Sam Konstas’s sacking for the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle raised an eyebrow or thousand but perhaps it’s the next evolution in cricket. Horses-for-courses batters. Rotation policies.

Australia may well have traded short-term gain for long-term pain with Sam Konstas – to win a Test that doesn’t need to be won.

Young Australian cricketer Sam Konstas has been sidelined from the opening Test against Sri Lanka due to a stomach bug. The illness has kept him holed up in the team hotel for the last two days.

From a spot just a few months ago in which they were weighing up a series of suboptimal options to fill a vacancy at the top ...

Triple M have found a surprise replacement after ex-NRL star Ryan Girdler quit has role, while the reason why Francis Molo wants to quit the Dragons can be revealed. That and more in Saint, Sinner, ...

Australian legend Allan Border thinks Sam Konstas was hard done by in getting dropped for the first Test in Galle even though the decision to hand a debut to Josh Inglis paid handsome dividends.

It was a debut three years in the making but Josh Inglis made it one to remember with a thrilling century against Sri Lanka ...

In the past 15 years, Australia has only enforced the follow-on five times, with acting skipper Smith in command for one of those matches, a win over the West Indies in Hobart in 2015. But it may be ...

More forecast rain in Galle is all that stands between crumbling Sri Lanka and an embarrassing early defeat in the opening ...

A devotee of crossword puzzles in those rare moments he's not consumed by cricket, and described by former coach Justin Langer as the greatest on-field problem solver he's encountered, Smith has ...