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India bowling a big letdown - Dravid

In the wake of India's 2-0 series defeat in Australia and their slide to No. 7 in the Test rankings, Rahul Dravid has urged a long-term approach to improving their overseas performances

12-Jan-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Be more flexible with overseas Test XIs, says Kumble

Anil Kumble, the former India captain, has said that while the team has quality bowlers, their progress has to be monitored season by season, and there has to be a flexible approach to selecting XIs when on tour.

12-Jan-2015•Sharda Ugra

Hazlewood and Starc take strides

Australia had to settle for a draw in the Sydney Test, but the sight of Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood hooping the reverse-swinging Kookaburra around late on day five was an encouraging one for the future

11-Jan-2015•Brydon Coverdale

'Adelaide set up series' - Smith

Steven Smith was "satisfied" with a 2-0 victory over India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and lauded his bowlers for performing so well on helpless tracks

10-Jan-2015•Daniel Brettig at the SCG

India hold on for tense draw

Three wickets needed, a wearing SCG pitch, the light fading, India trying to cling on for a draw. It could have been the 2008 finish all over again, but this time Ajinkya Rahane and Bhuvneshwar Kumar managed to hold the Australians off.

10-Jan-2015•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Australia race to 348-run lead

On the fourth afternoon at the SCG, Australia rollicked along at better than a run a ball in their second innings, hoping to beat India and the weather.

09-Jan-2015•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Starc reprimanded for Vijay send-off

Mitchell Starc, the Australia fast bowler, has been reprimanded after admitting to a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during the second day's play in the fourth Test against India at the SCG

08-Jan-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Spidercam in focus after Steven Smith's drop

Australia captain Steven Smith appeared to complain that the Spidercam used by host broadcaster Channel Nine interfered with his line of sight when he dropped a straightforward catch on day three

08-Jan-2015•Daniel Brettig at the SCG

Kohli and Rahul hundreds lift India

It is hard to decide what was more predictable on a belter of a Sydney pitch, the Steven Smith century that was raised on day two or the Virat Kohli hundred that arrived on day three. They now have four centuries each for the series

08-Jan-2015•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

Smith unaware of Starc send-off

Australia's captain Steven Smith admits he did not see Mitchell Starc's send-off to the Indian opener M Vijay in the first over of the visitors' innings on day two of the Sydney Test, but agrees the practice should be ended

07-Jan-2015•Daniel Brettig at SCG

Australia on top after making 572

Everywhere you turned on the second day in Sydney there were stats, and Steven Smith was at the centre of most of them. But at the end of the day the only figure that really mattered was 501. That was the deficit India faced at stumps

07-Jan-2015•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

India bowling coach urges more discipline

India's bowling coach B Arun has conceded his team's bowlers need to be more disciplined, and that a lot of work needs to be done on them, after India conceded 348 runs on the opening day of the SCG Test against Australia

06-Jan-2015•Sidharth Monga at the SCG

Australia's top four hammer India

Another year, another David Warner hundred, another Steven Smith fifty. Australia's two leading scorers of 2014 began 2015 in similarly productive fashion

05-Jan-2015•The Report by Brydon Coverdale

'Sometimes we're too harsh on our bowlers' - Kohli

Virat Kohli began the task of captaining India full time by throwing his weight behind his bowlers, saying the batsmen need to share some of the blame for India's failures

05-Jan-2015•Sidharth Monga in Sydney

Starc takes another step on Johnson's road

Apart from their first names and left-handedness, Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson share something else in common - their own batsmen hate the thought of facing up to them in the nets

05-Jan-2015•Daniel Brettig in Sydney

Smith sees the bigger picture

Steven Smith has enlarged upon the full reasons for his later than expected declaration on the final day of the Boxing Day Test against India

05-Jan-2015•Daniel Brettig in Sydney

Teams set for emotional series finale

The 2015 calendar year begins with Australia at the SCG, another series already in their grasp, but this time the mood is more subdued

05-Jan-2015•The Preview by Brydon Coverdale

Raina, Rahul in the frame for Sydney

India's return to the nets under new captain Virat Kohli has come with uncertainty around a few places in the side

04-Jan-2015•Sidharth Monga in Sydney

Rogers' home Test farewell no secret

Preparing for what is likely to be his final Test on home soil, at the SCG against India, Chris Rogers has said that he is looking to finish his Test career with the Ashes in England later this year

04-Jan-2015•Daniel Brettig

Warner's brave face for Hughes memories

David Warner has said that he will struggle to cope with memories of Phillip Hughes' last innings at the Sydney Cricket Ground, while playing the fourth Test against India

04-Jan-2015•Daniel Brettig

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