Veteran Australia batter Usman Khawaja has announced he will retire from international cricket after the fifth Ashes test beginning Sunday at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Usman Khawaja said he hoped his long test career, which will come to an end with his retirement after the fifth Ashes clash, inspires youngsters who are "different" that playing cricket for Australia is possible.

Four Australians make it to our best Test XI of the year, but at its helm is the World Test Championship final winning captain Temba Bavuma The 2025 calendar year threw up some brilliant Test cricket, plenty of memorable performances, several new records – and one notable non-record.

It comes after the pitch for the fourth Test in Melbourne was labelled "unsatisfactory" following a two-day match.

England called up spinner Shoaib Bashir and seamer Matthew Potts for the final Ashes test against Australia beginning on Sunday with one of them set to fill the void created by Gus Atkinson's injury-induced absence.

The most extraordinary Test innings of 2025 came from South Africa’s Wiaan Mulder, who smashed an unbeaten 367 against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. Facing just 334 deliveries, Mulder struck 49 boundaries and four sixes, scoring at a strike rate rarely seen in Test cricket.

Sri Lanka Cricket is preparing to usher in a new chapter in the island’s cricketing story, with plans to stage day-night Test matches at the iconic Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo.

Just as quartz watches survived the digital revolution, Test cricket can continue to thrive in the age of Twenty20 cricket.

Former Australian Test cricketer Damien Martyn is in an induced coma in hospital after being diagnosed with meningitis.

Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have already retired from T20 Internationals and Test cricket and are currently set to feature in a three match ODI series against South Africa.