Belgian Kim Clijsters said she had finally earned her nickname "Aussie Kim" after beating China's Li Na 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 to capture her first Australian Open title on Saturday.
Australia's second-string attack faces another searching examination on Saturday.
The former skipper believes the Australians were not proactive enough against the Indian bowlers in this match.
In the current scenario, form in the IPL will carry a lot of weight for selection in the Indian team bound for USA and Caribbean.
Now, the 'Men in Blue' are left with just five T20Is -- two more against the Proteas and three games against Afghanistan at home in January -- ahead of next year's T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the USA.
Australia were bowled out for 219 in their first innings -- their lowest total against India in Tests.
Alyssa backed Harmanpreet and the India team to come out stronger from this series.
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Indian captain Rohit Sharma said five players, including in-form Shubman Gill, will not be available for selection for the third ODI against Australia, as the squad has been hit by a viral sickness.
The Aussies will spend the quarantine in the Maldives before heading home.
Striking at a dazzling 237.14 strike rate, laced with seven boundaries and six sixes.
India Women produced a spotless effort to crush Australia by nine wickets in the first T20I
800 gets so lost in celebrating its grand subject that it forgets something pretty elementary: Cricket is a team sport!, notes Sreehari Nair.
On Thursday afternoon, class XI student Sameer Khan was making life difficult for the 6'4" tall Marcus Stoinis during Australia's net session ahead of the opening ODI against India.
'Pakistan is an incredible cricket nation. We feel lucky to get to come back here after a whole generation didn't get the chance to play any cricket over here.'
Jemimah Rodrigues on Tuesday urged the India women's cricket team to take a leaf out of Australia's book and bounce back in the upcoming T20s after being hammered in the ODIs.
Ben Stokes came up with a witty response after an Australian newspaper ridiculed him following the controversy over Jonny Bairstow's dismissal in the Lord's Test.
It remains to be seen if Jadeja unfollows Lyon after 24 hours of if they stay friends on social media.
The Aussie all-rounder 'invests' in himself with help of a Mumbaii-born chef Velton Saldanha.
Top Indian doubles player Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden continued their dream run to advance into the Wimbledon semi-final.
Australia captain Tim Paine said thoughts of how to outwit England batsman Ben Stokes keep him awake at night.
'I am learning how to finish games from Rinku as he is doing it consistently for India. I also want to do and hopefully in coming matches I will be doing that.'
The Australians are struggling against India's new spin duo of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal and the hosts would like to ensure that it doesn't get any easy as the series progresses.
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.
Australian umpire Sam Nogajski was forced to discontinue officiating a Ranji Trophy match between Uttar Pradesh and Mumbai on Monday, as he was hospitalized for dehydration with his Indian counterpart Virender Sharma doing duty from both ends.
Khawaja steers calm course on Ashes rollercoaster
The Indian women's team's batting collapsed yet again as Australia romped to a thumping 118-run victory in the fourth one-dayer to take a 4-0 lead in the five-match series in Canberra on Saturday. Chasing a record 281 for an elusive win in the series, India were bowled out for 163 with four overs to spare.
The sound and fury of World Cup 2023 has ended, and Norma Astrid Godinho picks her World Cup XI.
The players in question are Aussie cricketers Brett Lee, Brad Hogg, Stewart Clark and Mike Hussey, who are all set to shoot for the Bollywood film, Victory starring Harman Baweja and Amrita Rao.
Rohit Sharma won't be able to tell what 10 others who will take the field with him on the biggest sporting day of their lives are feeling from inside.
After defeats in their opening two matches, Australia came roaring back, winning their next nine games in succession
Harbhajan Singh said it was a barrage of vulgar personal remarks from the Australian fielders that provoked him to a verbal duel.
If picked in the final 15-man team, the 21 year old will be the first Indian origin cricketer to represent Australia in the World Cup.
Australia edged Namibia by four wickets in a low-scoring match at the Under-19 World Cup, in Kimberley, on Monday.
India's hopes of breaking their ICC trophy drought after 2013, remained unfulfilled as Australia handed them a crushing loss at the WTC Final.
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