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Down a bowler, Australia’s attack put in a superb performance in Perth to take the first Test against New Zealand with a 296-run win.
Down a bowler, Australia’s attack put in a superb performance in Perth to take the first Test against New Zealand with a 296-run win.
Australia have put themselves in a dominant position in the first Test against New Zealand but will have to bowl the Kiwis out a second time without star quick Josh Hazlewood.
Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson are hopping, lunging and fending. Never before in their Test careers have I seen this champion Kiwi pair look so unsettled. New Zealand might have climbed to second in the Test rankings but the challenge they’re facing now is an alien one.
As the end of the decade approaches, social media is being flooded with messages about how much has been achieved over the last ten years.
A third successive ton from Marnus Labuschagne shielded Australia from a relentless bowling display by New Zealand, who showed great skill and heart in the oppressive heat in Perth yesterday.
The nation’s most infamous 22-yard grass strip again dominated headlines this week despite today’s much-anticipated start to the Test series against New Zealand.
Pat Cummins admittedly didn’t quite have the smoothest entry into Test cricket, with his second Test coming five and half years after his debut, but with 27 Tests now under his belt, it’s hard to fathom that he is yet to face New Zealand in a Test match.
There is one question on everyone’s lips leading into Thursday’s trans-Tasman opener: can Australia register a win for the good guys by overcoming the Black Caps?
It has long been said that Australian and English Test players make or break their reputations in the Ashes. For New Zealand cricketers, playing against Australia is the equivalent, the ultimate challenge.
Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls and Colin de Grandhomme may be New Zealand’s fresh batting stars but veterans Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor remain the key to the Kiwis ending their Test drought in Australia.
Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls and Colin de Grandhomme may be New Zealand’s fresh batting stars but veterans Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor remain the key to the Kiwis ending their Test drought in Australia.
Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls and Colin de Grandhomme may be New Zealand’s fresh batting stars but veterans Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor remain the key to the Kiwis ending their Test drought in Australia.
It’s a strange day when you praise a groundsman for producing a pitch so dangerous it forced a first-class match to be abandoned.
It’s a strange day when you praise a groundsman for producing a pitch so dangerous it forced a first-class match to be abandoned.
It’s a strange day when you praise a groundsman for producing a pitch so dangerous it forced a first-class match to be abandoned.
Neil Wagner is the most unusual fast bowler in modern Test cricket. Can the short ball blitzes that have earned him success elsewhere work on true Australian pitches?
In Australia’s last five Tests at the SCG their spinners have averaged nearly 40 with the ball. So why are Australia already talking about playing two spinners in Sydney against New Zealand?
It all comes down to this weekend for the Brisbane Heat, Adelaide Strikers, Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Renegades.
First the Kookaburra ball was too lifeless, then New Zealand pitches were too flat and now Jofra Archer’s latest gripe is that he was cheated by the Kiwi speed guns.
Having at least one bowler with startling pace is crucial for visiting Test teams in Australia. That’s why New Zealand erred in not handing a Test debut to express quick Lockie Ferguson against England this week.
Recent years have seen Australian pitches descend in to sameness, with each surface baked identically hard and flat thanks to the environmental devastation of mankind’s greatest existential threat, T20.
It’s a simple question, with a fairly complex answer. When was the last close, compelling Test series on Australian soil?
As Australia rolled on toward their emphatic innings victory over Pakistan in Adelaide on Monday, and with it a dominant 2-0 series win leading into the three-Test series against New Zealand, a new addition was being added to a very curious piece of Test history.
As Australia rolled on toward their emphatic innings victory over Pakistan in Adelaide on Monday, and with it a dominant 2-0 series win leading into the three-Test series against New Zealand, a new addition was being added to a very curious piece of Test history.
As Australia rolled on toward their emphatic innings victory over Pakistan in Adelaide on Monday, and with it a dominant 2-0 series win leading into the three-Test series against New Zealand, a new addition was being added to a very curious piece of Test history.
Down a bowler, Australia’s attack put in a superb performance in Perth to take the first Test against New Zealand with a 296-run win.