Virat is Australia’s favourite old foe

Why AUS loves Kohli, Smith on why Bumrah is unplayable, & the Indians lighting up the WBBL.

Australia’s favourite antagonist is back and delivering.

The “other” Tests are flourishing

Bashir bashes NZ, Jansen jumps SL, & Islamabad unrest affects PAK’s CT hopes.

• New Zealand are leading England by 157 runs at the time of publication, as the visitors’ batting stabilised in the morning. The Telegraph’s Will Macpherson writes about England’s successful bet on Shoaib Bashir.

• South Africa lead Sri Lanka by 281 runs. ESPNcricinfo’s Andrew Fidel Fernando says the island nation has thrown away months of progress, Firdose Moonda thinks Marco Jansen is starting to believe in himself, & Sampath Bandarupalli has the best stats from Sri Lanka’s 42-run, 13.5 over first innings collapse.

• Pakistan’s hopes of hosting the Champions Trophy were further hit after the Sri Lanka A team pulled out of touring the country due to unrest in Islamabad. Meanwhile, England has barred their players from participating in the Pakistan Super League.

• The WPL mini auction will be held on December 15 in Bangalore.

Virat is Australia’s favourite old foe

Why AUS loves Kohli, Smith on why Bumrah is unplayable, & the Indians lighting up the WBBL.

• Cricket Et Al’s Gideon Haigh has a piece on Virat Kohli becoming Australia’s favourite overseas star, ESPNcricinfo’s Alagappan Muthu on Mohammad Siraj’s form away from India, & Sydney Morning Herald’s Daniel Brettig asks Steve Smith and Damien Fleming why Jasprit Bumrah is so unplayable.

• Cricket Australia’s Laura Jolly writes about Jemimah Rodrigues and Shikha Pandey, the two Indians lighting up the WBBL.

• Fox Sports’ Tom Sargeant highlights the Aussie youngsters who will get a chance to play against India for the Prime Minister’s XI this weekend.