Images from the World Cup 'Pool B' match between India and South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
World champions India were beaten by Australia by nine wickets in a low-scoring Twenty20 match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. The Indians were bundled out for a paltry 74 in 17.3 overs and the home team rattled up the required runs in just 11.2 overs.
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The leg spinner took a wicket with his second ball in his first first class match after his comeback to top-level cricket.
World champions India will clash against hosts Australia in their first warm-up match of the ICC World Cup 2015 in Adelaide on February 8 before they take on minnows Afghanistan at the same venue two days later.
Rahane was left to pick up the pieces at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and responded in emphatic style.
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara paid rich tribute to legendary team-mate Sanath Jayasuriya, who made his ODI debut exactly 20 years ago.
England took an iron grip on the Ashes by bowling out Australia for a record low score of 98 and then scoring 157 without loss on the opening day of the fourth Test on Sunday.
With reports suggesting that the pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) would offer some help for the spinners, Pakistan are mulling over the option of playing two spinners in the first Test against Australia starting December 26.
The world's oldest Test venue was in danger of losing the annual Boxing Day match due to the redevelopment for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
"The start was crucial today, and once we saw the first hour, the match was won," said Ricky Ponting.
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The dashing Indian opener said he had decided that he would punish the loose ball irrespective of whether he was on 0, 99 or 199.\n\n
Images from Day 4 of the second Test between Australia and India, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Tuesday.
"Our execution has been fantastic so far, and we want to keep that going and win the series 5-0," Warne said in his column in the Sydney Telegraph.
Suryakumar Yadav consolidated his position atop the rankings after his stupendous 111 not out in the second T20I against New Zealand. He gained 31 rating points from the series. His 890 points kept him 54 ahead of Pakistan's Mohammed Rizwan, who is placed second.
'Hopefully we start the series well and try and win this one moving onto Boxing Day and get that momentum into the New Year'
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat in the Twenty20 international against Australia.
Eden Gardens is the likely venue for next month's return game between a World team and an Asia XI to raise funds for victims of the south Asian tsunami disaster.
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India's top scorer said the end of his blossoming partnership with Sourav Ganguly probably changed the face of the team's first innings on Day 2 of the first Test against Australia.
The wicket at the Melbourne Cricket Ground is like a subcontinent track. Batsmen struggled while playing on it this week in the Pura Cup clash between Victoria and New South Wales.
Ticket sales for the first Test between India and Australia have not kept pace with the excitement generated.
The dawn of a new era had begun under Sourav Ganguly's aggressive leadership. With Ganguly and Coach John Wright at the helm India had transitioned into a force to be reckoned with.
A crowd of more than 22,000 at his home Sydney Cricket Ground rose for a final ovation as Warner left the field.
Rs 800 crore (Rs 8 billion) was spent to revamp the stadium, which can seat 132,000 spectators, and is now the biggest cricket stadium on the planet.
The upcoming three-match series, starting December 14, is part of the World Test Championship.
Australia on Sunday crushed West Indies by 113 runs in the first One-day International at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
"We played a lot of dot balls because our set batsmen got out and it was not easy for a new batter coming in. They needed two to three balls to settle and that forced us onto the back foot,"
Long retired from the game but Sachin Tendulkar's mere presence was good enough for a near-capacity crowd to go hysterical during India's World Cup game against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in Melbourne on Sunday.
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Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Bangar spoke on who has the edge between Pakistan and England, he said, "I will probably back Pakistan because bowlers win tournaments and that is where Pakistan, with the kind of bowling attack that they have, I mean four quality quicks and they have the wrist spin, and if they require they also have the option of a left-arm spinner,"
His technique against swing bowling has also come under scrutiny with a few greats of the game, including Sunil Gavaskar and Ricky Ponting, calling for his ouster from the team.
The new-look Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera's newly installed LED floodlights will eliminate shadows making it easier to spot the aerial balls during the upcoming day-night Test between India and England, starting February 24.
Australia beat India by four wickets in a nail-biting finish after wicket-keeper Brad Haddin and James Faulkner held their nerves to help Australia go past India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Earlier, paceman Mitchell Starc captured a career-best 6-43 and Rohit Sharma hit a century as India put up a total of 267 for 8. Check out the images from the match...
England's secret plans purporting to detail Australia's batting weaknesses found their way into opposition hands.
It was a proper Test innings, it was of the highest class, and given the circumstances it came in, it was one of the best innings by an Indian batsman in recent memory, applauds Prem Panicker.
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