Spinner Todd Murphy will have to wait to find out if he will get his first taste of test cricket on home soil on Sunday after captain Steve Smith said Australia were keeping options open for the fifth Ashes clash with England.

Our tips for the fifth Ashes Test between Australia and England, starting on Saturday (UK time), include a 13/2 player bet

Jeans. Pink casual shirt, tucked out. Left arm in a sling. Familiar face. Humble demeanour. Nearly embarrassed by the prolonged standing ovation. He placed a hand above his heart. We know it’s a bloody big one.

Veteran Australia batter Usman Khawaja has announced he will retire from international cricket after the fifth Ashes test beginning Sunday at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Four Australians make it to our best Test XI of the year, but at its helm is the World Test Championship final winning captain Temba Bavuma The 2025 calendar year threw up some brilliant Test cricket, plenty of memorable performances, several new records – and one notable non-record.

Fifteen people were killed and dozens wounded in what authorities have described as an antisemitic terrorist attack.

BBC Sport reflects on a stellar year for South Africa which threatens to be overshadowed by a lack of home Test cricket.

While the cricket world was in uproar over Melbourne’s Boxing Day batting carnage, the world’s oldest Test cricketer watched it without raising an eyebrow … Neil Harvey’s seen worse.