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Australia overcome past bruises with eye on World T20

Having relinquished both their limited-overs titles in successive years, the tri-series win assumes greater significance for Meg Lanning's team as they head into the World T20 later this year

01-Apr-2018•Annesha Ghosh in Mumbai

Cricket failings set scene for Australia's disintegration

The controversies of the past week won't be forgotten soon, but Australia's batting has been equally responsible for their freefall despite a win in Durban

31-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig in Johannesburg

What Australia lost, and what they gained

A hard-nosed battle without sledging left stump mics redundant and provided glimpses of new a Australia

30-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig in Johannesburg

Sutherland flies home into mounting chaos

The commercial fallout from the ball-tampering scandal has pushed the Cricket Australia chief executive closer to the precipice than at any stage of his eventful 17-year tenure

29-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig in Johannesburg

DEVASTATING! - Michael Clarke

An emotional Steven Smith press conference ended with the Australian captain in tears, saying that he was truly sorry for ball-tampering

29-Mar-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

Reverse swing: cricket's ball-tampering problem in plain sight

Everyone knows about the methods used by players to make the ball reverse, but few in power have chosen to take issue with it - until now

29-Mar-2018•Jarrod Kimber

'The punishment does not fit the crime' - Warne

The cricket world reacts to the sanctions on Smith and Warner

28-Mar-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

Lehmann at heart of cultural contradiction

Cricket Australia claim they want to tackle their team's cultural malaise, yet they've stood by the man most associated with the winning-at-all-costs mentality

27-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig

Has any batsman been dismissed by the first ball of an ODI more than twice?

And how often have England been dismissed for less than 58?

26-Mar-2018•Steven Lynch

Why is Australia so outraged at Steven Smith's team?

Ball-tampering happens in cricket, so why has what Australia did in Cape Town been decried so vehemently at home? The answer lies in the role sport plays in the identity of the nation

26-Mar-2018•Brydon Coverdale

South Africa back on the moral high ground

Having been so forthright about insisting they play hard but fair, Australia have now been shown up as disingenuous, and have horns on their heads where South Africa have halos

24-Mar-2018•Firdose Moonda in Cape Town

Brettig: Australia's 'line' becomes their noose

Australia wondered why there was little sympathy for their players in the face of personal abuse from the Newlands crowd. Then Cameron Bancroft was caught ball-tampering

24-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig in Cape Town

Some players have 'failed our culture' - Steve Waugh

Former players reacted in anger and with shock to Australia's admission of ball-tampering in the Newlands Test

24-Mar-2018•ESPNcricinfo staff

Rabada puts Warner, Australia in fight-or-flight mode

Eleven balls, one blow to the arm, five fours, one six, and one cartwheeling off stump: these were the ingredients of a brief and potentially series-defining bout

23-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig in Cape Town

Cummins channels big Merv in spell of heart and skill

There was a fittingness about Allan Border's moustachioed battering ram being in the crowd at Newlands to watch his svelte modern-day avatar go to work in a display that turned day one of the third Test

22-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig in Cape Town

What is the best ground for batting?

And, who scored 260 on his first-class debut, but never played a Test?

20-Mar-2018•Steven Lynch

Codes, and politics: what the aftermath of the bust-ups tells us

Perhaps it's time Australia have another look at how they, as players, are perceived by the cricketing world. Perhaps it's also time for South Africa, as a cricketing nation, to reconsider the way they negotiate authority

18-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig

Who do you bowl in the Powerplay in T20?

The first few overs are vital, and wickets there priceless, but teams haven't quite figured out which bowlers to use in the period

15-Mar-2018•Jarrod Kimber

Which current player has the highest ODI strike rate?

Is it Warner? De Villiers? Miller? Kohli?

13-Mar-2018•Steven Lynch

Smith's decreasing returns leave Australia vulnerable

From his recent form, you would think Steven Smith is at the top of his game. Against South Africa, though, his efficiency has fallen steadily

12-Mar-2018•Daniel Brettig in Port Elizabeth

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