Australia’s big problem: Batting phenom who can bowl with both hands
Meet Kamindu Mendis, the Sri Lankan star who can bowl with both arms – but it’s what he can do with the bat that will really worry Australia.
Meet Kamindu Mendis, the Sri Lankan star who can bowl with both arms – but it’s what he can do with the bat that will really worry Australia.
Cricket is at a crossroads, with a clear shift happening across the country. JACOB KURIYPE unpacks how the sport is navigating its way forward by engaging cricket-mad diasporas.
Nearly one in five elite Australian junior cricketers are of South Asian heritage. That number is closer to one in 25 at the professional level. Why is the gap so big? Jacob Kuriype investigates.
In their past nine Test on Australian shores, India have lost just twice. Their Perth demolition was not an outlier – it’s the new norm. And it’s only going to get worse for the home side.
Four years after India stormed the Gabba with a virtual ‘B’ team, Australia should again be wary of little-known stars who could turn the summer on its head, writes Jacob Kuriype.
Since the advent of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 1996, Australia’s rivalry with India has become one of sport’s fiercest. We count down the 10 biggest moments in the series’ history.
It has turned into one of the fiercest rivalries in world sport – and since the advent of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Australia’s showdowns with India have produced some of cricket’s greatest moments.
He left home before he was a teenager to chase the cricket dream, now Yashasvi Jaiswal is set to debut on Australian turf this summer as an Indian legend looks to be farewelled.
A coach under pressure, fading giants, and unproven, inconsistent rookies trying to fill the void. Australia could not ask for a better chance to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
For the first time in a long time, Australia didn’t win the T20 World Cup. Where are our next champions coming from? The coaches tasked with shaping the next crop of stars reveal the best talent coming through the system.