India tour of Australia, 2011/12 news from Cricinfo.com

'Indians weren't really interested in Test cricket' - Greg Chappell

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Greg Chappell, India's former coach, has said that India "weren't really in Test cricket" on their tour to Australia, and that "Test cricket is pretty tough for them"

Captaincy distracted Watson from fitness issues

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shane Watson has said captaining Australia in his first match back from an extended injury lay-off helped him think less about his temperamental body

Walia denies communication gap within Indian team

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

GS Walia, India's media manager on tour in Australia, addressed the press to try to douse reports of a communication breakdown between the senior players. His refrain was to forget all that had happened

'Sloppy' Australia seek turnaround

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The gap between all three sides in the tri-series has narrowed and India can extend their lead if they beat Australia at the Gabba on Sunday

Calm Dhoni delivers nerve-shredding tie

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The best death-overs bowler in the game went face-to-face against the best finisher in the business with four to defend off the last ball. It was only fair that neither Lasith Malinga nor MS Dhoni ended up on the losing side of that contest

No need for inquiry into performance - Srinivasan

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

N Srinivasan has said there is no need for a formal inquiry into India's performances despite the team losing the Test series 0-4 in Australia after a similar result in England

Forrest benefits from new landscape

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Peter Forrest is reaping the benefits of a new state for himself and a new broom for Australian cricket

Desperation time for Sri Lanka

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ESPNcricinfo previews the ODI between India and Sri Lanka in Adelaide

Ice-cool Dhoni downs Australia

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A supremely calm MS Dhoni guided India to victory, with two balls to spare, over a sluggish Australia in the ODI at Adelaide Oval

Clarke aims to keep hold over India

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The triangular series roadshow rolls into Adelaide on Sunday, when Australia and India meet for the second time

Hussey rested for Adelaide ODI

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Peter Forrest's chances of making his ODI debut on Sunday in Adelaide have been boosted after the Australian selectors confirmed Michael Hussey would be rested

Wade not looking too far ahead

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Has Brad Haddin played his last one-day match for Australia? Matthew Wade is not allowing himself to think that way

Wade sets up 65-run win for Australia

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's mix of youth and experience worked to great effect at the MCG, where the debutant Matthew Wade scored an impressive half-century to set up a 65-run victory over India

Six interesting subplots

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ESPNcricinfo looks at six of the more fascinating individual subplots ahead of the CB triangular series

Hosts brace for refreshed India

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ESPNcricinfo previews the first CB series ODI between Australia and India in Melbourne

Bailey defends tinkering with team combination

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

George Bailey has defended Australia's decision to tinker with their winning side as they begin to narrow their focus towards the World Twenty20 in September

Sparkling India level T20 series

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ndia finally broke through for their first win of the tour thanks to a dazzling display in the field

India's floundering top order overdue

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ESPNcricinfo previews the second Twenty20 international between Australia and India in Melbourne

Sutherland mulling longer Twenty20 series

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricket Australia's chief executive James Sutherland has raised the prospect of playing longer Twenty20 series in future after 59,659 spectators turned out to watch Australia's victory over India at Stadium Australia on Wednesday

Celebrate Warner's switch-hitting - David Hussey

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

David Warner's remarkable switch-hitting ability should be celebrated and not banned, according to his team-mate David Hussey

Matthew Wade fifty sets up Australia win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A punishing 72 from Matthew Wade and telling cameos with bat and ball from David Hussey delivered a 31-run victory for Australia over India in the first Twenty20 international at Stadium Australia

Hawk-Eye needs a leap of faith - Srinivasan

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

N Srinivasan, the BCCI president, has said that the Indian board does not have any reservations against technology as such, but reiterated its scepticism of the Decision Review System

Youngsters will raise our fielding - Dhoni

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

MS Dhoni has said that the two Twenty20 internationals against Australia will not be used as glorified nets for the bigger triangular ODI series that follows

A chance for India to start over

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Nobody is more desperate to move on from the last six weeks than India's cricketers. The first T20 against Australia is their perfect opportunity to do so

George Bailey pledges to maintain standards

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

George Bailey, Australia's new T20 captain, has set himself the marker of ensuring the high standards reached by the Test team against India do not slacken in the game's shortest format.

