Melinda Farrell

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

Perhaps all England needed was the cool change.

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.

Ricky Ponting has signed a three-year deal with the Hobart Hurricanes as Head of Strategy for the men’s program and will lead the search for a new head coach.

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

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

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

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.

Knight defies Australia with resilient century  Sporting News AU

Lanning and Haynes, the calm professionals  Sporting News AU