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Travis Head led with 87 not out as Australia finished day four at 156-4 in its second innings in the second cricket test against South Africa on Wednesday, still trailing by 170 runs. Head hit nine fours and faced 138 deliveries, with Scott Boland (2 not out) also on nightwatchman duty. South Africa enforced the follow-on after Marco Jansen took 5-33 in Australia's first innings. The visitors were bowled out for 99 runs, conceding a lead of 326 runs in reply to the Proteas' 425-9 declared. Skipper Temba Bavuma had led South Africa's revival with a career-best 179. It was the fourth lowest innings' total for Australia, and the third highest lead conceded in tests against South Africa. Australia was down to 69-6 at lunch on day four, with Jansen picking four wickets in the morning session. Jansen struck early in the morning after Australia started at 3-1 overnight. Boland was the first to go as he was caught behind off Jansen on the seventh ball of the day. Travis Head was then out
Skipper Temba Bavuma struck a test-best 179 to help South Africa recover from 110-6 to post an imposing 425-9 declared on Day 3 of the second cricket test against Australia on Tuesday. Bavuma came out to bat on the opening day with the Proteas 12-2 and then saw them limp to 92-5 as rain and a wet outfield disrupted play a day later. But he held South Africa together in stoic fashion, hitting 18 fours and one six in 334 deliveries, to put his side in control at St. George's Park. He had good support from the lower order, Marco Jansen scoring 85 and Simon Harmer adding 82 as the duo put on big partnerships with Bavuma in the first innings. In reply, Australia was 3-1 at stumps. South Africa slumped to 110-6, having lost Wiaan Mulder (13) early in the morning session. He was caught at slip off Mitchell Starc, who picked up his 450th test wicket. Bavuma and Jansen then put on 106 for the seventh wicket before lunch. They only added another 26 in the post-lunch session taking their s
Australia bowled only 12.2 overs against South Africa on the rain-hit opening day of their second cricket Test on Sunday. South Africa was struggling at 20-2 at stumps, after the morning session at St. George's Park in Gqeberha was nearly completely lost to the weather. Australia won the toss and opted to bowl. Play began after a nearly two-hour delay with South Africa's openers taking the hosts to 11-0 in 5.3 overs at lunch. Rain further delayed play after the break before pacer Scott Boland struck twice for Australia. He bowled Aiden Markram for 11 in the ninth over. Next ball, David Bedingham was caught behind for a golden duck, leaving South Africa at 12-2 in 8.5 overs. Tea was taken when rain returned shortly afterward, but there was no further play on the day with the threat of more rain on Monday. Debutant Marques Ackerman (5 not out) and skipper Temba Bavuma (4 not out) are at the crease. Australia won the first test in Durban by 214 runs and leads the three-match series
Josh Hazlewood's career-best 6-49 helped Australia win the first cricket test by 214 runs at Kingsmead and finish off South Africa on the final day Tuesday. Hazlewood took four of the six wickets Australia was hunting for on day five. A target of 421 was always improbable for South Africa and the world champion Proteas were cleaned up less than an hour after lunch and within five overs of Australia taking the second new ball. South Africa was all out for 206 after 284 in the first innings. Middle-order batter Matt Renshaw was easily the standout player with 190 runs in Australia's first innings of 390 and 82 in the second total of 314-6 declared. Renshaw's part-time spin also netted the first two wickets of his test career. Opening batter Aiden Markram led South Africa's fourth-innings resistance for nearly six hours with a 237-ball knock for 75 before he was ninth man out. Markram was caught behind off an inside edge to Mitchell Starc. He was initially given not out but Australia
Pat Cummins claimed 3-54 as Australia took a 139-run lead against South Africa at stumps on day three of the first cricket Test here on Sunday. A collective bowling effort from Australia saw South Africa bowled out for 284 in its first innings Mitchell Starc (2-63), Josh Hazlewood (2-54) and Nathan Lyon (2-58) took a brace each. Australia had scored 390 runs in its first innings with Matt Renshaw hitting a career-best 190 to help the visitors recover from a precarious 124-6. In its second innings, Australia was 33-0 at stumps in 5.4 overs when play was called off early again due to bad light, with nearly 13 overs lost in the day. Nic Maddinson (17 not out) and Travis Head (10 not out) are at the crease. David Bedingham top-scored for South Africa with 49 off 73 balls. The hosts were 197-8 at one stage before a 52-run ninth-wicket partnership between Keshav Maharaj (34) and Simon Harmer (35 not out) reduced some of the damage. South Africa is the reigning world test champion and b
