January
Test team enters echelon of greats after gripping series win
Australia’s Test side wrested back the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade, and can stake a claim to being one of the country’s most successful.
- Maxim Shanahan
Australia defeats India in Sydney to regain Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Scott Boland took six for 45 for the home side in the second innings to claim a 10-wicket match haul, setting up a 3-1 Test victory over India in an absorbing series.
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- Reuters and AAP
Bowler-friendly SCG wicket spices up Test series finale
On what was the hardest wicket in the world to take wickets on as recently as two years ago, 26 wickets have now fallen on the first two days at the SCG.
- Scott Bailey
- Opinion
- Opinion
Titanic tests level the playing field for Australia-India ties
On-field intensity and discord symbolises how cricket is helping the two countries transcend the colonial past and manage geopolitical tensions.
- Lisa Singh and Tushar Joshi
December 2024
Australia secures victory in Boxing Day Test
Pat Cummins’ team won the epic match in front of a record-breaking crowd at the MCG after Nathan Lyon clinched the final wicket with 12 overs remaining.
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- AAP
Heatwave gives Pat Cummins pause for thought before Boxing Day Test
The temperature is forecast to reach 39 degrees on Thursday in Melbourne when Australia takes on India.
- Roger Vaughan
November 2024
- Opinion
- Opinion
India dominates cricket – and calls the shots on and off the field
In a country of 1.4 billion following the sport religiously, the BCCI knows it’s sitting on a gold mine as lucrative as Saudi oilfields.
- Tracey Holmes
What key stats say about Australia v India (the news is not good)
Australia’s first Test against India didn’t go to plan. If the team can turn things around and win the series, it will be historic. Data shows it will be hard.
- Zoe Samios
Why this billionaire’s flying people in to watch cricket in Perth
Soft diplomacy between India and Australia surrounding the Test series has never been higher, according to Cricket Australia.
- Tom Rabe
India A cleared of ball-tampering, no further action
In an explosive start to the summer, India’s A team have been cleared of ball-tampering and will escape any sanction after accusations flew in a match against Australia A.
- Scott Bailey
November 2023
- Opinion
- The AFR View
One-day cricket champions of champions
The India-Australia rivalry now approaches the intensity of the traditional Ashes battle between Australia and England.
- The AFR View
Australia stun India in final to win World Cup
Travis Head was the star for Australia, striking 137 runs to help upset a red-hot Indian team at home.
- Scott Bailey
June 2023
Australia get sloppy before taking big lead over India
India’s batsmen had survived lucky spill after lucky spill but finally fell on the third day, as Australia took a 173-run lead.
- Scott Bailey
April 2023
China sends 70 jets, 11 warships towards Taiwan
China continued its show of force in the Taiwan Strait; ‘berserk’ bond markets overplay the risk of a deep recession; Asian shares inch higher; ‘Incompetence and greed’ – inside the collapse of FTX. See how the day unfolded here.
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- Andrew Hobbs
August 2022
Kapil Dev says cricket, like cinema, is undergoing disruption
The 63-year-old former cricket superstar has arrived in Melbourne for the screening of a movie about the World Cup victory he led India to in 1983.
- Michael Bleby
May 2021
Australian cricketers in India to be moved to Maldives or Sri Lanka
Australian great Mike Hussey has tested positive for COVID-19, while a number of Australian players are isolating after the IPL was postponed.
- Max Mason
Indian Premier League suspended after more COVID-19 cases
The Board of Control for Cricket in India says local authorities and tournament officials took the decision unanimously ‘to postpone IPL 2021 season, with immediate effect’.
January 2021
- Opinion
- Opinion
India entrench themselves as world's best side
India's astonishing Gabba win has set the benchmark for this year's Ashes series in Australia.
- Michael Vaughan
Feeling the Paine of a nation's most important job
Tim Paine is under fire for his captaincy of the Australian Test cricket team, but the absence of a logical successor suggests he is safe – for now.
- Michael Pelly
Pant on fire: India secure historic win
India have pulled off a remarkable victory in Brisbane on the back of on inspired knock by Rishabh Pant.
- Michael Pelly