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England formally raised their concerns with match referee Jeff Crowe after a Snicko malfunction denied them the wicket of Alex Carey, a moment that proved pivotal on the opening day of the third Ashes Test. Brendon McCullum lodged the complaint overnight following the controversial Decision Review System call that allowed Carey to survive on 72 […]

Call it fate, fortune or simply the strange arithmetic of Test cricket, but once again Australia found a way to turn chaos into control. If the opening day of the Adelaide Test felt like a jigsaw thrown into the air, most of the pieces landed face up for the hosts. England hurled the puzzle skyward; […]

It was one of those days when Test cricket felt like art. Adelaide Oval shimmered under a southern summer sky, its soft greens and bleached light framing a contest that unfolded on multiple levels at once. England versus Australia, certainly. But also something more intimate and revealing: Jofra Archer versus Australia, and Jofra Archer versus […]

By the time the third Test of the series began to take shape, Australia looked cornered. England held a 2-0 lead, momentum was firmly with the tourists, and Don Bradman’s captaincy was being questioned as much as his batting. History, however, was quietly preparing one of its most extraordinary reversals. Only once has a team […]

After the chaos of Perth and Brisbane’s pink-ball spectacle, Adelaide delivered something more recognisably Test cricket. And for the home crowd, it came with a familiar hero. Alex Carey, batting on his home ground, produced a sparkling century to haul Australia out of early trouble and give them a slender edge on a compelling opening […]

The third Ashes Test in Adelaide will not be the first played in the long shadow of modern terror. In 2005, England’s Ashes summer began just two weeks after the 7 July London bombings, with day one at Lord’s coinciding with a failed follow-up attack that misfired only through incompetence. Two decades on, Australian cricket […]

Cameron Green has etched his name into IPL history after becoming the most expensive overseas player the league has ever seen, with Kolkata Knight Riders securing the Australian all-rounder for £2.06 million (A$4.17 million) at Tuesday’s auction for the 2026 season. The bidding in Abu Dhabi quickly turned into a heavyweight duel between KKR and […]

Cricket is miserable when you’re bad at it. And everyone, at some point, is bad at cricket. Even Ben Stokes. The first time someone hurled a ball at him, it didn’t disappear into the stands. He was useless, like everyone else at the beginning. The difference is that he got better quickly enough to stay. […]

As the third Ashes Test prepares to begin in Adelaide, the focus has briefly shifted beyond cricket. The tragic terror attack at Bondi beach has cast a long shadow, and for Australia captain Pat Cummins, it struck painfully close to home. The events unfolded just kilometres from Cummins’ home in Bronte on Sunday night. Like […]