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Australia v India: Australia in control at stumps on day two, as India battle to survive
Travis Head has produced an epic century to give Australia the upper-hand on day two of the second Test in Adelaide.
- by Jon Pierik
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Australian cricket
Bizarre reason why Adelaide Oval lights went out
An Australian team request for an evening hit in the Adelaide Oval nets led to the bizarre spectacle of the ground’s new LED lights going out twice in an over on the first night of the day/night Test.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Test cricket
Australia to play extra Test in Windies next year after Joseph heroics
It’s been nearly 10 years since Australia last played a Test series in the West Indies and there is good news for fans travelling to the Caribbean.
- by Tom Decent
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Test cricket
The lights went out at Adelaide. The top order kept them on for Australia
In difficult conditions, after a nightmare start, under-pressure batters Marnus Labuschagne and Nathan McSweeney held their nerve to build a promising platform for Australia in the second Test.
- by Daniel Brettig
McSweeney, Labuschagne dig in to give Australia upper hand after Starc heroics
Career-best figures of 6-48 from Mitchell Starc laid the platform for Australia’s batters, who blunted the threat of Jasprit Bumrah under lights to finish day one just 94 short of India’s first innings score of 180.
- by Tom Decent
Australia v India as it happened: Aussie top order pass Bumrah test after Starc’s set of six runs through India
The biggest Test on Australian soil in years has the hosts fighting to keep India from taking a decisive lead in the Border-Gavaskar series as day-night cricket returns to Adelaide. Follow all the action live.
- by Andrew Wu
Opinion
Test cricket
India love these grumbling Aussies. And they’re about to get stronger
Drop him, pick that one. Why were runs given easily to Virat Kohli? The Indians are watching with amusement as questions swirl around the Australian team.
- by Sunil Gavaskar
Analysis
Test cricket
Hadlee. Akram. Ambrose. Bumrah: India’s pace hero can trump best fast bowlers to tour Australia
The story of how “Hadlee’s a w---er” become a 1980s anthem says it all about touring quicks. Forty years later, India’s strike weapon ranks among the very best of them.
- by Dan Walsh
Opinion
Test cricket
भारत को ये बड़बड़ाते ऑस्ट्रेलियाई पसंद आ रहे हैं. और वे अब और भी मजबूत होने वाले हैं
किस खिलाडी का फॉर्म बिगड़ गया हे, किसको ड्राप करना चाहिए ,और विराट कोहली को इतने रन क्यों बनाने दिये गए? ऑस्ट्रेलिया की इस मुश्किल घडी को देख टीम इंडिया को शायद मज़्ज़ा तो आ रहा होगा.
- by Sunil Gavaskar
Howzat? Wareham stuns from the boundary, Schutt stars as Australia sink India to 12-year low
A maiden five-wicket haul from Megan Schutt and a direct-hit runout by Georgia Wareham have helped Australia sink India to a 12-year low in their one-day international series opener in Brisbane.
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Test cricket
Cummins reveals Australia’s XI for Adelaide Test, calls out Fox commentators
The under-pressure Australian team have a new bowling line-up for the second Test as Pat Cummins provides positive news on Mitch Marsh’s injury.
- by Tom Decent and Daniel Brettig