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Off-spinner not guaranteed spot in XI but may have key role against a side that will try to clear the boundaryIt would really be something. A Victorian spin bowler – one from St Kilda Cricket Club, no less – walking out on Boxing Day to play an Ashes Test in the shadow of the Shane Warne Stand at t…

The Spin’s annual selection marks a history-making World Cup triumph for India, and work to do for EnglandIndia’s mission to build a global women’s cricket dynasty advanced apace in 2025. Few will forget the sight of Harmanpreet Kaur’s team converging joyously on the field at the DY Patil Stadium t…

Virat Kohli is now the fastest to 16,000 List A runs, while Rohit Sharma has the joint-highest number of 150-plus scores in the format

Archer ruled out for rest of series with side strainPope dropped for MCG Test with Bethell and Atkinson inBen Stokes has called for the public and the media to show “empathy” towards his embattled England players. It comes as their Ashes campaign threatens to fully unravel in response to a guarante…

Opening salvos before a huge MCG crowd are often among the most memorable meetings between Australia and England – here are five crackersIn the first session Australia set off at a lick, surging to 102 without loss with David Warner’s 83 the crux. Warner would go on to notch his 21st Test century, …

Governing body is unlikely to commission any formal inquiries, having lost control of the sport’s governance and operationsThe England and Wales Cricket Board will have few shots to play in its review of the Ashes tour when it meets next month to sift through the wreckage of the series. The tone an…

Bowler says it hasn’t been easy to have Alex Carey stand up to wicketsBut tactic has been successful in blunting tourists’ aggressive battingThe unorthodox strategy has proved crucial for the Australians in their Ashes victory this summer, but fast bowler Scott Boland has admitted it has not always…

Can McCullum’s ‘horse-whispering’ still register against a rampant Australia hungry for a series whitewash?The world famous Boxing Day Test awaits England’s beaten cricketers and we are about to discover whether the mighty coliseum that is the Melbourne Cricket Ground becomes their arena of the unw…

After Vaishnavi and Charani squeezed SL, Shafali made light work of the 129-run chase, scoring an unbeaten half-century

Jemimah Rodrigues jumped to No. 9 among T20I batters after match-winning 69 against SL

The England men’s cricket MD offered a postmortem that didn’t address the nuts and bolts of the system he manages“It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.” David St Hubbins, lead vocalist, Spinal Tap.“There’s a real difference between aggressive and dumb.” Rob Key, managing dir…