Overzealous security. Watching training from the bushes. ‘Gate-crashing’ birthday parties. Covering the circus that is an Indian Test tour is full of challenges, but the last thing you want is to become the story yourself.
As an outsider making a first visit to Australia to cover India’s tour 10 years ago, the national outpouring of emotion after Phillip Hughes’ tragic death will stay with me forever.
India’s Test series drubbing by New Zealand has not been taken well by the country’s cricket fanatics. But as the team arrive in Australia they’re only one famous victory away from being loved again.
Australian eyes on which of four batsmen will be the last one standing in Mackay, while Indians hope fragile fast-bowling talent can handle the strain ahead of first Test.
The alarming stats that show that replacing David Warner at the top of the order is not Australia’s biggest problem.
There was little captain Alyssa Healy could do from where she sat as Australia’s stranglehold on the World Cup slipped rapidly.
‘The breeding ground for future champions.’ Growing up in India, I learned to revere the Sheffield Shield.
No other team has dominated their sport for such a long period. Australia head into this tournament as three-time defending champions – but be warned, the world order could be about to change.
The next stop on the Alex Carey Redemption Tour takes us to Lord’s, the hallowed turf where his career seemingly took a turn.
Watching Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne wreak havoc with ball and bat against England, you can get lost into imagining them as two exuberant kids having a blast in the backyard.
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