Cricket

LISA STHALEKAR: We thought this Ashes series would be the death of swashbuckling, seemingly mindless batting — in fact, it’s just the beginning.

The England captain appeared to tell the Aussie to ‘shut the f*** up’ as tensions exploded.

GEORGIE PARKER: Watching Cameron Green fumble as he gets chance after chance is becoming painful to watch and it is doing him no favours.

The first responders received a standing ovation in a ‘tremendously moving’ pre-Test ceremony.

Australian cricket great Damien Martyn has been brought out of his induced coma and is progressing well amid a battle with meningitis.

Damien Martyn’s partner says the Australian cricket legend is “progressing well” with treatment amid a battle with meningitis.

An Australian great has accused Usman Khawaja of throwing a “temper tantrum” after the retiring batter attributed the backlash he faced after suffering a back injury in Perth to racial stereotyping.

‘All options are on the table’ as a crunch meeting looms after Australia’s latest look at the SCG pitch.

EDITORIAL: Khawaja did himself a disservice by insinuating that commentary about his injury battles and recent poor run of form was somehow racially motivated.

With administrators still on edge after last week’s two-day debacle in Melbourne, an extremely green SCG square raised eyebrows in Sydney on Thursday.

Usman Khawaja has used his retirement press conference to launch a stinging attack on his critics, claiming there was a double standard among former players and the media over his back injury in Perth.

The Australian veteran has gone public two days before the Sydney Test.