Aussies have lost the home ground advantage
Australia is the hunted and India the hunters approaching Friday’s Second Test at Optus Stadium in Perth, says KEN PIESSE. More »
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Not quite a miracle – but a lot to like
IT’S FIRST blood to India – but now they know it’s game on against an Australian team that won’t throw in the towel, writes RON REED. More »
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Painful search for captain’s first win
NOBODY SAID it would be easy at the top, as Australia’s Test cricket captain is discovering, writes RON REED. More »
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India’s X-factor fires up
HE IS not short of admirers but how dangerous is KL Rahul’s blazing bat, asks chief writer RON REED: More »
By George, it could be worse, Shaun!
TO SAY Shaun Marsh is out of form in Test cricket is beyond an understatement – but it could be, and has been, worse, writes RON REED: SO HERE’S the good news for Shaun Marsh: Six single-figure scores in a row does not necessarily get you the sack from the A... More »
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Spin king threatens the Aussie lefties
As Australia ponders the make-up of its top six for the first Test in Adelaide, KEN PIESSE sounds a warning that too many left-handers could spell gloom and doom, especially with R. Ashwin in the opposition dressing room. More »
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Liked or not, it’s a tough game
FORMER TEST captain Michael Clarke is under fire but hasn’t entirely missed the point with his advice to the Australian cricket team, says Chief Writer RON REED. More »
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Why the tampering bans had to stay
REFUSING TO allow the suspended cricketers any reprieve might be a no-mercy call but it’s the right one, says Chief Writer RON REED. More »
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Kohli is fired up to flog the Aussies
LOOK OUT Australia, India believes it has the fire and fury to beat our weakened cricket team and win its first Test series Down Under. CHRIS de KRETSER reports from the Punjab: VIRAT Kohli’s Indians are confident their coming campaign will echo the best-selli... More »
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Cricket civil war flares again
WITHIN HOURS of the unacceptable culture of Australian cricket being exposed, the ball-tampering scandal has exploded into the headlines again – and it could get ugly, says Chief Writer RON REED. More »
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The Smith and Warner bans must stay
KEN PIESSE says the 12-month bans for bad boys Steve Smith and David Warner must remain as cricket attempts to recover after the autumn scandal in South Africa. More »
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Marsh brothers feeling the desert heat
THE WEEK IN SPORT: IN AUSTRALIAN cricket, they’re unique – but time is running out for the Marsh family, says chief writer RON REED: BAGGING the Marsh brothers has become almost a national sport in itself – and as unhelpful and unsympathetic as that might be, ... More »
