Category: Australia tour

Australia in India 2013 : Fourth Test match Preview

| March 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

While the Indian captain, M S Dhoni, has repeatedly insisted that the ongoing test series against Australia is not revenge in response to the 4-0 plundering the Indians suffered at Australia over a year ago, the current series standing is more than a fitting payback. While the Australians will be looking to save grace, Indians [...]

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Australia in India 2013: Third test match results and summary

| March 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

Day 5: India defeat Australia to take an unassailable 3-0 lead For the the first time in nearly 20 years Team India has won three test matches in a series. For the first time in more than 20 years, Australia has lost three matches in a test series. The result asks a lot of questions [...]

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Is Watson really indispensable in the Australian test team?

| March 15, 2013 | 0 Comments
Is Watson really indispensable in the Australian test team?

Over the past few days we’ve seen the storm the Australian cricket team has undergone with the three sons Watson, Johnson, Pattinson and Khawaja being dropped for the third test in the ongoing Border Gavaskar Series. While Johnson and Khawaja haven’t given out any statements yet, the ones issued by Watson and Pattinson are contrary and throws [...]

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Australian cricket team controversy: Four players axed for the third test in India

| March 11, 2013 | 0 Comments

If suffering two embarrassing defeats at the hands of India was not enough, the Australian team was in for another rude shock as four of its players Shane Watson, Mitchell Johnson, Usman Kawaja and James Pattinson have been kept out of contention for the third test match in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series. The order comes into effect [...]

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Australia in India 2013: Third test match preview

| March 11, 2013 | 0 Comments

Nothing seems to be going right for the Aussies as they have struggled to acclimatize to the Indian conditions and crashed to two humiliating defeats in the first two test matches at Chennai and Hyderabad. The action now shifts to the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali where the third test match is scheduled to be held from [...]

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Australia in India 2013: Second Test Preview

| March 2, 2013 | 0 Comments

India enjoy a 1-0 lead in the series on the back of their win in the first test at Chennai but the memory of their experience against England would suffice to make them wary of complacency. England went on to win that series after succumbing to the Indian spinners in the first test match much [...]

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Australia in India 2013: 1st Test Match Preview

| February 21, 2013 | 0 Comments

India meet Australia in the first match of a four-test series at Chennai on February 22. Both teams have undergone dramatic transformations since they last met down under, over a year ago. After the loss to England in the recent test series, the likes of Gambhir and Zaheer Khan have been dropped; similarly, Australia will [...]

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CB Series Finals: Australia, Sri Lanka Set For Thrilling Decider At Adelaide

| March 7, 2012 | 0 Comments

The CB Series could not have been more exciting, had it been scripted, a popular accusation by skeptics who watched unbelievingly as India chased a target of 321 in less than 36 overs, to keep their title bid alive, in their last group game against Sri Lanka. If anything, both the finals played so far [...]

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Bouncy Gabba Wicket Likely To Favour Australia In CB Series Final

| March 4, 2012 | 0 Comments

Australia will be thirsting for revenge over Sri Lanka, in the opening match of the best-of-three finals of the ongoing CB series, on Sunday, March 4, 2012. Sri Lanka prevailed over the hosts in a low scoring thriller on Friday, and sneaked through to the finals with a 9-run win, thereby sending India packing. the [...]

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Bonus Point Against Sri Lanka Can Rescue India

| February 28, 2012 | 0 Comments

Breaking news: India have beaten Sri Lanka in their last group match of the CB Series and earned a bonus point, thereby getting level on points. India will qualify to play Australia in the finals, if Australia beat Sri Lanka, in Friday’s group match. The following preview was written before the India vs Sri Lanka [...]

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