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.
Four years after India stormed the Gabba with a virtual ‘B’ team, Australia should again be wary of little-known stars who could turn the summer on its head, writes Jacob Kuriype.
Michael Vaughan has not held back in his criticism of the BCCI’s timing for the upcoming Indian Premier League mega auction, describing it as ‘ridiculous’. Find out why in DANIEL CHERNY’s latest edition of Leg Buys.
Six weeks on from his pancreatic cancer diagnosis, Michael Johnstone’s family and friends are still coming to grips with the battle he faces. Yet, they are preparing to put emotion to one side to raise awareness about the “insidious” disease.
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.
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.
Steve Smith wouldn’t change anything, he claims, despite all the stress, sleeplessness and scandal. But has the former captain’s life changed him? It depends who you ask.
Mike Hussey has revealed his first SuperCoach picks for BBL14 – including names that might surprise. The fantasy cricket expert reveals his line-up for the first time.
Australia’s T20 series clean sweep over Pakistan has been soured by an injury to Glenn Maxwell, as Marcus Stoinis soared to monster heights.
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.
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.
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.
Cricket has lost control of the November sporting market and is determined to fight back – but it won’t be easy.
Cricket Australia will return to scheduling matches on Australia Day – but not before gauging the views of its Indigenous advisory group and committing to fixtures on the controversial date.
A fresh hurdle is obstructing Glenn Maxwell’s return to Test cricket, as his BBL side sweats on his fitness following scan results.
There are more than 50 players who cost less than $100k in SuperCoach BBL this year. How do you find the cash cows from the fringe dwellers? We’ve done the hard work for you.
If you love playing SuperCoach AFL, you’re going to have a blast with SuperCoach BBL. Check out how to enjoy a fast, fun warm-up for next footy season.
Fantasy cricket expert Max Bryden has researched every potential lineup for BBL14 to predict these starting XIs for the tournament that is just weeks away.
Australia’s domestic T20 competition has unearthed superstars from Pat Cummins to Travis Head. Get the inside word on the class of 2024-25.
This schedule explainer is your ultimate BBL companion, offering expert tips and insights to help you make the best SuperCoach selections for the season ahead.
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Cross-town rivals the Stars and Renegades will meet on cricket’s biggest stage in a season-defining match, to headline a huge fortnight of Melbourne events. SEE WHAT’S ON
Australia’s cricketers have reacted to a key change to the Test calendar, which has left some of the game’s biggest names disappointed, and concerned about the impact it could have.
Teammates in pink, combatants in green and gold, navy and red. That’s the prospect facing Sydney Sixers teammates Ash Gardiner and Sophie Ecclestone as they prepare to face each other in next year’s Ashes at the SCG.
Aussie cricket superstars Ellyse Perry, Ash Gardner and Phoebe Litchfield will be keen to put on a show as the Sixers and Thunder meet on a bumper weekend for Sydney events. SEE WHAT’S ON
Alyssa Healy is confident she will be fit to take on India next month, but with one eye on the Ashes, the Australia captain knows she may have a difficult decision to make.
Cricket changed forever one fateful day at the Sydney Cricket Ground in late November 2014. For those on the scene, the days, nights and weeks that followed remain harrowing. This is their story.
In the days after Phillip Hughes was tragically and fatally struck by a cricket ball, Australian captain Michael Clarke barely left his side. Clarke opens up on being there at the very end, and the haunting challenges he’s faced since.
Darren Lehmann has revealed that Phillip Hughes was secretly selected for a Test recall before his tragic death – but not for an injured Michael Clarke, as has been widely speculated in the decade since.
After a shock defeat to Pakistan in the one-day international series, Australia will be looking to bounce back in the weather-affected first T20I in Brisbane. FOLLOW THE LIVE SCORES
Far from embracing the interest in what is the first five Test series against Australia in more than three decades, India has bunkered down, with some extraordinary requests.
Former Queensland teammates Usman Khawaja and Nathan McSweeney will reunite at the top of the Australian Test batting order against India, with the senior of the two saying there is no void to fill for his new opening partner.
Nathan McSweeney’s selection in Australia’s Test squad for the series against India has forced the Heat into a rethink for their BBL roster – and they might have locked in a key replacement. DANIEL CHERNY has the details, and more, in LEG BUYS.
Former Test opener Ed Cowan has slammed the selection of untried opener Nathan McSweeney for the Test series with India as a “guess”.
If there’s one thing we know about the Australia-India rivalry, it’s that there are often battles within the battle. From Cummins and Kohli, to Starc and Sharma, read where the series will be won and have your say.
Indian coach Gautam Gambhir is copping not-so-friendly fire from his own after he fired shots towards Ricky Ponting.
For the first time in more than three decades Australia play India in a five-Test series, giving this series an Ashes-type billing. And it has all the ingredients to challenge that rivalry, writes DANIEL CHERNY.
He left home before he was a teenager to chase the cricket dream, now Yashasvi Jaiswal is set to debut on Australian turf this summer as an Indian legend looks to be farewelled.
It won’t get any bigger than Virat Kohli’s battle with Australia’s bowlers this Test summer. Click here to DOWNLOAD your hero poster of one of the greatest batters of the modern era.
It’s a summer of cricket that promises so much and to mark the Indian team’s arrival for a five-Test summer we are publishing a special wrap in English, Hindi and Punjabi.
A Western Australian cricket umpire is worse for wear after copping a horrific blow in a match over the weekend.
Cricket legend Allan Border says the pressure is on Australia this Summer, with concerns around the batting order as Australia looks to end a decade-long drought.
The depth of Australia’s pace-bowling stocks could be tested against India, and a 23-year-old could bolt into calculations.
The trial against cricketing legend Stuart MacGill has begun, with a jury hearing details of his alleged role in a large scale cocaine deal.
The trial against cricketing legend Stuart MacGill has begun, with a jury hearing details of his alleged role in a large scale cocaine deal.
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.
Age has made Virat Kohli a more mild character but an Indian legend wants to see him back at his antagonistic best when the Test series against Australia begins on Friday.
No-one has made more runs so far this summer than Alex Carey with a timely run of golden form with the focus on him for Australia’s showdown with India.
David Warner was ready to give Marcus Stoinis a 10 after the Aussie Hulk delivered one of the most destructive innings’ you’ll see.
Adam Zampa will do something he has only done a handful of times in the last five years in a dramatic bid for a Test berth in Sri Lanka in January. See who else could be in the frame.
Spinner Ashton Agar displayed some batting bravery as a former Test captain delivered a hard truth to an opening batter upset about being overlooked for Australia.
Aussie cricket cult hero Jason Gillespie’s future as coach of Pakistan is suddenly clouded after a bombshell report dropped.
Innings of 160 and 167 have Shobit Singh’s name up in lights in Victorian Premier Cricket. They’ve earned him selection in the Victorian Colts team to tackle NSW.
The Stars will be without their top draft pick for the start of the BBL, but it’s not all bad news with a run-scoring machine signing on for the first couple of games.
Five Victorian Premier cricketers, including impressive Melbourne recruit Farzan Chowna, are ready to take on the world’s best in a new T20 tournament in Guyana.
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