Ricky Ponting ... straight away down at No.5. There's a chain of thought that Head and Khawaja will be opening the batting in the first Test against Sri Lanka, with Josh Inglis or Nathan McSweeney ...

And speaking to Brad Haddin on the Willow Talk Podcast, Swann claimed Ponting dumping Strauss' bat in the ice bath was one of the 'funniest' moments of his cricket career. "He used to get the ...

Marnus Labuschagne's battle to retain his Test spot could get even trickier amid fresh developments around Cameron Green and ...

New-ball wizard Mitchell Starc struck twice in the shadows of stumps to cement Australia’s ascendency on the first day of the ...

Left-arm spinning allrounder Cooper Connolly will make his Test debut for Australia on a dry surface expected to produce ...

From the fans on top of Galle Fort, to the Sri Lankan fielders themselves, everyone clapped for Australia’s subcontinent master. Just after lunch, Smith had passed Ricky Ponting to become Australia’s ...

The dashing left hander comfortably had the best strike rate of the series, plundering his runs at 115.60, as he pounced on ...

The axing of Sam Konstas was questioned by a legend as Travis Head, Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith were all beneficiaries of Sri Lankan blunders. Here are the quick hits from day one of the first Test ...

Australia batter Steve Smith passes the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket during the first day of his side's opening match in Sri Lanka.

Just like ‘Punter’ [Ponting] said, he can’t play with a straight bat against spin. Just like Punter said,' he was heard yelling to his team-mates. He was then overheard issuing another ...