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...
Kagiso Rabada takes his fourth five-wicket haul in 11 Test matches against Australia as South Africa bowl out the number one Test team in the world for 212 in the first innings of the ICC Test Championship final at Lord’s. FOLLOW LIVE: South Africa v Australia – day one Available to UK users only. Read...
South Africa’s Marco Jansen juggles the ball before successfully completing the catch at slip to dismiss Australia’s Steve Smith for 66 runs on day one of the ICC Test Championship final at Lord’s. FOLLOW MORE: South Africa v Australia – day one Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Beau Webster avoids a walk back to the pavilion after South Africa decide not to appeal the umpire’s decision, despite the replays showing that the batter would have been out lbw to Kagiso Rabada’s delivery. FOLLOW LIVE: South Africa v Australia – day one Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
For players from England, Australia and India, playing Test cricket is financially rewarding. Ben Stokes, England’s Test captain, has a central contract reportedly worth £2.47m a year with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Not all boards have the same depth of financial resources. So inevitably, there has been a talent drain towards franchise...
Kagiso Rabada dismisses Usman Khawaja for a duck before taking the wicket of Cameron Green to leave Australia on 16-2 on day one of the ICC World Test Championship final at Lord’s. FOLLOW LIVE: South Africa v Australia – day one Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
Australia are looking to defend the title the won by beating India in the final at The Oval two years ago. The rotating cast of openers used since Warner called time on his Test career has included Steve Smith, Nathan McSweeney, Travis Head and Sam Konstas. While Smith and Head are back in their usual...
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...
Huge undulating, sloped greens are lightning fast. Another legend, Sam Snead, joked: “I put a dime down to mark my ball and the dime slipped away.” It was seeing a Sarazen putt run off an Oakmont green at the 1935 championship that inspired Edward Stimpson to invent the measuring device known as a “Stimpmeter” to...
Webster was developing into anything but a gimmick. Like a host of all-rounders, success in one discipline fed the other. In the 2023-24 season, his 938 runs were by far the most in the Sheffield Shield, supplemented by 30 wickets. Only one other player in Shield history had managed 900 runs and 30 wickets in...
England were hopeful Atkinson would be available for the beginning of the India series, while Archer’s long route back to Test cricket has been delayed by a thumb injury that prevented him playing for the Lions. His next target would be to play for Sussex in the County Championship before the end of this month....
PA Media Cdr Julian Bennett was initially dismissed in October 2023 The Metropolitan Police says Londoners “will be as outraged as we are at the utter waste of public funds” after a disciplinary process for one of its senior officers took almost five years. Cdr Julian Bennett has been dismissed from the force for a...
Khelif had been set to make a competitive comeback in Eindhoven from 5-10 June. But on Friday, World Boxing said mandatory sex testing would be introduced next month “to ensure the safety of all participants and deliver a competitive level playing field for men and women.” It added: “In light of plans to introduce this...
Chris Woakes is expected to play for England Lions against India A this week as he continues his comeback from an ankle injury, while Brydon Carse has recovered from a foot injury to play in the three ODIs against West Indies. Essex bowler Sam Cook, who made his international debut in the win against Zimbabwe,...