Torrential rain in Brisbane for the first day of the third Test could leave Cricket Australia with a significant financial hit.
India fail to learn lessons of the past as Australia gifted early advantage
- Third Test day one: Australia 28-0 v India at the Gabba
- Rohit Sharma elects to field before rain stops play
Cricket writer’s challenge: discuss bowling first in a Brisbane Test without referring to Nasser Hussain. Better to fail at that challenge in the first line and get it out of the way. England’s former captain has copped an unfair amount of grief for his decision at the toss in 2002. Captains who bat first and lose badly never get criticised for making that decision.
England of that era were likely to be thumped by an epochally great Australian side no matter what they chose. Facing Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, and Jason Gillespie, they were bowled out in the fourth innings for 79. Facing those three first up would not likely have helped.
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Brisbane’s torrential rain ruined day one of the third Test between Australia and India at the Gabba, with players getting through 13.2 overs before weather intervened in the Queensland capital.
‘Someone didn’t know how to turn the lights on’: Aussie star confirms wild Test rumour
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
New Zealand v England: third men’s cricket Test, day one – as it happened
Matthew Potts and Gus Atkinson took three wickets apiece as England fought back well on an entertaining first day
35th over: New Zealand 121-1 (Latham 54, Williamson 8) Latham reaches his fifty with a gorgeous drive through mid-off when Atkinson overpitches. He barely celebrates at all, just a quick raise of the bat, and he’ll be desperate to convert this into a first Test century in two years.
That dream almost dies when he is dropped by Duckett for the second time today. It was a really tough chance, diving low to the left at third slip, and Duckett couldn’t hang on.
Continue reading...Rain ruins opening day of Gabba Test but India gamble might’ve already backfired
Although only 13 overs were completed on the opening day of what shapes as a pivotal Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Brisbane, that did not make it any less intriguing as the shadow-boxing between India and Australia continued.
Inside the ‘extraordinary’ revolution that is delivering Test cricket’s ‘Holy Grail’
Indian legend Virat Kohli was on his way back to the pavilion in Perth. And almost instantaneously, every Fox Cricket and Kayo Sports viewer had exceptional insight as to why.
‘I’d like to see him check’: Labuschagne responds after Warner comments
Marnus Labuschagne has responded after David Warner cast doubt over the 30-year-old’s return to form following his half-century in Adelaide.
England is about to unleash a quick with a ‘massive engine’ … and he could be their next Ashes weapon
While England’s captain Ben Stokes said it is important to remain in the present and not look ahead to the Ashes, selectors are canvassing far and wide for potential tourists as he seeks to lead his side to a clean sweep in New Zealand.
‘Nervous, really nervous’: Inside cricket’s all-time cliffhanger… and Aussie sledge that backfired
David Warner could feel it in his gut. And it was the sickest of feelings. This, surely, could not happen.
How Smith’s greatest strength became glaring weakness amid nine-year low — Burning Qs
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is squared at 1-all after one-sided Tests in Perth and Adelaide, with the third Test beginning in Brisbane on Saturday shaping as a pivotal match in what is proving to be another intriguing series between the two rivals.
‘Gifted’: Batting slump overshadows freakish Smith feat as new Aussie record within reach
When Steve Smith is at his best, his hands make the sweetest sound when making contact with the ball, and it has been no different this summer as the Australian star closes on another record.
Australia’s fortress has lost its aura but history weighs heavy on the tourists | Geoff Lemon
The hosts were unbeatable at the Gabba until India broke the spell but a series of changes mean they can start to rebuild the record in the third Test
It’s passing strange. In town ahead of the Australia-India Test, Brisbane feels as it always has: guys walking down Queen Street carrying boxes of mangoes, the Queensland humidity performing its ritual of luxuriant suffocation as the city’s air begrudgingly shifts along the snake-path of the river. The Gabba Test though, does not feel quite the same.
For three decades and more, this was where Australian teams were unbeatable. Pointed out with a heavy drumbeat of symbolism, the previous visiting winner was the great West Indies team of 1988. It took the best ever to achieve this feat, was the message. But that’s not the case any more.
Continue reading...Cummins hints at another bouncer barrage, backs Smith as key third Test change confirmed
Captain Pat Cummins has hinted that Australia may continue its bouncer ploy at the Gabba this week after confirming Josh Hazlewood would return to the starting XI for the third Test against India.
‘Like what I see’: Legend on big shift that sparked Marnus as high hopes held for rookie opener
There wasn’t a player under more pressure in the Aussie side than Marnus Labuschagne entering the second Test in Adelaide, but the struggling star was able to turn his form around, with one former great pinpointing why.