Smith’s move to opener not an experiment as Green,Renshaw return to Test squad

Smith’s move to opener not an experiment as Green,Renshaw return to Test squad

Head selector George Bailey has confirmed Steve Smith will open against the West Indies with Cameron Green to bat at No.4 as Matt Renshaw returned to the Test squad.

  • byMalcolm Conn

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Five burning questions ahead of the West Indies Test series

Five burning questions ahead of the West Indies Test series

Are Australia’s batsmen about to let loose? Is this the perfect series to blood David Warner’s replacement? Is touring fast bowler Kemar Roach going to fire a shot?

  • byTom Decent
Labuschagne backs Smith to open,Green in the middle order

Labuschagne backs Smith to open,Green in the middle order

Following David Warner’s retirement,the selectors will name a 13-player squad on Wednesday for the two-Test series against the West Indies,beginning next week.

  • byMalcolm Conn
Green and Smith leading race to replace Warner as Hayden reveals his call for next in line

Green and Smith leading race to replace Warner as Hayden reveals his call for next in line

Test great Matt Hayden is convinced Australia won’t give Steve Smith the keys to open the batting against the West Indies next week. Here’s why.

  • byTom Decent andDaniel Brettig
‘He could play three more years’:Smith has lobbied for weeks to replace Warner

‘He could play three more years’:Smith has lobbied for weeks to replace Warner

Steve Smith began privately lobbying the Australian selectors for consideration to become Usman Khawaja’s opening partner some weeks before David Warner’s final Test match.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Smith puts hand up to replace Warner as Test opener

Smith puts hand up to replace Warner as Test opener

Steve Smith has made the surprising admission that he’d be “pretty keen” to open the batting for Australia if selectors asked him.

  • byTom Decent
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The Magic Ticket part three:A free pass to the best moments in Sydney sporting history

Willy Wonka gave out Golden Tickets,but we’ve handed out Magic Tickets to give our journalists the Christmas gift of a free pass to any sporting event ever held in Sydney.

The Weekly Sports Quiz:It’s all about gold

The Weekly Sports Quiz:It’s all about gold

How well did you pay attention to the sporting headlines this week?

  • byEars McEvoy
Two Australians have played 233 Tests. 15 West Indian tourists have played 235

Two Australians have played 233 Tests. 15 West Indian tourists have played 235

Former West Indian captain Jason Holder has withdrawn from the West Indies team for the two-Test tour of Australia,as they name a squad filled with rookies.

  • byTom Decent
Cricketer whose brilliance led to the first tied Test match

Cricketer whose brilliance led to the first tied Test match

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‘I wanted to hit him’:Ambrose revisits his devastating best … and that Steve Waugh clash

‘I wanted to hit him’:Ambrose revisits his devastating best … and that Steve Waugh clash

It was Test cricket at its most primal. Curtly’s Ambrose’s fury over some apparent swearing led him to confront Steve Waugh in Trinidad. He had to be pulled away by Richie Richardson.

  • byTim Wigmore