Australia have turned to experience at a moment of genuine uncertainty. Steve Smith has been added to Australia’s T20 World Cup squad ahead of Monday’s crucial match against Sri Lanka in Pallekele, a move that speaks as much about urgency as it does about faith in one of the country’s most acc...

“It’s all about the fingertips.” Crishan Kalugamage says it with a wink, holding his hands up as if he’s about to toss a lump of dough into the Tuscan air. He’s talking about leg-spin bowling, but he could just as easily be describing the art of making the perfect pizza base. For Kalugamag...

New Zealand began their Men’s T20 World Cup campaign with a performance that was as gritty as it was impressive, producing their highest-ever run chase in the history of the tournament. In the heat and tension of Chennai, the Black Caps overcame early trouble to beat Afghanistan by five wickets, w...

Roll up, roll up. The 2026 T20 World Cup is almost here, and while it feels like only yesterday that India were lifting the trophy in Barbados, the shortest format never stands still. This latest edition, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka and kicking off in Colombo, promises more runs, more sixes and...

Another day in Asia, another elegant innings from Joe Root, and another reminder of why England’s greatest modern batter feels so at home on the toughest stages cricket has to offer. As England wrapped up a rare one-day international series victory in Sri Lanka this week, Root once again stood at ...

England cricket rarely lacks drama, but the timing of the latest controversy involving Harry Brook has made it particularly uncomfortable. Just as the dust settles on a bruising Ashes defeat, revelations about an off-field incident in New Zealand have reignited debate around discipline, leadership a...

Sydney is supposed to be a city of beginnings. It sells itself as renewal, light, optimism. Circular Quay sparkles under the summer sun, the Opera House curves proudly into the harbour, and every New Year’s Eve the sky explodes with fireworks that promise fresh starts and clean slates. And yet, fo...

Sydney is used to rain. More days are lost to weather at the SCG than any other Test venue in the world. Drizzle eventually arrived late on day two of the fifth Ashes Test, but by then the damage had already been done. For England, this was not a slow soaking from the clouds – […]

Will we ever stop talking about Harry Brook? Probably not. And that, in many ways, is the point. Throughout this Ashes series, no England player has provoked more conversation, more debate, or more collective head-in-hands moments than Brook. From the flat-bat slogs in Perth to the reckless drive in...

Todd Murphy knows exactly what is coming if he is handed the ball at the Sydney Cricket Ground. England will not sit back. They will come hard, they will come early, and they will look to put Australia’s young off-spinner under immediate pressure in the final Test of the Ashes. Murphy, though, sou...