News | Cricket

30 Dec 2025 14:33

| outlook hotmail | yahoo mail | gmail | news | weather | finance | shopping | about nzcity | Search |

NZCity News

News

Home > News > Sports > Cricket

Australian cricket coach Andrew McDonald looks poised to pick off spinner Todd Murphy for the fifth and final Ashes test starting January 4 in Sydney

Australian cricket coach Andrew McDonald looks poised to pick off spinner Todd Murphy for the fifth and final Ashes test starting January 4 in Sydney

30 December 2025

Murphy was in the squad for the two-day loss in Melbourne, but not picked for the XI due to the seam-friendly nature of the MCG pitch.

McDonald says the 25-year-old's ready, if conditions align.

NEWSTALK ZB'S INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COVERAGE WITH GENERAL FINANCE. GREAT RATES AND A MEMBER OF THE DEPOSITOR COMPENSATION SCHEME

>> More Cricket News

Subscribe to NZCity's Cricket articles

© 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

Other Cricket News

30 Dec: The Central Hinds have struggled to post a competitive total, after winning the toss and choosing to bat first against the Otago Sparks, in their T20 Super Smash women's cricket clash in Alexandra

30 Dec: Added speculation over the Ashes cricket futures of Australia's batters

30 Dec: The Victory have trounced the Phoenix 5-1 at home in men's A-League football, Wellington's fifth loss in seven matches

30 Dec: Auckland have beaten the wet weather and Wellington in men's Super Smash T20 cricket after a five-wicket win at the Basin Reserve

29 Dec: Brydon Carse is England's last out-and-out speedster standing, after fellow bowler Gus Atkinson was officially ruled out of the Ashes finale with a hamstring injury

29 Dec: Brett Lee has been inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame

29 Dec: An end to the professional cricket career of New Zealand all-rounder Doug Bracewell

Top Stories

RUGBY
Nick Kyrgios has blitzed Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 across what has been coined their battle-of-the-sexes tennis match in Dubai More...

BUSINESS
The EU's new deforestation regulation could be favourable to New Zealand - when it eventually kicks in More...

Today's News

Motoring:
A car's plunged off a bank on a notorious stretch of State Highway 2, at Tangoio, north of Eskdale and Napier 14:27

Entertainment:
Martha Stewart has become a co-owner of Swansea City 14:08

Cricket:
The Central Hinds have struggled to post a competitive total, after winning the toss and choosing to bat first against the Otago Sparks, in their T20 Super Smash women's cricket clash in Alexandra 14:07

Cricket:
Added speculation over the Ashes cricket futures of Australia's batters 14:07

Boxing:
Former boxing world champion Anthony Joshua stable, two people dead after fatal car crash in Nigeria 13:57

Entertainment:
Chevy Chase was "hurt" by his exclusion from Saturday Night Live's 50th anniversary celebrations 13:38

Rugby League:
It's job done and into the quarter-finals of the world darts championships in London for a third straight year for defending champ Luke Littler 13:37

Entertainment:
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner died "minutes" after sustaining "multiple" knife wound injuries, their death certificates have revealed 13:08

National:
Babblers, cops and quacks: the sometimes dark – but often amusing – origins of nicknames for jobs 13:07

Environment:
Officials are closely monitoring strong winds across the West Coast, upper South Island, and lower North Island, which have left thousands of people without power 12:47

News Search

© 2025 New Zealand City Ltd