Tag Archives: Australia

The terminology of chin music was coined probably during the time when Sourav Ganguly had led the Indian team to Australia and had to face the short pitch bouncers from Glen McGrath, Jason Gillespie, and Brett Lee etc., all. From ... Read More »

Having begun the series with a genuine chance of becoming the top ODI team in the world, India slipped back to third position after going down 2-4 to world champion Australia in the seven-match home series that concluded on Wednesday. ... Read More »

Sachin Tendulkar wielded his willow like a magician, scoring a breathtaking 175 off 141 balls, but chasing 351, India fell short by an agonising three runs in the fifth One-day International on Thursday. In the process, Australia seized a 3-2 ... Read More »

After completing 17,000 runs in the 50-over format of the game, Sachin Tendulkar scored his 45th ODI century off just 81 balls during the fifth One-Day International against Australia in Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad. Earlier, Tendulkar finally touched the magical ... Read More »

Graham Manou will replace injured wicketkeeper Tim Paine for Australia’s One-day series in India, Cricket Australia said on Thursday.  Paine fractured the ring finger of his right hand during Wednesday’s second ODI against India in Nagpur. Manou, who acted as ... Read More »

The Cricket Board on Wednesday announced that the same Indian squad will be retained for the next two ODIs of the seven-match series against Australia. National selection panel chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth announced here after India’s 99-run victory in the second ... Read More »

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed a blistering century as India whipped injury-hit Australia by 99 runs on Wednesday to level their seven-match One-day series 1-1. Dhoni hit 124 off 107 balls and Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina chipped in with ... Read More »

Aggressive Pakistani strokemaker Shahid Afridi has signed for South Australia in the domestic Twenty20 Big Bash tournament starting late December. The South Australian Cricket Association announced on Tuesday that Afridi, who was player of the tournament at the inaugural Twenty20 ... Read More »

Australian fast bowlers Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson and all-rounder James Hopes have been ruled out of second One-Day International against India to be played in Nagpur on Wednesday. Lee and all-rounder Hopes are suffering from elbow soreness and a hamstring ... Read More »

In yet another attack on Indians in Australia, a Sikh was punched in his head by a group of Australians who also removed his turban while he was sleeping at a bus stop in Melbourne. Police said they are investigating ... Read More »

Praveen Kumar and Harbhajan Singh’s batting heroics took India agonisingly close to a sensational win before the hosts slumped to a four-run defeat against Australia in the first match of the seven-ODI series on Sunday. At 201 for seven in ... Read More »

Strong rivals India and Australia will resume their cricketing rivalry as they go into the first One-dayer on Sunday with the injury-hit hosts fully aware that a series triumph in the seven-match rubber would catapult them to the number one ... Read More »

In the backdrop of a spate of racial attacks in Australia, Down Under could witness about a 50 per cent drop in Indian students in the next session, according to an international educational recruiter. “In our India offices we’re expecting ... Read More »

New Zealand will adopt a familiar role of underdogs when they confront title holders and hot favourites Australia on Monday in the ICC Champions Trophy final. Form and tradition are stacked against the ‘Black Caps’, but that will not concern ... Read More »

Two locals, who allegedly abused a group of Indians and vandalised their car, were bashed up by them here, police said on Monday.  The incident took place at a carpark outside Meadowglen International Athletics Stadium in Epping when a local ... Read More »