against Sri Lanka taking place in Colombo on Wednesday, Lyon stated that he believes that the current lot is still a long way from achieving "greatness" as a Test team. Despite Australia's outstanding summer of red-ball cricket, where they dominated India at home to
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"Serious problems with shot selection...": SL coach Jayasuriya after loss
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Australia delivered a strong all-round performance, filled with record-breaking efforts from Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon to defeat Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs to retain the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy and take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.
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"Age is just a number": Smith throws weight behind Khawaja's Test future
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
A dominant performance with the bat against Sri Lanka in Galle has left Australia with plenty of ponder ahead of the World Test Championship Final. Smith is backing in-form batter Usman Khawaja to prolong his international career and maintain his opening role for this year's ICC World Test
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Rain impacts play on Day 3 of Galle Test between Sri Lanka, Australia
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The rain played a major role on the third day of the ongoing Test match between Sri Lanka and Australia at the Galle International Stadium on Friday.
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Josh Inglis slams second fastest century on debut during 1st SL-AUS Test
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
During the match, Inglis, already having featured in 26 ODIs and 29 T20Is for Australia, came to bat at number five. He greeted the spin bowlers with a four on his very first ball and did not look back from then on.
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Mitchell Starc becomes 4th Australian to complete 700 international wicket
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Starc accomplished this feat during his side's first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle.
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Khawaja, Smith along with Inglis power Australia to domination (Day 2)
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
At the end of the day's play, Sri Lanka was 44/3, with Dinesh Chandimal (9*) and Kamindu Mendis (13*) unbeaten in reply to Australia's 654/6 declared in the first innings. They trailed by 610 runs.
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Ex-Australian spinner says Smith was "born a cricketer", reminisces gettin
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
January 29, 2025, will go as one of the most significant dates in Australian cricket and world cricket history in general as Smith once hailed as a prodigious successor to the late, great Shane Warne, completed his 10,000 runs in Test cricket, becoming only fourth Australian batter and overa
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"I find quite stunning....": Gilchrist hails Smith's journey from leg spin
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Smith made history on Wednesday, scoring his 35th Test century and also becoming only the fourth Australia batter to touch the 10,000 run mark in Tests during the first Test against Sri Lanka at Galle.
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Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya urges board to get more Tests for team, terms
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Silva's remarks comes ahead of the first Test against Australia at Galle. The two-match series is SL's last ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle assignment. After this, he has only two home Tests against Bangladesh in 2025. In their next WTC 2025-27 cycle, Sri Lanka has a total of
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Pathum Nissanka likely to miss first Test against Australia at Galle
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Star Sri Lanka batter Pathum Nissanka is likely to miss the two-match Test series at home against Austral which is scheduled to start from January 29 at Galle as he is still recovering from his groin injury, as per ESPNcricinfo.
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Ponting wants Australia to stick with Konstas during Sri Lanka tour
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
With the ICC World Test Championship final spot against South Africa already sealed, Australia would be heading to Sri Lanka in the most relaxed state of mind possible, with the first Test of two starting at Galle from January 29 onwards.
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