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Smith's assist in Connolly's selection, ten years on from childhood photo

The allrounder has played just four first-class matches and is yet to take a wicket, but has the backing of Australia's stand-in captain

10-Jan-2025•Andrew McGlashan

How Mitch Owen became Hobart Hurricanes' century-making opener

Having batted in the lower middle-order during a handful of T20 matches, a pre-season chat got him primed for a new role

09-Jan-2025•Tristan Lavalette

Georgia Voll's field of dreams boosts healthy crop of Australian talent

Young batter puts herself in Ashes frame with seamless move into the international ranks

09-Jan-2025•Valkerie Baynes

Powerplay podcast: Georgia Voll shows Australia's future is bright

Young batter is part of an exciting crop of emerging talent for Ashes hosts

09-Jan-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

Has any other bowler got to 200 Test wickets averaging less than Jasprit Bumrah?

Also, who holds the record for the most international runs in a calendar year in women's cricket?

07-Jan-2025•Steven Lynch

Stats - Bumrah stands alone for India as Australia complete trophy set

It was a nightmare series for top-order batters, with only two finishing with 40-plus averages

06-Jan-2025•Sampath Bandarupalli

What did victory over India tell us about Australia's present and future?

Pat Cummins has led his team to more success but there could be some further tough selection calls to come this year

06-Jan-2025•Alex Malcolm

Konstas, Webster and Boland, the unusual suspects in Australia's moment of glory

After Boland's six-for, Konstas' early charge and Webster's assuredness took Australia over the line on a lively Sydney surface

05-Jan-2025•Andrew McGlashan

Stats: Third-shortest Test in Sydney

Key numbers from the fifth Test between Australia and India

05-Jan-2025•Deep Gadhia

Border-Gavaskar Trophy nears dramatic conclusion after 15-wicket day

There might be just one day left in this seesawing series with everything left to play for

04-Jan-2025•Andrew McGlashan

Great Scott Boland, the supersub calling the shots for Australia

If Australia do regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Boland will have been a major reason why, and he's only there because Josh Hazlewood is injured

03-Jan-2025•Andrew McGlashan

Stats - India's season of first-innings batting woes

India's batting not living up to its potential in the first innings has been a recurring theme in 2024-25

03-Jan-2025•Sampath Bandarupalli

Offspin to pace, and a mountain of runs: Webster's rise to Test cricket

The allrounder hammered the door down for selection with his performance in domestic cricket and the call came in Sydney

02-Jan-2025•Andrew McGlashan

SCG axe leaves Mitchell Marsh's Test career at crossroads

It's difficult to see a road for his return with Webster and Hardie moving up the list and Green set to return later in 2025

02-Jan-2025•Andrew McGlashan

South Africa shine, India and Australia juggle joy and gloom

In our second batch of team report cards for 2024: India, Australia, South Africa, Bangladesh, West Indies, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe

02-Jan-2025

Australia conjure up 'one of those great wins' to exorcise ghosts of the Gabba

And in conditions that didn't offer the bowlers much, this exorcism was distinctly Australian: disciplined, clinical, perfect

30-Dec-2024•Alex Malcolm

No Gabba 2021 at MCG 2024 as India lose a Test they needn't have

More than anything else, it was a chance for India's two most celebrated batters - Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma - to do something big. They failed, as did India

30-Dec-2024•Alagappan Muthu

Stats - A sorry end to 2024 for India and Rohit

India's defeat at the MCG made 2024-25 one of their worst seasons in Test cricket

30-Dec-2024•Sampath Bandarupalli

Jasprit Bumrah, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Laura Wolvaardt and Nicholas Pooran make it to our teams of the year

Our staff pick their men's and women's teams from among those who excelled through the year

30-Dec-2024•Yash Jha

Labuschagne digs deep to handle Bumrah's heat

Australia were on the brink on the fourth morning before Marnus Labuschagne absorbed pressure and paved the way for the lower order

29-Dec-2024•Alex Malcolm

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