When he's got his rhythm and his form is good, he's definitely the best around -- I think that is without question, says former Australia captain Allan Border.
More than the players, it was the wives and girlfriends who stole the limelight as Australia honoured its cricketers at Monday night's annual awards, held for the first time in Sydney.
The legendary Sunil Gavaskar expressed his displeasure after not being invited to present the trophy, named after him and Allan Border, to Australia following their victory over India in the high-voltage five-Test finale at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Former Australia Test captain Bob Simpson, who ushered in the country's modern-day golden era of cricket as its coach, has died aged 89, Cricket Australia said on Saturday.
Australia are yet to hit their stride, but that's exactly why the rest should worry, says former Aussie great Allan Border.
Steve Smith is the 15th player to go past the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket.
While Shreyanka's participation in the series against the Aussies will be subject to her getting clearance from the BCCI Centre of Excellence, Sadhu has obtained the same.
Taught me how to play sweep against spin: Matthew Hayden pays heartfelt tribute to Bob Simpson
Tinku commended Gill's strong technical foundation and composure, expressing confidence that this is just the beginning of a record-breaking career.
Marsh, cracked up the audience, including the great Allan Border, at the Australian Cricket Awards 2025 on Sunday night in Melbourne, with a hilarious anecdote.
After a brilliant 269 in 387 balls in the first innings, Gill was dismissed for an entertaining 161 off 162 balls with 13 fours and 8 sixes. His runs came at a strike rate of 99.38.
It has been 10 years since Australia won the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood claimed the Men's Test Player-of-the-Year award. It marked his first Australian Cricket Award, with Hazlewood taking 30 wickets at just 13.16 in Tests against the West Indies, New Zealand, and India.
India's historic first-ever Test win at Edgbaston by a massive 336 runs after losing the first Test was a triumph of Grit, Resilience, Excellence, Aggressiveness, and Tactfulness, a truly GREAT performance that will be remembered for years, asserts veteran cricket correspondent K R Nayar.
Former opener Matthew Hayden also took aim at Cummins, criticising the field placements after Kohli's arrival in the middle.
The hands that broke records and redefined batting deserve to hold and present the trophy named in his honour. To ignore such a legend during the trophy presentation is an affront to his legacy and diminishes the value of the trophy itself, asserts veteran cricket writer K R Nayar.
Shubman Gill had a phenomenal Test series against England, leading a young Indian side in transition to a 2-2 draw and earning the Player of the Series award.
Take a look at the numbers and narratives that made Edgbaston Test one for the ages.
Smith needs just 315 runs to become the fourth Australian batter after Ricky Ponting (13378), Allan Border (11174), and Steve Waugh (10927) to reach the landmark of 10,000 Test runs.
The injury raises concerns about her availability for the three-match ODI series against Australia starting December 5.
After seeing a lifeline fall his way, Smith never looked back and went on to complete his 35th Test ton.
An all-format bowler, Bumrah took five for 30 in a memorable first-innings display and three for 42 in the second innings to guide India to a 295-run win in the Perth Test recently.
Shafali Verma managed just 108 runs in six matches this year with 33 being the highest.
Steve Smith became the 15th member of Test cricket's 10,000-run club as he and opener Usman Khawaja smashed hundreds to help Australia rack up 330/2 on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka.
India put up a dismal show with the bat as Australia stamped their superiority over the visitors with a five-wicket win in the first Women's ODI in Brisbane on Thursday.
Under his captaincy, Australia have entered the Super Eight stage at the ongoing T20 World Cup on the back of an unbeaten run in the group stage.
Mitchell Marsh won the prestigious Allan Border Medal at the 2024 Australian Cricket Awards
While the team battles it out on the field, the duo is focused on improving their performance, with the Indian pacers, including Prasidh Krishna, providing tough challenges in the nets.
Border scored 11,174 runs in 156 Tests at an average of 50.56, with 27 centuries and 63 fifties in the format, and a of 205.
Between 2014 and 2019, he scored 21 centuries in just 55 Tests. Among these were seven double centuries, the most by an Indian in Test cricket. Remarkably, six of those double tons came within a span of just 22 Tests.
Delhi Capitals have suffered a major setback as their Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has returned home to undergo treatment for a tear in his right hamstring.
India will face defending champions Australia and New Zealand in their ICC T20 World Cup warm-up games on October 17 and October 19 respectively.
The honour of captaining Australia sits lightly on Mitchell Marsh's shoulders as he prepares to lead the team in search of an unprecedented treble of major global titles at the T20 World Cup in June.
The 33-year-old has been in strong form in 50-overs cricket too and famously quipped "I'm back, baby" during an ODI against England in November after a successful technique tweak.
'I would just be kind to all my players and if there were ever mistakes, I would find a way to hide it.'
Steve Smith's manager debunks former Australian captain's retirement talks
This period saw big stars of the likes of Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev fade into the sunset while it was witness to the birth of slew of young Indian cricketers that made their mark home and abroad.
Australia's wicketkeeper-batswoman Alyssa Healy on Sunday broke Mahendra Singh Dhoni's record for the most dismissals as a wicketkeeper in T20 Internationals.
Australian Off-Spinner Nathan Lyon is only the 6th player and the first bowler to play 100 consecutive Tests.
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.