Bad light stopped play 24.4 overs early with Australia struggling at 187-6 on Day 1 of the first cricket Test against South Africa at the Kingsmead Oval on Friday. Matt Renshaw scored 46 not out to spare Australia's blushes after it had plunged to 124-6. He and Pat Cummins (33 not out) put on an unbeaten 63 for the seventh wicket. Earlier, Australia won the toss and opted to bat in the first game of the three-match World Test Championship series. Wiaan Mulder picked up two wickets and Marco Jansen claimed one to reduce the touring team to 24-2 early on. Travis Head was first to go, caught behind off Mulder for 9. Nic Maddinson, who recently recovered from testicular cancer, was back for Australia for the first time since 2016. He opened the innings with Head and faced 33 deliveries without scoring before being bowled by Jansen. Steve Smith then put on 60 with Marcus Labuschagne for the third wicket. Just before the lunch break, Mulder trapped Labuschagne lbw for 37. The batter
Captain Temba Bavuma was named in South Africa's one-day international cricket squad on Monday for a three-game series at home against Australia this month. Bavuma will lead the Proteas after being rested for an ODI series away against Namibia starting on Wednesday. South Africa plays Australia in 50-over games on Sept. 24, 27 and 30, before a three-test series between them next month. Fast bowler Gerald Coetzee was also recalled after last playing an ODI at the 2023 Cricket World Cup in India. Batsmen Quinton de Kock and David Miller were included in the 16-man squad, while Aiden Markram will be available for the second and third ODIs, Cricket South Africa said in a statement. Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada was out of the series with injury. ___ South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Ottneil Baartman, Corbin Bosch, Matthew Breetzke, Gerald Coetzee, Quinton de Kock, Tony de Zorzi, Bjorn Fortuin, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kwena Maphaka, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, Rya
Australia on Tuesday named a 14-member squad, featuring several players with senior international experience, including pacer Ben Dwarshuis, Sam Konstas and Nathan McSweeney, for their series against India A in Puducherry later this month. Cricket Australia's (CA) National Selection Panel said the tour holds great importance as it looks to expose players to subcontinental conditions and prepare them for the challenges of playing in India. A stand out performance in the red ball series will make a strong case for selection in the five Tests in India early next year. Australia A will play two four-day matches and three one-day games, all in Puducherry. The first four-day game will begin on September 22, with the second unofficial Test scheduled to start on September 29. The unofficial ODIs will be played on October 6, 9 and 11. CA chairman George Bailey said the tour was particularly important with the senior Australian team set to tour India next year. "We are excited by these squ
Top-order batter Marnus Labuschagne was a notable omission while skipper Mitchell Marsh and fellow opener Travis Head returned to the 17-member Australia squad for the ODI series against Zimbabwe and South Africa beginning later this month. Marsh and prolific run-getter Head had missed the 50-over series in Pakistan and Bangladesh earlier this year. The twin series, starting on September 15, assumes added significance for Australia as they begin preparations for next year's ODI World Cup, to be co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The pace-bowling duo of Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc will miss the Zimbabwe leg before aligning with the squad for the series against South Africa. Youngsters Joel Davies and Ollie Peake have retained their places in the squad following decent performances during Australia's recent series in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The three ODIs against Zimbabwe will be played in Harare on September 15, 18 and 20, followed by a three-match series against
