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.

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.

Australia have officially named their squad for the fifth and final Test of the Ashes 2025–26 series against England, which is set to begin on Saturday, January 3, at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

England pace bowler Gus Atkinson has been ruled out of the fifth Ashes test in Sydney with a hamstring injury.