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McSweeney open to possibilities in bid to earn Test recall
South Australia captain says Sheffield Shield final is the priority but he would be keen to play county cricket if an opportunity arose
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Cameron Green
Cricket
Green unlikely to play Shield cricket before county stint
Green had hoped to play for WA in the final Shield round but is unlikely to be ready in time
County Championship Division Two
Dane Paterson gets Lord's chance ahead of World Test Championship final
South Africa seamer signs seven-match contract with Middlesex after leaving Nottinghamshire
Australia
Cricket
Cummins bowling again as he eyes IPL and Test Championship returns
Australia captain says his rehab for an ankle injury which made him miss the Champions Trophy is going well
Afghanistan
Cricket
Should Afghanistan play an extra spinner against England?
Nick Knight and Yash Jha on Afghanistan's spin options
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Australia
Cricket
Finch: Labuschagne's form is an 'alarming sign'
The incumbent No. 3 will be the batter under pressure ahead into the World Test Championship final in June
Australia
Cricket
Australia emerge from Test season with flying colours and new options
The aging demographic of the pace attack will continue to raise questions, and Marnus Labuschagne's form is a watching brief, but there has been an injection of new faces
Australia
Cricket
Australia face Labuschagne call amid batting squeeze
The No. 3 is now the batter under scrutiny heading into the World Test Championship final and tour of West Indies
Sri Lanka
Cricket
Dhananjaya wants a 'rethink' about SL playing on spinning pitches at home
"If you take our batting averages, they're lower than those of batters in other countries, and you can see why that is - because we bat in spin-friendly conditions"
ICC World Test Championship
How Australia played like the home side in Asia masterclass
From the fans in the stands and on the Fort, to the dominance on the pitch, Australians have enjoyed their time in Galle
Australia
Cricket
Stats - Australia's first triumph in SL since 2011, and captain Smith's success with bat
On the way to the series win in SL, Nathan Lyon also became the third Australian to 550 Test wickets
ICC World Test Championship
Smith's triumph: Australia surge to clinical 2-0 series victory
The visitors had few alarms as Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne knocked off the target before lunch on the fourth day
ICC World Test Championship
Kuhnemann's four, Webster's late impact puts Australia on course for 2-0
Angelo Mathews and Kusal Mendis had given Sri Lanka hope but the home side lost late wickets to finish on the brink
Australia
Cricket
Stats - Smith's record 36th hundred, Carey's new subcontinent high
All the records Smith and Carey broke during their 259-run stand in the second Test against Sri Lanka
ICC World Test Championship
Smith and Carey dominate with hundreds in double-century stand
Australia took firm control of the second Test with a pair of outstanding centuries as Sri Lanka's attack struggled
Australia
Cricket
A batting cyborg: Smith's personal electricity brings Galle alive
Whatever data is observable, he is still mining. No detail is too insignificant. Nothing escapes Smith's CCTV.
Australia
Cricket
Carey: I'm playing the sweep and reverse-sweep 'with a bit more intent'
SL set aggressive fields to tempt him to play the reverse sweep, and he played them almost flawlessly, 76 of his runs coming square of wicket
Dinesh Chandimal
Cricket
Brace yourselves, it's going to get spicy in Galle
Offbreaks pitching on the straight, and whizzing past a batter's ears, on occasion - that's not just tricky, these are serious warning signs. It's about to get mad
ICC World Test Championship
Kusal Mendis fights for Sri Lanka as Starc and Lyon stand out
The home side were promisingly placed after lunch but lost their way before two Mendis' staged a recovery
Australia
Cricket
Cooper Connolly exceeds high expectations in rapid rise to Test cricket
Connolly had played just four first class games and was wicketless from his 96 deliveries before his Test debut in Galle
Sri Lanka
Cricket
Sri Lanka hit as Kamindu Mendis' runs dry up
Sri Lanka's batting coach Thilina Kandamby thinks that Kamindu's 2024 excellence may have covered up failures elsewhere in the batting order
Sri Lanka
Cricket
Stats: Karunaratne, a colossal Test opener for Sri Lanka
A look at Karunaratne's Test career ahead of his 100th match in the format, after which he is set to retire
ICC World Test Championship
Sri Lanka's 'strength is spin', but it's a game Australia can play too
The surface for the second Test in Galle appears substantially drier than the track used for the first match, which Australia won by a massive margin
Sri Lanka
Cricket
Ramesh Mendis recalled for second Test against Australia
He has been among the runs as well as wickets in the Major League Tournament, Sri Lanka's domestic first-class competition, this season
Cameron Green
Cricket
Green hopeful of Shield return and county cricket ahead of WTC final
Green has his sights on playing for Western Australia in the final Shield round of the season
