India dominate the business side of global cricket by virtually every metric but Australia showed commercial clout counts for little when teams battle on the game's biggest stage.
Former Australia cricketer Matthew Hayden feels that David Warner and Travis Head are the ideal duo to open for Australia at the upcoming ICC ODI World Cup which is set to begin on October 5.
Speaking about the forthcoming India's tour of Australia, the legendary Sunil Gavaskar has admitted that he felt that the Indian team would face a very tough time.
Virat Kohli achieved another rare milestone on Friday, becoming the quickest to aggregate 11,000 international runs as a captain during the third and final T20 International against Sri Lanka, in Pune.
As India took an unassailable 2-0 lead over Australia in the Border-Gavaskar series, a dejected Allan Border opened up on the visitor's loss.
A crowd of more than 22,000 at his home Sydney Cricket Ground rose for a final ovation as Warner left the field.
The 36-year-old remains nominally in Australia's plans for the tour of India in February but is under pressure to perform in the three-match series starting at the Gabba on Saturday after struggling against a modest West Indies attack.
Warner set new standards for explosive openers in his early years in the Test game
There is speculation that the 13th IPL, which was suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, might be conducted in October-November if the T20 World Cup in Australia is postponed.
Steve Smith says Australia is better off training on its own rather than playing tour games on "irrelevant" Indian pitches ahead of the four-Test Border-Gavaskar series next month.
India romped home to a 2-1 series win over Australia when the hosts won the fourth and final Test by 8 wickets on Day 4 at Dharamsala on Tuesday.
Selectors might be forced to axe Ricky Ponting or Mike Hussey from the Australian cricket team for the upcoming four Tests against India after their dismal show in the just-concluded series with New Zealand, feels former captain Allan Border.
Former Australian captain Allan Border is extremely critical of senior batsman Shane Watson's inconsistent performance and fears that time might just be running out for the 33-year-old all-rounder, rated as one of the best players of his time.
History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com takes a walk down memory lane, recounting India's sojourns Down Under from 1947 to 2021, in a 4-part series.
India 'A' bowlers were at the receiving end of some commanding batting from Australia 'A' on a rain-hit fourth day as the second and final unofficial Test match ended in a draw at the Allan Border Field, in Brisbane, on Wednesday.
Naman Ojha and Ambati Rayudu hit unbeaten centuries each to rescue India A to 285 for five in their second innings on the fourth and final day as the unofficial Test match against Australia A ended in a draw at Allan Border Field in Brisbane.
Sam Whiteman and Mitch Marsh shared a record-breaking 371-run stand as Australia A zoomed past India A's first innings score, leading by 47 runs on the third day of the four-day unofficial match in Brisbane.
Former skipper Steve Waugh has urged current captain Michael Clarke and his deputy Shane Watson to sort out their differences for the betterment of Australian cricket.
Former Test skipper Allan Border says that if Australia take the last eight English wickets on the final day of the fourth Ashes Test on Sunday and retain the coveted urn, the credit can go only to one man -- Steve Smith.
More than three months after his death, Dean Jones was paid another tribute at his home ground at the Melbourne Cricket Ground by Indian and Australian players, who were joined by his wife, daughters and the legendary Allan Border in remembering the effervescent former player on Saturday.
Heavy downpour resulted in the match being called off
England captain Alastair Cook broke legendary batsman Sachin's Tendulkar's record to become the youngest batsman in the history of the game to score 10,000 Test runs.
Shane Warne immortalised himself with the 'Ball Of The Century' on June 4, 1993 during the first Ashes Test against England at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Shane Watson's return to Test cricket during the upcoming four-Test series against India will be tough as he faces competition from a bigger pool of players by deciding to play solely as a batsman rather than an all-rounder, Australian skipper Michael Clarke said.
The function to honour Australia's best cricketers at Crown Palladium in Melbourne on Monday also had the WAGs in attendance. As the couples walked on the red carpet, the shutterbugs had a great time clicking.
Former captain Allan Border wants the current team to play "hard-edged Australian brand of cricket" in the memory of Phillip Hughes but at the same time urged them not to get involved in some heavy duty sledging with the Indians during the Test series starting December 9.
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Former Australia captain Allan Border has called for an end to Twenty20 internationals outside the World Cup and hopes the 50-over game will not be allowed to "wither and die".
Pujara's slowest Test half-century, a painstaking 50 off 176 balls handed Australia control of the match in which they now have overall lead of 197 runs.
While the cricket crazy nations around the world are counting to the World Cup scheduled to be played Down under early next year, four of Australia's greatest cricketers came together to countdown to a 100 days to the mega cricket event.
Sri Lanka is the only team to have won the World Cup as hosts, when they triumphed in 1996. Kapil Dev believes the in-form Indian team has a chance to replicate the feat.
New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder equalled a first-class world record for the most sixes in an innings when he hit an incredible 16 sixes against Australia A.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the numbers.
Terming India's prospects as very strong in the 2015 World Cup, former Australia captain Allan Border opined that Team India do have the "skills to match the best sides in the world but they will certainly have to have more "attitude" and "self belief" to make a mark in Australia and New Zealand.
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson is being considered for the test side in the Ashes series against England starting in November, selector Allan Border said on Thursday.
Spin legend Shane Warne will be inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame at the annual Allan Border Medal ceremony, where current skipper Michael Clarke is expected to make a clean-sweep of the top honours on Monday night.
Former Australia captains Allan Border, Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh will join a review panel charged with finding ways to make the national team more competitive following their humbling Ashes defeat to bitter rivals England.
Purists will avert their eyes but fans will lap it up when cricket's maverick batsmen light up the World Cup with their trademark freak shots.
Former players, including Australia's ex-captain Allan Border, have thrown their weight behind the embattled Ricky Ponting with one of them saying that the senior batsman is capable of emulating Indian Rahul Dravid's return to form after a prolonged lean patch.
Sri Lanka defeated Afghanistan by seven wickets to win the Plate Championship final in the ICC Under-19 World Cup at Allan Border Field in Brisbane, on Friday.
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