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  IND vs AUS 5th Test weather report: Will rain affect the India-Australia match in Sydney?

  Cricket | January 02, 2025 16:57 IST

  India will take on Australia in the fifth and final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) starting Friday, January 3. Australia are 2-1 ahead in the series and will be keen to extend their lead while India have a chance not only to level the series but stay alive in the hunt for a WTC final spot.

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  IND vs AUS: Australia's record at Sydney Cricket Ground ahead of New Year's Test against India

  Cricket | January 01, 2025 11:07 IST

  Australia have a formidable record at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). The Kangaroos need a win at the Sydney Cricket Ground to join South Africa in the final of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle.

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  India's record at Sydney Cricket Ground before New Year's Test against Australia

  Cricket | January 01, 2025 7:51 IST

  Team India need to register a win at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) to stay in contention for a place in the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 final. In addition to that, they also need to pray that Australia do not achieve anything more than two draws in Sri Lanka.

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  Good old days: SCG crowd bids farewell to Warner as vintage scenes galore after clean sweep over PAK

  Cricket | January 06, 2024 15:23 IST

  David Warner retires from Test cricket after playing his final match in Sydney against Pakistan. He helped his team beat the visitors on Day 4 of the Test match and signed off in style with a fifty. Warner scored a fifty in his final innings at the SCG.

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  Took two injections before my Sydney innings, says Rishabh Pant

  Cricket | January 24, 2021 11:50 IST

  Pant said he himself was aiming for a win and hence the aggressive approach and it was his failure at SCG which propelled him to correct his mistake in Brisbane.

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  AUS vs IND: Steve Smith wasn't scuffing off Rishabh Pant's guard, defends Tim Paine

  Cricket | January 12, 2021 9:11 IST

  Both Tim Paine and Steve Smith were panned by fans and experts alike for their unsportsman-like conduct during Tuesday's drawn Sydney Test.

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  AUS vs IND: Tim Paine apologises after sledging Ashwin in Sydney Test

  Cricket | January 12, 2021 8:32 IST

  The Oz skipper says he had a really poor game as a leader and wanted to say sorry for the way he behaved on the field during the final day of the third Test, which ended in a morale-boosting draw for the Indians.

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  Watch highlights AUS vs IND 3rd Test Day 5; Vihari, Ashwin turn saviours

  Cricket | January 12, 2021 15:47 IST

  Vihari (23* off 161) bats out the day with hamstring as he forged an unbeaten 250-ball 62 partnership with Ashwin (39 off 128) to earn Team India a morale-boosting draw at the SCG.

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  AUS vs IND 3rd Test: Cheteshwar Pujara becomes 6th fastest Indian to score 6000 Test runs

  Cricket | January 11, 2021 12:59 IST

  In a hot pursuit to chase down a record 407-run target in Sydney Test, the Indian batting mainstay breached the milestone while hitting his first half-century in the second innings in six years.

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  AUS vs IND Sydney Test: Not first time Australian crowd doing this nonsense, says Harbhajan Singh

  Cricket | January 10, 2021 13:48 IST

  Harbhajan stated that he himself heard many things on the field while playing in Australia about him, his religion and his colour.

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  AUS vs IND: Faced racism in Sydney earlier too, needs to be dealt with iron fist, says R Ashwin

  Cricket | January 10, 2021 13:31 IST

  Play was halted for a few minutes on the fourth day of the match after India pacer Mohammed Siraj complained of abuse from a section of the crowd here, leading to expulsion of some spectators and an unreserved apology from the host board.

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  AUS vs IND 3rd Test: Crowd abuse delays play; India in trouble at 98-2 chasing 407 at end of Day 4

  Cricket | January 10, 2021 12:55 IST

  Play stopped Sunday while umpires and local police responded to complaints by India’s cricketers of crowd abuse on day four of the third test against Australia.

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  AUS vs IND: ICC launches probe into racial abuses on Indian players during SCG Test

  Cricket | January 10, 2021 12:21 IST

  In the two incidents that occurred during the third and fourth day of the Test, Indian pacers Mohammed Siraj was subject to racial abuse on two consecutive days of the SCG Test.

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  AUS vs IND: We are always better team when David Warner plays, says Tim Paine

  Cricket | January 06, 2021 14:06 IST

  Warner is still not hundred percent fit but Paine's eulogies bore testimony to team's desperation to get their opener back in the wake of their batting unit's flop show in three of the four innings so far.

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  AUS vs IND: Quarantine in 'normal' Sydney challenging but we are not annoyed, says Rahane

  Cricket | January 06, 2021 13:23 IST

  Rahane, while sidestepping on unconfirmed series pull-out threats, made it clear that the focus is on the Test match starting tomorrow at the SCG.

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  AUS vs IND: Ajinkya Rahane confirms Rohit Sharma to open in Sydney Test

  Cricket | January 06, 2021 12:52 IST

  The stand-in skipper also added that the call on future of fourth Test in Brisbane will be taken by BCCI and team management.

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  AUS vs IND: Hard surface with lot of grass prepared for third Test, says SCG curator

  Cricket | January 06, 2021 10:33 IST

  Curator Adam Lewis said hosting a Test is the biggest stage for them and considering the fickle weather this year, they have rolled out a pretty good wicket for the match.

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  Aus vs Ind: Sydney remains preference for third Test, says Cricket Australia

  Cricket | December 20, 2020 11:07 IST

  Cricket Australia interim chief executive Nick Hockley says two and a half weeks time before the third Test keeps them hopeful despite closure of New South Wales border recently due to COVID-19.

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  Australia vs India third Test in Sydney could be scrapped due to COVID-19 outbreak: report

  Cricket | December 20, 2020 8:17 IST

  Australia vs India: The Daily Telegraph has reported that the New Year’s Test in Sydney could be shifted to another venue due to rising number of COVID-19 cases in New South Wales.

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  David Warner dedicates century to Phil Hughes, says he is always in his thoughts

  Cricket | January 04, 2017 18:27 IST

  Explosive Australian batsman David Warner has dedicated his 18th Test century against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground to former teammate Phil Hughes who died at the age of 25 after being hit near the