Expect Canterbury leg spinner Todd Astle to return to the New Zealand test cricket team.

Ever since the end of apartheid in South Africa, debate has raged about whether the nation's sporting teams are truly representative

New Zealand Cricket have given themselves an uppercut over their treatment of the women's game in this country for 20 years.

"No passion, no fight" - Kepler Wessels hasn't held back in assessing Australia's capitulation to South Africa in the first test in

Female cricketers are "a species on the verge of extinction" according to a damning report into the state of the women's game released

Alastair Cook could be set to relinquish the English captaincy as his side prepare to take on India in a five-match test series.

Haseeb Hameed will play for England in the first Test in Rajkot, becoming the sixth teenager to win a Test cap for England.

Jackson Bird is on standby for the second Test against South Africa after veteran seamer Peter Siddle was ruled out with another back injury.

Northern Districts gained the only outright win in the third round of Plunket Shield matches.

The Australian cricket team have started the summer on a 28-year low, falling to a 177-run first Test loss to South Africa at the

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Live updates of the first test between Australia and South Africa at the Waca in Perth.

Pakistan won't read anything into New Zealand's 3-0 test drubbing at the hands of India recently, according to their coach Mickey

Temba Bavuma's run out of David Warner has been described as one of the best pieces of fielding in cricket

Peter Siddle has called on Australia to take a leaf out of South Africa's book when they resume at 4-169 on day five of the first

It's a runfest at Eden Park No 2 as Wellington and Auckland battle for the advantage in their third round Plunket Shield cricket match.

Australia will have to defy 139 years of Test history to beat South Africa.

"The time has come to allow substitutes for concussion. In the past, players would carry on, but now they are removed from the game.

Commentator Kevin Pietersen found himself stuck in a rut on day two of the First Test - and cricket viewers couldn't help but notice.

Australian vice-captain David Warner insists 'threatening' sledges are non-existent in modern cricket.

COMMENT: A big pat for the New Zealand cricket selectors for the A side they've chosen to play Pakistan in Nelson next weekend.

The last time Australia capitulated this badly at home Don Bradman was in the team. It's officially out of control in Perth.

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Steve Smith was left fuming after a controversial LBW decision gave him just his fourth duck of his international career.

Patrick Tuipulotu will have no Sam Whitelock or Brodie Retallick when he takes to Soldier Field against Ireland this weekend.

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Mitchell Santner is set to miss the two-game test series against Pakistan after suffering a fractured wrist.

A coroner has found that a "minuscule misjudgment" by Phillip Hughes from a high-bouncing ball led to his death.

Australia's Channel 9 has unveiled its fancy new cricket technology for the summer - and fans have already dismissed it as a blight

Mitchell Starc and David Warner have reaffirmed there's no place like home, with Australia dominating South Africa on day one of the