Australia batter Usman Khawaja will have a personal milestone in sight when he walks out to bat in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday, with the experienced left-hander just 28 runs away from completing 8,000 international runs.
Ahead of the fourth Ashes Test against England, Australia's stand-in captain has opened up about the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) surface, saying that the pitch will offer a lot to the fast bowlers.
Cricket Australia (CA) has named its playing XI for the fourth Ashes Test of the five-match series against England. The fourth match of the series will be a Boxing Day Test, starting on December 26 at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Australia opener Travis Head's stellar performance has helped him to the joint-third spot in the Test batting rankings. Head climbed four places and has 815 rating points. Head now shares this spot with his teammate Steve Smith and is ahead of England's Harry Brook (813), who slipped down to
On Tuesday morning, it was confirmed, as Cummins had flagged after Adelaide, that he would sit out in the fourth Test against England. Australia Head coach Andrew McDonald said a few hours later that Cummins' series was over after one appearance, which helped secure the Ashes.
Skipper Pat Cummins and veteran spinner Nathan Lyon have been left out as Australia on Tuesday announced its 15-member squad for the Boxing Day Test against England in Melbourne starting from December 26.
Pietersen took on to his X handle, and said that this defeat is tough to understand because Australia were without Josh Hazlewood and Steve Smith. "No Hazlewood, hardly any Cummins, Smith, Lyon, etc, makes this defeat tough to understand."
Cummins' comeback was a grand one, as not only did he take six crucial wickets, including the massive scalp of Joe Root on both the innings, he also brought in his next-level tactical brilliance to deny a fighting England of a successful run-chase of 435 runs to win the Ashes series 3-0 and
The hometown heroes Head and Carey might as well get their statues built in future at their home turf of Adelaide Oval, as the duo produced two masterclass centuries which ultimately helped in putting England in a record run-chase of 435 runs to win the do-or-die Test, and a valiant Three Li
Travis continued his fine run during the ongoing Ashes series. What started as a morning full of hope and promise for a struggling England team following a century stand by skipper Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer and Brydon Carse, taking an early wicket to remove Jake Weatherald, turned into ano
Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne's solid third wicket partnership stabilised Australia's first innings after a chaotic Wednesday morning to be 94/2 at lunch on day 1 in the third Ashes Test in Adelaide against England.