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Big picture When India last played a test series in Australia and sealed a historic victory, an inevitable caveat was added: Australia lacked its key players Steven Smith and David Warner, and a team with a new captain and a shaky batting lineup. . With no Virat Kohli in between, …

Big picture Joe Burns is Will Truman. For the past, oh, it almost seems like decades, a whole country has been obsessed with it. At least Jim Carey’s character didn’t know that his entire life was being ripped apart by an audience that reveled in his weirdness. Lovely cricket cricket, …

Big picture India has a golden opportunity to claim a 3-0 series sweep in Australia without really hampering their preparation for the next test series. Neither Jasprit Bumrah nor Mohammed Shami were required in the series-clinching victory Sunday night with the India attack doing the job to back Australia after …

Big picture India is participating in this tour. Victory in the final ODI and opening T20I means there is a bit of spring in their wake as they return to Sydney for the last two white ball games before the focus shifts firmly to the test series, although as these …

Big picture A very quick format change and one where there is a bit more urgency to get it right before next year’s T20 World Cup. According to the ICC rankings, this series is pitted from second to third, so it has the characteristics of good competition on surfaces that …

6:33 pm IST Saurabh somani Close Saurabh Somani is assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Big picture The home team wins the first ODI of a three-game series, in Sydney. Both India and Australia have been here before, in fact the last time they played a bilateral series in Australia. On that …

2:47 pm IST Saurabh somani Close Saurabh Somani is assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo Big picture The home team wins the first ODI of a three-game series, in Sydney. Both India and Australia have been here before, in fact the last time they played a bilateral series in Australia. On that …

Big picture The SCG. Australia and New Zealand played an ODI here in March, in eerie silence. It would be the last international action in four months. Cricket has been back for a while, but the silence hasn’t gone away. On Friday, however, we were able to witness something close …

Big picture The SCG. Australia and New Zealand played an ODI here in March, in eerie silence. It would be the last international action in four months. Cricket has been back for a while, but the silence hasn’t gone away. On Friday, however, we were able to witness something close …

Big picture By no means should England have won (or Australia lost) the series opener: 39 of 36 balls with nine wickets in hand and two established hitters is child’s play. Except, of course, that the T20 can throw off some extraordinary finishes. That one has created this series wonderfully: …