Australian cricket
The promise four-year-old Nathan McSweeney made to his grandad is about to come true
When it comes to Nathan McSweeney’s fan club, there is no more dedicated supporter than his grandfather Terry, who has hardly missed a game in his grandson’s career. Now Terry will get to see Nathan realise a lifelong dream.
- by Andrew Wu
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Flirting with disaster: Labuschagne’s fight to end his batting decline
Australia’s No.3 Marnus Labuschagne has resolved to mend his flirty ways outside off stump as he seeks a turnaround at home against India this summer.
- by Daniel Brettig and Jon Pierik
‘In the face, that’s Kohli’: Why no player has done more to stoke the Australia-India rivalry
Will tensions boil over again this summer?
- by Andrew Wu and Jon Pierik
As a teen, he lived in a groundsman’s tent. Now he’s India’s Test batting superstar
Yashasvi Jaiswal was homeless and broke when coach Jwala Singh discovered him batting in the streets of Mumbai aged 12.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Australia v Pakistan Twenty20 as it happened: Maxwell hurt as Stoinis leads Aussies to series win
An experimental Australian line-up, led by Marcus Stoinis’ batting masterclass, has cruised to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan in Hobart on Monday night, completing a 3-0 T20 series sweep. However, the win was marred by an injury to Glenn Maxwell.
- by Jon Pierik
McSweeney ducks bouncers on and off the field in Test debut week
Nathan McSweeney has absorbed the first hostile spells of his Test career on and off the pitch, and hopes to continue the trend on what shapes as a very lively Perth surface for the first Test against India.
- by Daniel Brettig
Inside Smith’s blueprint to take down Ashwin and India
Restored to his preferred position of No.4, the veteran batter explains how he intends to get the better of India’s most experienced bowler this summer.
- by Tom Decent and Daniel Brettig
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Why opening the batting has become a fool’s errand in Australia
One of cricket’s toughest tasks has become a lot more difficult in recent years, which raises the question, why do opening batters put themselves through the seemingly thankless job?
- by Daniel Brettig
India suffer fresh injury blow to star batsman ahead of Australian series
Indian No.3 Shubman Gill is reportedly out of the Perth Test as a veteran fast bowler gains momentum.
- by Tom Decent
He was the so-called ‘Bradman of India’. When he arrived in Australia, he had another worry
Twin hundreds in a Test match is rare. Donald Bradman was the 13th cricketer to achieve it. The 14th provided a glimmer of the future.
- by Gideon Haigh
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‘Within two minutes, the car blew up’: The crash that could have killed this cricket star, and the surgeon who saved his career
Here is the full story of the Indian star Rishabh Pant’s brush with death, and the repair of a knee shattered in the high-speed crash.
- by Daniel Brettig
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