New faces will reinvigorate India - Raina

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Suresh says the limited-overs leg of India's tour will be different, and there is a josh [passion] to do well

Haddin wanted for 2013 Ashes

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's selectors want to take Brad Haddin to the 2013 Ashes, and have challenged the 34-year-old gloveman to raise his level of performance to get there

Marsh dropped, Forrest called up

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shaun Marsh has been dropped on form, Peter Forrest elevated to national duty for the first time and Ryan Harris given the chance to resume his ODI career

Captain Bailey defends his T20 record

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

George Bailey has conceded he will only win respect as Australia's new Twenty20 captain if he scores runs himself, regardless of how the side performs

Brad Hogg's return no joke

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brad Hogg is adamant he will be more than a 40-year-old sideshow in Australia's Twenty20 plans, starting with two matches against India in Sydney and Melbourne

No need to make a decision now - Dravid

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rahul Dravid has said that he has not made a decision on whether to retire or not

Eight maidens to victory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

In a series speckled with Indian wickets, the spell Peter Siddle remembered most fondly was one that passed without reward

'Shown the world we're on the way up' - Clarke

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's completion of a 4-0 hiding of India at Adelaide Oval was a triumph without triumphalism. The hosts' captain Michael Clarke said his side was far from "the leader of the pack" after rounding up the visiting tail on the final morning, and he exp

Marsh could be sent back to Shield

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Shaun Marsh may need time away from the spotlight in the Sheffield Shield to rediscover his game after a dire series against India, his captain Michael Clarke has conceded

'We also won 2-0 in India'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

India continue to keep bringing up their home record in response to their back-to-back 0-4 whitewashes in England and Australia

No need for anyone to retire - Sehwag

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

None of the senior players is retiring as of now, the India team has said

Australia wrap up 4-0 whitewash

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia took 59 minutes on the final day in Adelaide to wrap up a 4-0 whitewash over India

India 'disappointed' not 'embarrassed' - Ashwin

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

R Ashwin has clarified that India are not embarrassed by their showing in Australia, rather they are disappointed

Australia four wickets from a 4-0 whitewash

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Whitewash, clean sweep, shutout. Whatever you like to call it, Australia were on track for a 4-0 series victory over India by stumps on the fourth day in Adelaide

Kohli pleased to perform despite verbal battle

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Virat Kohli has said his first Test century is all the more special because he had to go through a verbal barrage from Australian fielders to get there, and that he gave it back verbally and still got there

Australia in control despite Kohli ton

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Virat Kohli became India's first centurion of the tour but Australia remained in complete control on the third day in Adelaide

Clarke's best man

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As a batting duo Clarke and Ponting bounce off one another perfectly, playing in styles that contrast in ways that split the field

Clarke and Ponting double-tons keep Australia on top

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Clarke entered this Test with a whitewash on his mind. After two days, he could hardly have hoped for Australia to be in a stronger position to push for it

Bowlers not carrying a mental block - Ashwin

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

R Ashwin admitted that India rued letting Australia off the hook, but insisted it wasn't a block in their minds

Srinivasan wants fair Indian tracks

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

N Srinivasan, the BCCI president, has said the Indian board will not prepare rank turners for home Tests

Ponting and Clarke demoralise India again

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

By stumps, Australia were 3 for 335. Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting both had hundreds. It was Australia Day, 48 hours early

Sehwag not ruling out move down the order

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Virender Sehwag, the India opener, has not ruled out shifting down to the middle order once some of the senior batsmen retire

'I feel like I'm 21 again' - Brad Hogg

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

They say 40 is the new 30. Or maybe 40 is the new 20 in Brad Hogg's case after the 40-year-old left-arm wrist spinner, who retired from all forms of cricket in March of 2008, was selected in Australia's T20 squad for the upcoming internationals against In

Player suspicions allayed by Howard

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Suspicions and doubts about the priorities of Cricket Australia's management have filtered steadily out of the Australian dressing room

Clarke flags reversal of method

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As India seek a reversal of fortune in the final Test of the summer at Adelaide Oval, Michael Clarke's Australians have prepared for a reversal of method in their pursuit of a 4-0 series sweep

Bailey named Australia's T20 captain, Hogg recalled

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cameron White has been dumped as Australia's Twenty20 captain and replaced by George Bailey for the two matches against India next week

