The feelgood story of Australian cricket of the last 18 months,Mitch Marsh has become the all-rounder who is not contributing with the bat or the ball.
Mitchell Starc is sore,the MCG track is flat and time is becoming of the essence against an India side eyeing off back-to-back miracles Down Under.
A calamitous mix-up between Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal sparked a flurry of wickets that gave Australia the upper hand on day two of the fourth Test.
Steve Smith and Virat Kohli are raging against the dying of the light. Pat Cummins and Jasprit Bumrah are the light,while Rohit Sharma’s is out altogether.
Andy Pycroft – who also presided over the Cape Town Test in 2018 – charged Kohli with a level-one offence for “inappropriate physical contact”,the most lenient grade of the ICC’s code of conduct.
Virat Kohli is free to play in the Sydney Test after avoiding a suspension for his physical altercation with Australia’s boy wonder Sam Konstas.
Australia’s head selector stopped short of admitting Nathan McSweeney’s selection as an opener was a mistake after dropping him for the Boxing Day Test,with NSW’s Sam Konstas added to the squad.
Rain again played a big part on day five of the third Test in Brisbane. Here’s how a dramatic final day played out.
Ordinarily,Josh Hazlewood’s absence would be characterised as a blow for Australia but,in Scott Boland,selectors have a ready-made replacement.
The Carlton superstar will have surgery for a second time this off-season in another blow to his preparation for 2025. Meanwhile,an investigation into Melbourne’s response to Christian Petracca’s season-ending injuries hits a hurdle.
The governing body received complaints from irate agents over what they claimed was a breach of cricketers’ intellectual property.