Steve Smith, who was awarded the Compton-Miller medal and was also named Australia's man of the series at the end of the final Ashes Test at The Oval on Sunday, said he wants to continue working hard as a batsman.
Australia might have just retained the Ashes but skipper Tim Paine said he believed his side can still improve after they lost the final Test at The Oval by 135 runs on Sunday (September 15).
Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman starred respectively with bat and ball as Afghanistan thrashed Bangladesh by 25 runs in their second match of the tri-nation Twenty20 international tournament in Dhaka on Sunday.
Hosts England made a sensational comeback in the series as the defeated Australia in the fifth and final Test of the Ashes at The Oval on Sunday. Courtesy brilliant bowling performances by Jack Leach and Stuart Broad -- both bagging four wickets each -- England bowled out Australia for 263 in a chase of 399.
India head coach Ravi Shastri has made it clear that Rishabh Pant will be "rapped on the knuckels" if he keeps on playing rash shots like the one he did against the West Indies recently.
The alarming trend of players opting for county cricket over the South Africa national team has forced the board to think about long-term contract for its cricketers, said top CSA official Corrie van Zyl.
The weather had threatened to play spoilsport even in the build-up as rains were forecast for the majority of the day and so it proved.