Konstas lived up to the hype around his talent by smashing an impressive 60 off 65 balls when the Boxing Day Test
Heavy rain washed out the third day of the already weather-disrupted third and final Test between Australia and South Africa at Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.
Images from Day 3 of the 4th Ashes Test played at the MCG on Saturday.
Pat Cummins took 10 wickets to lead Australia to Pakistan series triumph
Defending champions Australia suffered a major blow ahead of the knockout stage of the Women's Twenty20 World Cup when all-rounder Ellyse Perry was ruled out of the remainder of the tournament on Tuesday. The twice ICC women's cricketer of the year hobbled off the field in tears after suffering a right hamstring injury during Monday's four-run victory over New Zealand that sealed a place in the semi-finals for the hosts.
Stuart Broad said the defending champions will miss his aura but have enough resources to replace him as a player.
With hoards of Indian fans storming the Melbourne Cricket Ground, you could be forgiven for mistaking it to be the Eden Gardens. Bouyed by the vociferous crowd, India thrashed South Africa by 130 runs to break their World Cup jinx on Sunday.
Images from Day 1 of the second Test between Australia and India, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Saturday.
'We'll let them go play the game as they normally would' 'You don't want to clone them all into little choir boys'
Jones, known affectionately as 'Deano' by the global cricket community, played 52 Tests and 164 ODIs.
Victoria state sports minister Martin Pakula said the government would develop a plan with Cricket Australia and the MCG to allow the famed 100,000-seat stadium to be at one-quarter capacity for the Test starting on Dec. 26.
India posted their eigth victory from the 16 ODIs they played at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Stoinis smashed 13 fours and eight sixes during his blistering innings.
Batsman Marcus Stoinis has been fined A$7,500 (3,984 pounds) for directing personal abuse at Australia team mate Kane Richardson during a Big Bash League Twenty20 match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday. Stoinis apologised "unreservedly" for the abuse during the Melbourne derby between the Stars and Renegades teams.
Cricket fans will be able to pick up tickets for the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand for as little as A$5 ($4.66) for children and $20 for adults as organisers bid to get more than 1 million people through the gates.
Australia captain Tim Paine on Tuesday hinted that opener David Warner could play the third Test against India, while the young Will Pucovski is also not far from returning to competitive cricket.
The cricketer will star in Harman Baweja's new film.
A factfile of the teams ahead of the second quarter-final in the World Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Images from the second day's play of the fourth Ashes Test between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Friday.
Images from the opening day's play of the fourth Ashes Test between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Thursday.
India bagged 30 points for their eight-wicket win. They are placed second with 390 points
Jonathan Trott posted his third century in five Ashes Tests to propel England closer to a series victory in the fourth Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Monday.
The 59-year-old Englishman was taken to hospital on Monday after suffering abdominal pains but discharged after tests, with his employer Channel Nine reporting that he was in "good spirits".
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson was forced to cut short his training session in the Melbourne Cricket Ground nets after being hit on the helmet by a bouncer on Tuesday, three days before the start of the third Test against India.
Buttler said England had only themselves to blame after being outplayed by the Irish.
"I'm sure BCCI will sort this out," said Ganguly
Buttler said he felt the current squad was only at the beginning of a new era for English cricket.
Adam Voges scored his maiden One-Day International century as a depleted Australia secured a 5-0 series whitewash by beating West Indies by 17 runs in the final match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.
The Melbourne Cricket Ground was kept on standby to host back-to back matches against India, who won the traditional Boxing Day Test at the MCG by eight wickets on Tuesday.
With a heavy downpour preventing the resumption of play after the break, the match was abandoned and the series remains locked at 1-1.
Following is a fact box on the second Test of the four-match series between Australia and India:
India has not won an ICC event since the Champions Trophy triumph in 2013, and the team is keen to break the drought this time around.
'Steve Smith, according to me, is the best Test player of this generation. He has displayed that his adaptability is absolutely brilliant. You take any cricketer of this generation... in 85-90 Tests, he has an average of 60 which is quite unbelievable.'
India relied on the young brigade to finally break their prolonged winless streak by spanking Australia by eight wickets in the second Twenty20 International and level the series 1-1.
Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson revealed that his side gambled on Rahul Dravid's orthodox batting style to get the better of him in the first Test.
crowd of 80,000 flocked to the MCG for Thursday's sudden-death encounter.
Australia have overcome their wobbles against swing bowling and are ready to prove it if called in to bat on the first morning of the Boxing Day Test against India, captain Michael Clarke said.
India batter Suryakumar Yadav had his first practice session Down Under in Brisbane on Sunday, and the batter said his main focus going into the nets was to assess the conditions.
Australian captain Tim Paine said a 'proud' cricketing nation like India is not going to roll over in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne like they did in the series opener in Adelaide and singled out KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant as potential threats.
Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan may sign for Australian domestic side Victoria Bushrangers for the Twenty20 Big Bash and play as a local hero at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, where he was labelled a chucker 14 years ago.