Australia aim for 4-0 whitewash

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Adelaide Test is a dead rubber but there are plenty of sub-plots to keep an eye on as Australia aim for a 4-0 whitewash

Prepare 'rank turners' for visiting teams - Gambhir

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Gautam Gambhir has called for "rank turners" when teams visit India after India have lost seven consecutive away Tests on pitches that he reckons had lot of grass on them

Hussey hopes to be Caribbean-bound

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Hussey has no intention of calling time on his international career at the end of a triumphant series against India, and believes the next generation of batsmen are still to earn the chance to snatch the No. 6 berth from him at a time when Austral

Ashley Mallett's counsel heeded on Lyon

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Consciously or not, Nathan Lyon's bowling is being remodelled in precisely the way Australia's most successful offspinner, Ashley Mallett, had most ardently suggested

Lyon turns to Ponting for advice

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Nathan Lyon is tuning up for his return bout against India's spin conversant batsmen at Adelaide Oval with Ricky Ponting as his chief source of advice in the nets

Typical Adelaide track might give India respite

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Adelaide Oval might provide the under-the-pump Indian batting line-up some respite with a typical Adelaide pitch, which is usually good for batting without monsters in it

Cowan wants to force Watson down the order

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ed Cowan wants to force Shane Watson down the Australian batting order on his return to the Test team by making himself indispensable at the top

Laxman practises on off day

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Even as there has been speculation regarding VVS Laxman's retirement, mostly emanating from BCCI sources in India, indications in Australia keep getting stronger that he will play the Adelaide Test

Keep me on the Test treadmill - Siddle

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Peter Siddle has no intention of voluntarily giving up his place in Australia's team for the fourth Test against India

Haddin 'drained' by Indian summer

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has admitted he is feeling drained by a summer in which his name has seldom been far away from debate about the composition of the national team

Goal is to be No. 1 by the Ashes - Warner

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

David Warner is not thinking about the possibility of being Australia's Twenty20 captain, and is focussing on sweeping India 4-0 in Adelaide

Television ratings slump in India

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Indian viewers have been turned off by their team's abject capitulation to Australia in the Test series

Team deserves the criticism - Gambhir

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Gautam Gambhir has said that the Indian team has earned the criticism they are receiving back home through their performance, and that to be the No. 1 Test side in the world again they will have to find ways to win away from home

Laxman has right to decide when to go - Gambhir

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Gautam Gambhir has come out in support of the under-pressure VVS Laxman, saying nobody has the right to decide when he should retire

Boots investigated as potential source of foot injuries

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Boots worn by the young fast bowlers Pat Cummins, James Pattinson and Josh Hazlewood are being investigated as a potential source of the foot injuries that cruelled their summer

Lyon to return in Adelaide

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Nathan Lyon's recall in place of a fast bowler will be the only change to Australia's XI for the fourth Test against India at Adelaide Oval, the national selector John Inverarity has confirmed

'Ashes the ultimate goal' - Arthur

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mickey Arthur, the Australia coach, believes his side have progressed further than he expected them to at the moment

Warner a future captain, says Mickey Arthur

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

David Warner may soon captain Australia in Twenty20 internationals but the head coach Mickey Arthur has said he has the potential to lead his country "in any form of the game"

Warner no shooting star

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

David Warner has won two Man of the Match awards from his first five Tests, but he still craves greater consistency as Australia's opener in the long format

A collective failure, says chief selector Srikkanth

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Kris Srikkanth has defended his selection committee's decisions, saying though India's losses in Australia were "devastating" the selectors had picked the best squad they could

I am the main culprit - Dhoni

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After India's seventh straight loss away from home, MS Dhoni said he was the "main culprit" because he was the captain. He also said he was more disappointed with his batting than the captaincy

Tendulkar back in ODI squad

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sachin Tendulkar has been picked in India's ODI squad for the first time since the World Cup. He will stay on after the Test series in Australia for the one-day tri-series that also features Sri Lanka

Dhoni for gradual phasing out of seniors

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

MS Dhoni has said he is not aware of any ultimatum the BCCI might have given to VVS Laxman after the batsman's lean series in England and Australia

Clarke hopeful quicks will be fresh for Adelaide

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Michael Clarke is hoping Australia's fast bowlers will be fresh for the Adelaide Test after they wrapped up victory in Perth within two and a half days

