8:00 AM GMT Lunch Australia 5 for 336 v New Zealand For the third time in three innings Neil Wagner bounced out Steven Smith to bring the second morning at the MCG alive but Australia remained in control as Travis Head moved to a half century as they reached 5 for 336 at lunch. Smith
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6:55 PM GMT Not so long ago, had an England team produced a performance like this at a moment like this, it might well have been blamed on the over-indulgences of Christmas. Indeed, a couple of decades ago, some members of an England team credited a memorable victory in Sydney, in January 2003, precisely to
7:20 AM GMT New Zealand drew the MCG’s biggest non-Ashes Boxing Day crowd in cricket’s professional era as its chief executive David White suggested the Black Caps would happily be more regular guests for the showpiece day of the Australian Test match calendar after a 32-year wait for this opportunity. Australia last hosted New Zealand
8:00 AM GMT New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl against Australia New Zealand have taken the brave decision of bowling first on a well-grassed MCG pitch as they aim to level the series in their first Boxing Day Test for 32 years. There has been much focus on the MCG surface since
2:04 PM GMT Playing his first first-class match in more than 15 months, Shikhar Dhawan might have been forgiven for feeling he was still in England. On a cold Delhi day, he was asked to bat against the seaming ball in nightmarish conditions for top-order batsmen. Dhawan, coming back from an injury, brought all his
Pakistan must be careful about managing Naseem Shah’s workload © Getty Images Sixteen-year-old Naseem Shah‘s participation in the Under-19 World Cup in South Africa early next year is not certain yet, with the senior team management not in favour of releasing him for age-group cricket. The junior team management, understandably, wants the star fast bowler
Dawid Malan brought up a 54-ball century © BPL The pitches in Chattogram came as a blessing to the 2019-20 BPL as high-scoring games brought a welcome change to the tournament. Only three teams won after batting first in Chattogram, with few of the successful chasing sides not even needing to reach the last over
6:22 PM GMT “Give God a laugh,” they say: “tell him your plans.” Joe Root could be forgiven for reflecting ruefully on the expression as his England side head into the first Test in South Africa. It would be unfair to suggest his squad has been thrown into disarray by events of the last few
10:46 AM GMT Despite the tough stance adopted by the PCB on Bangladesh’s unwillingness to play Test cricket in Pakistan, the BCB has reiterated that as things stood, it could only give the go-ahead to a T20I series in the country. In what could be seen as a slight softening of position on the Tests,
3:27 PM GMT ESPNcricinfo staff Jasprit Bumrah is back in India’s limited-overs squads for their home series against Sri Lanka and Australia. The fast bowler had been out of action with a stress fracture of the back since the end of India’s tour of the West Indies in August. India will play three T20Is against