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cricket3 months ago

India vs Australia women | Nicole Bolton guides visitors to unassailable series lead

Nicole Bolton’s 84-run knock and half-centuries from Ellyse Perry and Beth Mooney helped Australia secure a comprehensive 2-0 series victory over India after winning the 2nd match by 60 runs. Chasing 287, India faltered as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals to end the innings at 227 runs.

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cricketa month ago

Mitchell Marsh to lead Australia A squad for four day matches in India

Mitchell Marsh will captain Australia A team during a tour of India in September while Ashton Agar, Peter Handscomb, Usman Khawaja and Matthew Renshaw have been called up as well. Players like Glenn Maxwell and Shaun Marsh, who were part of Australia's last Test in South Africa have been overlooked.

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cricket2 months ago

Justin Langer announces beating India in their own backyard as his ‘ultimate’ goal

Australia's new coach Justin Langer has a long list of assignments ahead of him but insists that beating India in India is his ‘ultimate’ goal. Langer was a part of the 2004 squad which had beaten India in India, which still remains the last time Australia got the better of India in India.

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cricket2 months ago

Cricket Australia’s Birthday tweet for Damien Fleming creates controversy on Twitter

While Indian netizens were posting their words of love to celebrate Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s birthday today, Cricket Australia posted a Birthday wishes for Damien Fleming with a video that made Sachin fans unhappy. CA posted a video of Fleming bowling a yorker that knocked Tendulkar over.

cricket6 days ago

Australia's recent struggles against spin is more than just a traditional problem

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cricket3 months ago

India vs Australia | Nicole Bolton century leads Australia to easy victory in first ODI

Nicole Bolton scored a century in the opener of the ODI series between India and Australia women’s cricket team which helped the visitors to take a 1-0 lead after winning the game by 8 wickets. Earlier, it was Australian spinners, who attacked the Indian batting line up to restrict them to just 200.

cricket3 months ago

Quiz: How well do you remember India's epic 2001 Eden Test win against Australia

India's cricket history is filled with a lot of memorable Test victories, but the 2001 Eden Gardens Test holds a special place in the hearts of the fans. The "unimaginable" Test victory over Australia is considered as one of the greatest comebacks of all time and it transformed the Indian cricket.

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cricket4 months ago

Sourav Ganguly believes India will do well in England and Australia under Virat Kohli

Sourav Ganguly was quite impressed with Virat Kohli's terrific performance in South Africa and has claimed that the Indian team would do well under him in the tours of England and Australia. Ganguly was also all-praise for Jasprit Bumrah touting him as the emerging future of Indian fast bowling.

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cricket4 months ago

Meg Lanning returns to lead Australia women in their upcoming India tour

Australia women’s team skipper Meg Lanning will return to international cricket once again during the upcoming India tour after being out of action for almost seven months. Lanning underwent a shoulder surgery and was unavailable for selection since the World Cup semi-final against India in July.

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cricket5 months ago

Mike Procter raises question over Sachin Tendulkar’s role in Monkeygate in his book

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