Dhoni banned from Adelaide Test for slow over-rate

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia demolish India by an innings to go up 3-0

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ryan Harris split a stubborn stand between Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid before Peter Siddle nicked out MS Dhoni, as Australia closed on a series victory over India at lunch

Tendulkar likely to play in Australia ODIs

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sachin Tendulkar is likely to return India's ODI set-up for the tri-series in Australia, which begins on February 5 and also involves Sri Lanka

Starc eager to keep learning

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As Mitchell Starc swung the ball at the WACA, it was hard to tell if it was the breeze or his wrist position that was making it work. But the way he hooped the ball in the Big Bash League last week, it seems it is a skill that he is starting to master

Australia storming towards 3-0 lead

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

David Warner's 180 powered Australia to a strong lead before their bowlers set about routing India a second time on day two of the third Test at the WACA ground

Yuvraj Singh out of Australia ODIs

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Yuvraj Singh has been ruled out of the one-day tri-series to be played in Australia following the ongoing Test series

Virat Kohli blames ill luck

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

After India's worst day of Test cricket in recent memory, Virat Kohli, who top-scored with 44, had the look of a man wronged by the world

Warner's blazing ton destroys India

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's quartet of fast bowlers dismantled India for 161 in dishearteningly familiar scenes for the visitors on day one of the third Test at the WACA ground

'Traditional' pitch drinks caught on camera

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The pitch for the third Test at the WACA ground was the scene of staff drinks on match eve, in an apparent stretching of ICC regulations surrounding the playing surface

Pleased captaincy hasn't affected my batting - Clarke

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The ideal captain is a man who can compartmentalise and focus on his own game when necessary, but keep the big picture in the back of his mind. In that respect, Michael Clarke has been the perfect leader in the first ten Tests of his captaincy career

India mulling rare all-pace attack

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

India could take the rare step of playing four fast bowlers on a green WACA track

Australia undecided on all-pace attack

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon might have to wait until the morning of the match to find out which of them will carry the drinks for the third Test against India in Perth

Dhoni could give up a format in 2013

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

MS Dhoni, India's World Cup winning captain, has said he might have to give up one of the formats if he is to lead India's title defence in 2015

Hosts eager to seal series

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

ESPNcricinfo previews the third Australia-India Test in Perth

Reports of rift in team are 'rubbish' - Sehwag

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid have denied media reports of a rift in the Indian team over MS Dhoni's leadership and a lack of unity when under pressure

Our team spirit is good - Dravid

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rahul Dravid has denied reports of a rift between the captain MS Dhoni and vice-captain Virender Sehwag and said that the team spirit was good in the Indian camp

Australia will adapt faster to the WACA - Ponting

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ricky Ponting believes Australia will adapt more rapidly than India to what he expects to be a traditionally fast and bouncy WACA pitch for the third Test.

Ponting glad to feel the rhythm again

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ricky Ponting is confident he has overcome the technical flaws that troubled him during the leanest patch of his international career

Being dropped in Sri Lanka turned things around - Siddle

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Peter Siddle, Australia's rejuvenated fast man who has taken 11 wickets in this series at an average of 22.18, has said his axing in Sri Lanka turned things around for him

Haddin should focus on his keeping - Zaheer

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Zaheer Khan has responded to Brad Haddin's comments on India's mental make-up by asking the Australian wicketkeeper to mind his own game, which according to him is fragile

India 'break quicker than anyone' - Haddin

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's vice-captain, Brad Haddin, believes India "break quicker than anyone in the world" when the run of play is against them

India to name limited-overs squad on January 15

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The BCCI's selection committee will meet in Chennai on January 15 to pick the squad for the limited-overs leg of the Australia tour

Australia aim for 3-0 in Perth, leave talk of 4-0 for later

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A 4-0 whitewash isn't being discussed in the Australian change-room just yet, Michael Hussey has said

Bouncy pitch awaits India at WACA

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The WACA curator feels the pitch is getting back to its fast and bouncy ways and expects this track to behave similarly to the one in the Ashes last season

Haddin hopes to move on from dropped chances

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia's wicketkeeper, Brad Haddin, has conceded his confidence took a blow when he dropped Gautam Gambhir in India's second innings at the SCG last week