Steve Smith has regularly spoken about the phenomenon of ‘losing his hands’ and then ‘finding’ them again in the never ending pursuit of his nirvana at the crease. He may have rediscovered the detail which placed him among the world’s best batsmen.
Since the advent of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 1996, Australia’s rivalry with India has become one of sport’s fiercest. We count down the 10 biggest moments in the series’ history.
Marnus Labuschagne could be Australia’s most under pressure batter coming into the Test Series against India, yet he’s vowed to get slow cooking in Perth.
Behind the team’s official shroud of silence – and late night fun involving e-scooters – there remains a mystery about how India will line up for the first Test. BEN HORNE has the edge on some potential changes for the Perth clash, with starts on Friday.
After successive series defeats on home soil, can Australia finally overcome India for the first time since 2015? Our cricket experts DANIEL CHERNY, ROBERT CRADDOCK and BEN HORNE dissect the major talking points of the upcoming five-Test series.
Brand new father Mitch Marsh is set to limit the impact of Cameron Green’s absence this Summer, while Travis Head is ‘mentally fresh’ coming into the series cold.
He’s come under fire from critics of Australia’s selection process, but Nathan McSweeney’s toughest test came on Monday. He and his teammates speak about his looming baptism of fire.
It has turned into one of the fiercest rivalries in world sport – and since the advent of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Australia’s showdowns with India have produced some of cricket’s greatest moments.
Phillip Hughes’ death left a massive hole in Australia’s heart. It also left a nation wondering what could have been. His teammates explain just how good the little left-hander would’ve become.
Australia’s greatest wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist has urged current gloveman Alex Carey to look ahead and not over his shoulder as he prepares for one of the biggest series of his career.
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