Two of cricket’s biggest egos, Kevin Pietersen and Kieron Pollard, admit to feeling pressure to perform in the Big Bash League opener. Pollard’s Adelaide Strikers and Pietersen’s Melbourne Stars clash …

A leaping catch during a fielding drill for the Sydney Thunder has ended Usman Khawaja’s season with the 27-year-old batsman set to undergo a full knee reconstruction next week. Khawaja, …

Mitch Marsh tweaked his hamstring and Mitchell Starc was troubled by the heat as India reached 3-151 at tea on day one of the second Test. Debutant Josh Hazlewood snared …

Maybe he was auditioning for a summer TV commentary gig. Or perhaps he was still shaking off the side effects of Tuesday’s hamstring surgery. But injured Australian skipper Michael Clarke …

Ed Cowan has leapt to the defence of under-fire Test opener Chris Rogers and backed the experienced left-hander to rediscover his form with the bat. Cowan played alongside Rogers in …

Nothing has convinced India’s cricket board to re-evaluate its stance on the Decision Review System, but umpiring in the current Test series just might. India’s strong start to the second …

Mitch Marsh claimed his maiden Test wicket, but India were otherwise largely untroubled as they reached 1-89 at lunch on day one of the second Test. Murali Vijay backed up …

Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff may be the English drawcards competing in this summer’s Twenty20 BBL, but Perth Scorchers opener Michael Carberry is aiming to trump them both. Carberry will …

Steve Smith has lost the toss in his first Test as captain of Australia, with India batting first in Brisbane. India skipper MS Dhoni opted to bat first in the …

New Australian captain Steve Smith has been presented with a blazer by former skipper Mark Taylor in a ceremony before the second Test against India at the Gabba on Wednesday. …

Former fast bowler Darren Gough has launched a ferocious attack on England’s selectors as preparations for the World Cup in the new year continue to go from bad to worse. …

Statistics say Steve Smith will relish his debut as Australian captain when the second Test against India starts at the Gabba on Wednesday. Australia have not suffered a Test defeat …

Tillakaratne Dilshan has smashed a century and grabbed three wickets in his 300th one-day international as Sri Lanka whipped England by 87 runs in the seventh and final match in …

Coach Darren Lehmann will feel a major case of deja vu this week when he watches the Marsh brothers scurrying about their business in the Australian Test dressing room. Mitch …

Teammate or brother? Shaun and Mitch Marsh insist they will be thinking of each other only as colleagues in Brisbane this week. On Wednesday the Sandgropers become the seventh set …

Australian cricketers are often judged by the public on their feats at home instead of those in foreign timezones. In Shaun Marsh’s case that means 17 runs from six Test …

Michael Hussey believes the second Test will be special for Shaun and Mitch Marsh, but an even better occasion for mum Michelle and dad Geoff. Hussey played one-day and Twenty20 …

The prospect of unleashing Josh Hazlewood on a green Gabba deck against India has got Australian captain Steve Smith excited. But probably not Peter Siddle. First there was Siddle’s drop …