Cricket News Australia 25/26: 1st Test v England

Whoa! That was fast! Our first reaction following the unexpected end of the 2025/26 opening Australian Test summer just inside two full days. Yes, one winning team will always accept that as an advantage with four big time contests to go while the other will have a lot of drawing board analysis to do. Sure…

Day 3, 2025 New Year’s SCG Test: Beau Webster hits the winning runs with Australia now sweeping the deciding win, Border-Gavaskar Trophy & also WTC Final v Proteas

SCG Test – After five ultra quality competitive Test matches between Australia v India over the last few weeks including this low-scoring World Heavyweight Championship of Cricket decider at the Sydney Cricket Ground, we’ve now got a winner in both this 5th & final game as well as the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series with the game…

Day 1, 2025 New Year’s Sydney Test: Australia mow down India with the Kookaburra ball despite losing toss as well as a series of controversial review decisions along the way

Sydney Test – Glad to hear the Aussies are currently on a roll following the first day of this deciding World Heavyweight Championship like Test match from the Sydney Cricket Ground as they are currently 9-1 with a 175 run trail having already bowled India all out under 200 a while ago for just 185….

Day 5, 2024 MCG Boxing Day Test: Aussies bowl India out victorious on what has been an unreal final day’s play of red ball cricket with the SCG final match decider to come

Boxing Day – Who would’ve thought this would happen when there’s not much time left on the final day’s play but we got a result to settle though and it turned to be a good one with Australia victorious over India by 184 runs in order to keep their series hopes alive 2-1 going into…

Day 4, 2024 MCG Boxing Day Test: Australia still on track with credit to Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland off the willow going into the fifth and final day’s play v India tomorrow

MCG Boxing Day – We thought the Aussies were so doomed following their okay start when our top and middle order cards may have been collapsed during the fourth day’s play today but at least they’ve hung in there through the end at around 6pm AEDT with thanks to Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland even…

Day 3, 2024 MCG Boxing Day Test: India’s lower-order batting saving grace to hold back the Aussies thanks to Washington Sundar’s 50 & Nitish Kumar Reddy’s 100

Boxing Day Test – The Aussies had a great opportunity to finish off the work with the ball when Day 3 resumed first thing this morning but not what we wanted unfortunately off the back of India’s stunning lower-order batting extravaganza that kept them going like Washington Sundar’s 50 while their fast-bowling all-rounder scored his…

Day 2, 2024 MCG Boxing Day Test: Steve Smith delivers another 100, cult hero Scott Boland finish off the wickets of the day & all-round courageous captain Pat Cummins

MCG Boxing Day Test – What a fantastic Day 2 we’ve just had that can change everything in a flick of a switch having saw India settled in at first after the Aussies were all out for 474 off the back of Steve Smith’s second straight 100, especially with Pat Cummins somehow found a way…

Day 1 2024, MCG Boxing Test: Sam Konstas’ debut 50 including a string of good consistent top-order performances puts the Aussies on the front foot v India

MCG Boxing Test – A 19-year-old star was born in the making this morning at the MCG in Melbourne with a debut Test 50 – his name is Sam Konstas, who plays for the New South Wales state side, Sydney Thunder and St George’s Cricket Club in Hurstville. Wow, wow, take a bow! Love the…