At the end of Ricky Ponting’s toughest year in charge of the Australian team he is facing one of the Test matches that could define his captaincy. A loss to South Africa in Melbourne would concede the series and cap off a disappointing year that began with a narrow but controversial series win...

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After South Africa looked in control after the first two sessions of the second day at the Waca, fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has destroyed the middle order on his way to taking 7 for 42, his best test figures. Hashim Amla and captain Graeme Smith steadied the innings early on day 2 when Neil McKenzie...

After a top order collapse that saw Australia reeling at 3 for 15, Simon Katich and Michael Clarke help the Aussies resurrect the innings and to get the home side to 9/341 at stumps on day one against South Africa at the Waca. Australia lost Hayden to Makaya Ntini in the third of over of the match followed...

Tasmania face a tense morning on the third day after moving 45 short of first-innings points with only two wickets remaining. On a slow day the Tigers moved cautiously to 8 for 186, scoring at less than two an over, against a Queensland attack that picked up regular wickets.

Simon Katich and Michael Clarke have put on a 59 run partnership before lunch on day one resurrecting Australia’s innings in the 1st Test Match against South Africa at the Waca. The Proteas got off to a dream start when Makhaya Ntini took the wicket of Matthew Hayden in just the third over and...

An insipid second innings from Western Australia set up a comfortable eight-wicket win for Victoria at the MCG, where the home side was set 56 for victory. Steve Magoffin made a couple of breakthroughs in the chase before Chris Rogers brought up Victoria’s fourth win of the campaign with a six.

Damien Wright caused the early trouble before his team-mates provided the support as Western Australia were dismissed for 211 on the opening day in Melbourne. Wright captured the first four wickets as Victoria controlled proceedings and suffocated the Warriors, whose brightest moments came during David...

Stuart Clark’s summer could be over after he was ruled out of Wednesday’s first Test against South Africa in Perth due to the recurrence of an injury to his right elbow. Clark will fly home to Sydney and have the problem assessed by an orthopaedic surgeon and if an operation is required his...

Sachin Tendulkar and Yuvraj Singh put India on course for a famous victory in Chennai as the home side reached tea on 304 for 4, 83 short of the fourth-highest successful chase in history. They came together after Graeme Swann had claimed his second wicket, to put England ahead again in a thrilling contest,...