England 260 and 0 for 19 (Strauss 11*, Cook 6*) trail Australia 481 (Hussey 195, Haddin 136, Finn 6-125) by 202 runs… Michael Hussey and Brad Haddin wrote themselves a place in the history books with a monumental 307-run partnership as Australia took a firm grip on the opening Test in Brisbane. The mammoth stand [...]

Australia 5 for 220 (Hussey 81*, Haddin 22*) trail England 260 by 40 runs… The Ashes contest lived up to its billing of being too close to call on a fluctuating day at the Gabba. England’s bowlers staged a spirited fightback before being quelled by a resurgent Michael Hussey, whose unbeaten 81 gave Australia the […

Australia 0 for 25 (Katich 15*, Watson 6*) trail England 260 (Bell 76, Cook 67, Siddle 6-54) by 235 runs… Birthday boy Peter Siddle has become the ninth Australian to take a hat-trick in Test cricket and has finished with 6-54 as the English fell from 4-197 to be all out for 260. The hat-trick [...]

India 566 for 8 dec. (Dravid 191, Dhoni 98, Gambhir 78, Sehwag 74) beat New Zealand 193 (Ryder 59, Ishant 4-43, Ojha 3-57) and 175 (Ishant 3-15, Harbhajan 3-56) by an innings and 198 runs… Finally the actors returned to the original script. The groundsman was the first person to get the revised lines: the [...]

New Zealand 193 and 24 for 1 (Harbhajan 1-9) trail India 510 for 5 (Dravid 191, Dhoni 98) by 349 runs… Rahul Dravid struck a classy 191 as India declared their first innings at 566 for eight and enjoyed a 349-run lead over New Zealand at the end of the third day’s play in the [...]