Mitchell Starc removed Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam with the first ball of the match and the veteran Australian fast bowler took five wickets in the first session of the second cricket test Saturday. After Australia won the toss and decided to bowl, with captain Pat Cummins suggesting "the wicket looks pretty good, but if there is any moisture in it, it might be this morning," Starc proved Cummins correct. Islam was caught in the gully off a leading edge to give Starc his fourth career wicket on the first ball of a match. Starc removed Tanzid Hasan and had captain Najmul Hossain Shanto caught lbw in the third over to leave Bangladesh, which surprisingly won the first test of the two-test series, reeling. Starc got his fourth wicket when Nathan Green made a grass-top catch to remove Mominul Haque for 9, the only Bangladesh batter to score a run among the first four batters Saturday. His fifth wicket came when he had Litton Das trapped lbw. At lunch Saturday, Bangladesh was 35 for
Bangladesh completed a stunning nine-wicket victory over Australia in the first test on Sunday, securing its first win on Australian soil and only its second victory over the top-ranked Australia. After making a vital half-century in Bangladesh's first innings, Mehidy Hasan Miraz took five wickets in Australia's second innings to restrict the hosts to a lead of just 56 runs, before Australia was bowled out for 284 midway through the afternoon session at Darwin's Marrara Oval. Cameron Green scored his third test century, and his first in Australia, making a composed 104 from 201 balls to lead Australia's resistance and give Bangladesh a modest target. Bangladesh suffered some early nerves when Josh Hazlewood (1-5) dismissed first-innings centurion Tanzid Hasan for a duck, but Shadman Islam (25 not out) and Mominul Haque (30 not out) held their composure to chase down the target in 14.2 overs sparking wild celebrations within the contingent of Bangladesh fans seated behind the team's
Hasan Mahmud took a career-best haul of 6-55 to help bowl out Australia for 198 on the opening day of the Top End test cricket series against Australia. Hasan struck in his sixth and seventh overs to remove openers Jake Weatherald (23) and Travis Head (22) on Thursday after Australia had won the toss and raced to 45 without loss on a green-tinged wicket in the tropical far northern Australian city of Darwin. From there, pacemen Hasan, Taskin Ahmed (2-55) and Ebadot Hossain (2-39) dominated the first two sessions, bowling with discipline to exploiting the conditions and get on top of a batting lineup that was held together primarily by Steve Smith's defiant 71. Smith was the next-to-last wicket to fall, advancing at Hasan and top-edging a high catch to wicketkeeper Litton Das to end a 109-ball innings that contained seven boundaries and a six. The day started positively for the hosts, with skipper Pat Cummins winning the toss and electing to bat. Playing just his second test in 13 .
Australia head coach Andrew McDonald has said the IPL can "fit" into his team's hectic international schedule, but the demands on his Test stars mean they will have to "balance it out" with workload management, particularly for the fast bowlers. Beginning with a two-Test home series against Bangladesh on Thursday, Australia are set to play 20 Tests and 14 white-ball matches across next 12 months, with the 2027 IPL window expected to fall between a five-Test tour of India and the World Test Championship final, before the Ashes in England. "I know people will start talking about the IPL and filling that time and what does that look like," McDonald told Cricinfo. "I've said this before, the IPL is part of our management plan for a lot of our players, and to expose our best players in what I believe is the best competition in terms of T20 cricket has its performance benefits as well. You've just got to balance that out." Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Cameron Green and ..
The so-called Big Four could be reunited in Australia's bowling attack with Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon returning from injuries for a two-test cricket series next month against Bangladesh. Pace bowlers Cummins, Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc and offspinner Lyon have been the long-time frontline attack for Australia but injuries have limited the frequency of all four combining in the same XI in recent series. Australia's selection committee chairman George Bailey on Tuesday said there was no certainties to start, but the returning bowlers are "all fit to go." "As you would expect, we won't be locking in an XI this far out, but we do know that across this two-test series the depth is there," Bailey said. "I'm sure that there will be (future) tests that that (Big Four) group play together." Cummins, Hazlewood and Lyon, he said, "have worked extremely hard, individually and with the (fitness) teams, over the past few months to return from their respective injuries." The