Melinda Farrell

Knight defies Australia with resilient century  Sporting News AU

While players have been calling for more women’s Test matches for years, the dramatic conclusion to the Women’s Ashes Test at Manuka Oval has provided the strongest argument yet that there is an appetite to watch women compete in the longest format.

Pakistan tour diary: TikTok answers Aussie fans' plea for Test tickets  Sporting News

A day that transcended sport as Test cricket returned to Lahore  Sporting News

It may have been Pakistan Day everywhere else - but in the middle of Gaddafi Stadium, it was definitely Australia’s day.

While scheduling has become an ever-tightening corset that squeezes the breathing room out of cricket, lucrative T20 leagues outside the IPL are competing for the diminishing windows available.

Perhaps all England needed was the cool change.

England Lions replicated the Test side’s aggressive batting, but South Africa are wary of being drawn in to play in a similar style.

Ollie Robinson returns to the England Test side for the first time since the fifth Ashes Test, when his fitness was publicly questioned. Breakthrough star Matthew Potts is the man to make way.

As the women’s 20-over world cup gets under way in South Africa, the top players know one standout innings could clinch a lucrative deal in Monday’s inaugural WPL player auction.

A candid Ash Gardner on her $560,000 WPL pricetag, the awkwardness of the auction, and her mission to grow Indigenous cricket.

England’s unbeaten run to the T20 Cricket World Cup semi-finals is in no small part thanks to Eccleston’s performances

When Ellyse Perry returned to the Australian T20 side in 2021, more than a year after tearing her hamstring during the home T20 World Cup, it appeared the shortest form of the game had left her behind.

Exclusive: Now 10 years on from her first visit to Lord’s, young Australia batter is ready to take her chance

Heather Knight believes England are closing the gap on Australia despite the tourists retaining the Women’s Ashes with victory by three runs in the second one-day international at the Ageas Bowl.

England’s former captain says a series of bad decisions has hit confidence, but backs skipper Jos Buttler to stay on.

Afghanistan play a rare match against Australia, who have cancelled fixtures over the Taliban’s policies on women.

The Dutch fast bowler shares his journey of almost giving up cricket to becoming one of his country’s leading players.

Battle between two strong contenders with South Africa playing in four World Cups, Australia lifting trophy five times.

With the increasing lure of franchise cricket and uneven distribution of money- the future of ODIs hangs in the balance.