Watch the best shots from Aiden Markram’s century for South Africa against Australia in the ICC World Test Championship final. Read full article at source...
The scale of the challenge facing South Africa when they began their innings was not quite the summit of Everest, but it certainly felt a fair way above base camp. At the start of their innings, WinViz gave South Africa a 38% chance of pulling off the joint second-highest successful chase for a Test match...
Australia batter Steve Smith has been taken to hospital for an X-ray on a compound dislocation of the little finger on his right hand, sustained on day three of the World Test Championship final. The 36-year-old suffered the injury when he dropped a catch off the bowling of left-arm quick Mitchell Starc while fielding in...
South Africa lose the early wicket of Ryan Rickelton as he is caught at slip off Mitchell Starc in their pursuit of 282 to win the ICC World Test Championship final. FOLLOW: ICC World Test Championship – South Africa v Australia Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
South Africa finally break Australia’s resistance, as Josh Hazlewood is caught by Keshav Maharaj to bowled out their opponents for 207 in the men’s ICC World Test Championship final. FOLLOW LIVE: ICC World Test Championship – South Africa v Australia Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
British rapper Yung Filly is facing two more charges related to the sexual assault of a woman while on tour in Australia. The YouTuber, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, appeared before Perth District Court. In March he pleaded not guilty to three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm, one of strangulation and...
Pat Cummins takes his 300th Test wicket before South Africa fight back with the ball to leave Australia on 144-8 in the second innings of the ICC Test Championship final at Lord’s – a lead of 218 heading into day three. MATCH REPORT: ICC Test Championship final – South Africa vs Australia day two Available...
The steward at the bottom of the steps in front of the Lord’s pavilion must be in danger of suffering from repetitive strain injury. Every time he settled back into his chair after lifting the latch to open and close the gate to allow an Australian batter out to the middle he was soon repeating...
Temba Bavuma avoids being dismissed lbw by Josh Hazlewood after a review shows a surprising spike on the Ultra-edge, with South Africa 66-4 in their first innings in the Test Championship final against Australia at Lord’s. FOLLOW LIVE: ICC Test Championship final – South Africa vs Australia day two Available to UK users only. Read...
Gloucestershire have signed Australia off-spinner Todd Murphy for their next four County Championship matches. The 24-year-old will arrive in time for the Second Division game against Derbyshire at Bristol on 22 June, and finish with the meeting with Middlesex at the Cheltenham Cricket Festival at the end of July. This will be Murphy’s first experience...
Marcus Smith wanders over for a chat, mainly about how mutual acquaintance Danny Care is adjusting to life as a civilian. And with the players finished in the open-air gym, coach Johnny Sexton and head of performance David Nucifora nip in for a quick workout. Meanwhile, Genge speaks to us after a precise sauna session...
The sun burst through after lunch and that adage about looking up to the sky, rather than down at the pitch, rang true as Smith and Webster patiently steadied the ship for Australia. Since his last Test at Lord’s during the 2023 Ashes – when he made 110 – Smith has endured a slightly fallow...
Australia fight back with the ball after being bowled out for 212 as 14 wickets fall on an entertaining first day of the ICC Test Championship final at Lord’s. Read full article at source...
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Bavuma was appointed Test captain by head coach Shukri Conrad, who took over in January 2023. Conrad began his playing career when South Africa was under apartheid rule and cricket was racially segregated. “When he told me I’d be Test captain, my first question was, ‘Why?’ – because I’d felt it was this honour and...