MELBOURNE In a once-dominant team humbled by a cheating scandal and still racked with doubts about its identity, spinner Nathan Lyon has been a reassuring throwback to an age of hard-bitten Australian cricketers who talked the talk and walked the walk.
ADELAIDE Having become the first Indian team to win a test series-opener on Australian soil, Virat Kohli's side are determined to keep the momentum rolling into the second clash in Perth and inch closer to a breakthrough series triumph Down Under.
ADELAIDE Having gone down swinging in an enthralling Adelaide test, Australia barely have time to pick themselves up off the canvas before another potentially bruising contest against a confident India in Perth.
ADELAIDE Virat Kohli hailed the impact of man-of-the-match Cheteshwar Pujara in India's breakthrough first test victory over Australia on Monday and paid tribute to his pace attack for staying patient with the match on a knife-edge.
ADELAIDE India crushed a lower-order insurrection to secure a nerve-jangling 31-run victory in the first test against Australia on Monday, raising the South Asian nation's hopes of a breakthrough series win Down Under.
ADELAIDE Virat Kohli hailed the impact of man-of-the-match Cheteshwar Pujara in India's breakthrough first test victory over Australia on Monday and paid tribute to his pace attack for staying patient with the match on a knife-edge.
ADELAIDE, Dec 10 Virat Kohli hailed the impact of man-of-the-match Cheteshwar Pujara in India's breakthrough first test victory over Australia on Monday and paid tribute to his pace attack for staying patient with the match on a knife-edge.
ADELAIDE "Shattered" Australia captain Tim Paine praised his lower order for giving India a scare in the first test but demanded more from his leading batsmen ahead of the second contest in Perth.
ADELAIDE "Shattered" Australia captain Tim Paine praised his lower order for giving India a scare in the first test but demanded more from his leading batsmen ahead of the second contest in Perth.
ADELAIDE Dec 10 "Shattered" Australia captain Tim Paine praised his lower order for giving India a scare in the first test but demanded more from his leading batsmen ahead of the second contest in Perth.
Saudi Arabia early on Monday rejected "the position expressed recently by the United States Senate", saying that the Jamal Khashoggi murder is a crime that does not reflect the policy of the kingdom, a statement by Saudi's foreign ministry said.