The Latest Breaking News from Ricky Ponting

Cricket has always been a game of glory and fame, but in the modern era, it’s also a game of business. Some players have taken their celebrity status and turned it into enormous fortunes, earning more from endorsements, sponsorships, and business ventures than from their match fees or IPL contracts.

Data informs many decisions now but Australia legend showed how some players just have a knack for reading the game

As he prepared for the first ODI in New Zealand, Joe Root said he was up to the mental challenge of scoring a first Test ton in Australia in this winter’s Ashes

Root has never scored a hundred in 14 Tests in Australia but Ricky Ponting has backed him to end that unwanted streak.

England won a thrilling and closely-fought series 2-1.

England’s dramatic 2-2 draw with India was their last taste of Test cricket before the Ashes begins in Perth in November, and there is little time left to win a place in the squad

England suffered an agonising six-run loss to India at the Oval on Monday as one of the most dramatic Test series of recent times ended in a 2-2 draw.

Root is second on the list of all-time Test run-scorers, though Sachin Tendulkar remains over 2,500 runs ahead.

Over-by-over report: How our writers captured the action as the vital fourth Test continued at Old Trafford