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This is their weakest team to visit India. Perhaps their deplorable performance reflects a bigger malaise—T20 cricket robbing batsmen of their skills to build innings by eschewing risky strokes

It's been over half a century since Australia's series win in India in 1969-70 but Ian Redpath and his teammates still swap stories about the victory.

On this day in 1971, the first-ever ODI match was played and the match was between Australia and England at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

The current 2022-23 season which witnessed England’s 3-0 clean sweep over Pakistan, marks 50 years for the Asian team’s first 0-3 whitewash, suffered at the hands of Ian Chappell’s Australians in 1972-73

In the world of Queensland cricket, there were three great “almost” eras - times when we (warning: I identify with the Queensland cricket team…

The Gabba has been Australia’s happy hunting ground since 1946, including 12 wins in Ashes contests. It has also been the location for four English victories. This article names a team for each nation, comprising players who recorded outstanding personal performances there. The 22 performances would make for a magnificent game of cricket. The Australian […]

This summer will mark the fiftieth anniversary of a significant tour, where the international matches were not granted Test and One-Day International status. Nonetheless it deserves acknowledgement for its importance to Australian cricket. It also featured individual performances by Garry Sobers and Dennis Lillee that are recognised as among the greatest ever on Australian soil. […]

Australian crickets seven best Test XIs A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size Bored on school holidays, I thought I might select tiered all-time Aussie Test XIs. I didn’t have any specific number of teams in mind, but rather simply selected until I arrived at a dearth of further genuine quality. No doubt I have missed some players that might have been worthy of at least a mention and feel free to point them o...

This is the fifth article in a series where I select a team of cricketers from each country who have the distinction of playing in only one Test. 460 players have now worn the baggy green in Test matches since inaugural captain Dave Gregory won the toss and elected to bat in Australia’s very first […]

The Indian victory in Australia seems like poetic justice, considering what they have gone through. A crippling loss, the absence of livewire captain, a spate of injuries that robbed them of frontline bowlers, racist taunts from the crowd and vicious sledging from the opponents. All these seem more like ingredients for a soap opera rather a five-day game of Test cricket. A series in Australia is always a test of skill and character. The bouncy pitches and pace like fire makes for a searching ex...