AUSTRALIAN cricket today faces its most damaging scandal since the infamous underarm incident 37 years ago, with Test captain Steve Smith admitting he and other senior team members deliberately planned and carried out ball tampering on the third day of the mat... More »
USMAN Khawaja: average 20. Steve Smith: 27. David Warner: 37. There tells the story of Australia's failure to compete against the South Africans in mid series. KEN PIESSE reports from Cape Town. More »
THE all-important Third Test is evenly poised despite some heroics from AB de Villiers. KEN PIESSE reports from scenic Newlands. More »
SPORTSHOUNDS has issued the challenge to its footy writers: list the final AFL Ladder for 2018, the Premiers and the Brownlow winner. KEN PIESSE sees more yellow and black dancing out on the MCG in September: More »
NINE MILLION dollars over five years was lure simply impossible to ignore for GARY ABLETT junior when he abdicated north. But would he make the same decision today? KEN PIESSE reports. More »
CAN A non-performing Usman Khawaja continue to survive in Australia’s top six, asks KEN PIESSE. More »
KEN PIESSE admires the work of Mitchell Starc as he opens the gap between the Aussies and the South Africans in the First Test More »
KEN PIESSE loved the opportunity to once again witness a master at work, in South Africa’s 30-something paceman Vernon Philander More »
KEVIN MURRAY is out and Shane Warne is in as Cricket Victoria unveils its new headquarters at the Junction Oval. KEN PIESSE reports More »
VANUATU can be a stunning South Pacific base for cricket, says KEN PIESSE. More »
KEN PIESSE has a timely reminder for one-eyed Steve Smith fans that Don Bradman remains in a stratosphere of his own. More »
THE WINNERS and the losers in yet another triumphant Australian home soil campaign. KEN PIESSE rates the teams More »