Australia stunned England with two late wickets, including that of Joe Root for 83, to leave the tourists wobbling on 233 for five at the end of a the rain-disrupted opening day of the fifth and final Test on Thursday. (Australia vs England, Ashes, 5th Test, Day 1, full cricket score) A day that started with incessant light rain washing out the first session had looked like ending with a packed Sydney Cricket Ground bathed in summer sunshine and Englands Barmy Army of fans in full triumphant voice. Root and Dawid Malan had combined for a 133-run partnership to help the tourists to 228 for th ... Read More

Australia stunned England with two late wickets, including that of Joe Root for 83, to leave the tourists wobbling on 233 for five at the end of a the rain-disrupted opening day of the fifth and final Test on Thursday. (Australia vs England, Ashes, 5th Test, Day 1, full cricket score) A day that started with incessant light rain washing out the first session had looked like ending with a packed Sydney Cricket Ground bathed in summer sunshine and Englands Barmy Army of fans in full triumphant voice. Root and Dawid Malan had combined for a 133-run partnership to help the tourists to 228 for th ... Read More

The new year may not bring some very good news for MS Dhoni. The former Indian cricket team captain may get a demotion in terms of top central contracts with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). urrently, Dhoni is one of the seven cricketers in the top A category, who are paid Rs 2 crores per annum. The other two categories are B (Rs 1 crore per annum) and CRS 50 lakh per annum. But a proposed new structure of central contracts may see four categoriesA+, A, B, C, according to reports. The top category will be A+, which will include cricketers who play in all formats. Dhoni, who ... Read More

Hong Kong have been fined $3,000 after fans jeered the Chinese national anthem during an Asia Cup match last month, the third time they have been punished for booing.Fans have taken to booing the anthem as concerns grow that semi-autonomous Hong Kongs freedoms are under threat from Beijing.Despite appeals for restraint and a large police presence, fans booed during the March of the Volunteers, the anthem the city shares with China, at the Asian Cup qualifier against Lebanon in November. ... Read More

Ben Duckett has been dropped for England cricket teams tour of the West Indies next year, while Ben Foakes and Mason Crane are set to be involved.Duckett was already suspended after he was also fined by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for pouring a drink over the head of a senior playerreported to be James Andersonin an incident at a Perth bar.Duckett was due to face a Cricket Australia XI in a warm-up game before the third Ashes Test, instead, the 23-year-old batsman will now sit out the Lions tour against a West Indies A, starting in February 2018. ... Read More

Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Starc has been cleared of a major foot injury, but remains in doubt for the Boxing Day Test, reports said Wednesday.Scans confirmed he only has a bruised heel after he was seen hobbling on crutches as he left Perth after Australia claimed the Ashes by beating England by an innings and 41 runs in the third Test this week. ... Read More