Australia will reconsider its plans for Test series preparation with the possibility of more team members playing in the pink ball warm-up game against the Indians at SCG following injuries and absences. The initial plan had been for most of the test team to join in Adelaide shortly after the …
Read More »Match preview: Australia vs India, Australia tour of India 2020, 2nd Q20I
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 …
Read More »Test regulars look to get rid of rust as India begins auditions for Best XI
By the time India begins their second T20I on Sunday, their test specialists will have played the first day of their three-day warm-up match against Australia A at Drummoyne Oval. It is not ideal that some of the players of all formats have to choose between the T20I and test …
Read More »Australia A vs. Indians, 2020-21
The relentlessness of India’s attack is what lingers on Travis Head’s mind from his 2018 test series experience, as he prepares for the rematch that will begin by captaining Australia A, which has national captain Tim in its ranks. Paine, in the three days. match at Drummoyne Oval in Sydney …
Read More »Moisés Henriques questions that Yuzvendra Chahal is an ‘equal to equal’ substitute for Ravindra Jadeja
Moisés Henriques has said Australia has no problem with Ravindra Jadeja being replaced for a concussion, but has questioned whether Yuzvendra Chahal was a similar replacement for him. A combination of Jadeja, the batsman, and Chahal, the bowler, knocked out Australia in a T20 international that they controlled for long …
Read More »Recent match report: India vs Australia 1st Q20 2020
Australia won the draw against India and chose the field Resplendent in an Aboriginal-patterned uniform, Australia’s captain Aaron Finch won the draw and chose to send India at bat in the first T20I of a three-game series at Manuka Oval in Canberra. Australia got Mitchell Starc back in shape to …
Read More »Match preview: Australia vs India, India tour of Australia 2020, 1st Q20I
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 …
Read More »Aus vs Ind 2020-21 – India’s Shreyas Iyer ‘overwhelmed’ that Australia devised a strategy for him
Shreyas Iyer sees Australia’s short-ball strategy against him as an opportunity to score runs. In the first two ODIs, Iyer has faced fast bowlers who, both times, have thrown him with a short leg and a leg caught in ravine and a clear plan to launch increasing deliveries into his …
Read More »Australia vs India, 2nd ODI, Sydney
David Warner gave Australia cause for concern when he limped out of the SCG with a groin injury during the second ODI. He was injured diving into a save early in the India chase. In the fourth over, Shikhar Dhawan hit the ball towards the center, where Warner crossed and …
Read More »Match preview: Australia vs India, Australia 2020 tour of India, 2nd ODI
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 …
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