Historic Vics extend Redbacks’ Shield painCAMERON White’s Victoria secured a historic Sheffield Shield title three-peat at South Australia’s expense in a supreme show of domestic power.
Smith’s unbelievable ICC rating after Indian tourSTEVE Smith ended the toughest tour in international cricket with the fifth highest rating in Test history, while inclement New Zealand weather has robbed the Australians of $US300,000.
Domestic game in line of fire in pay stoushTHE battle in India may be done but the frontline has shifted to home with growing angst over the Cricket Australia pay proposal issued last week.
Why you’re all wrong about KohliINDIAN VIEW: As a team and a nation, India cannot fathom the level of vitriol directed at Virat Kohli. He’s the man who made this series special.
Renshaw, Wade to join elite on contracts listMATT Renshaw is set to be a big winner in a prospective contract list which would also deliver a million dollar pay rise to wicketkeeper Matt Wade.
Aussie Ashes XI: Who plays the first TestHAS Glenn Maxwell done enough to cement his spot in the Australian team for the Ashes? What about Marsh and Khawaja? We answer that and more in our great debate - and name an XI.
Time to draw breath before Ashes onslaughtCOMING off a rollicking tour of India, now Australia endures a long Ashes wait. But the next eight months need not be totally devoid of cricket, especially for ODI buffs.
‘Kohli signed his own death certificate’VIRAT Kohli isn’t friends with Australians anymore and wouldn’t drink a beer to finish the series. He started this vicious cycle with one big mistake, writes THE GRADE CRICKETER.
Aussie star’s surprise Kohli backflipVIRAT Kohli has won at least one battle in his war of words with Australia after a former great was forced to make a grovelling apology.
Pakistan star cops match-fixing banPAKISTAN have been dealt a heavy blow with a senior star slugged with a suspension after admitting corruption charges.
The Aussie trait England’s Root wants to emulateHE’S already one of the best in the world, but England’s Joe Root wants to be more like Australian skipper and the world’s No.1 batsman Steve Smith.
Lehmann lauds ‘Bradman-like’ SmithDARREN Lehmann believes a devout dedication to developing his own unique style has Steve Smith on the path to eclipsing the game’s biggest and most respected names.
Redback records can’t stop flying VicsSOUTH Australian keeper Alex Carey entered a league of his own but history and time dictate an inaugural Sheffield Shield title hat-trick for Victoria in Alice Springs.
Maxwell may not get chance to push Ashes causeSELECTORS are facing an interesting conundrum involving Glenn Maxwell, with growing uncertainty over whether Australia’s tour of Bangladesh will involve Test matches.
Brace for pace, England, as big four loom largeBE afraid, be very afraid. That’s the blunt message for the Poms, with Australia to seriously consider unleashing the four pacemen of the apocalypse this Ashes summer.
Merv Hughes on Kohli: ‘What a flog’MERV Hughes has never been one to hold his tongue. He’s just stuck the boot into Virat Kohli, labelling the combustible Indian skipper a “flog.”
Brutal Kohli truth: ‘What a flog’MERV Hughes never held back on the field, but even he says a “hypocritical” Virat Kohli’s reputation has copped a hammering.
‘Bloody ridiculous’: Test great tees offFORMER Test skipper Ian Chappell has taken India’s side in an angry rant about one of the most explosive moments of the Test series.
Relentless: Kohli’s glowing praise of AustraliaHE might no longer consider any of Australia’s players friends, but Virat Kohli still has huge respect for what the tourists achieved in the Border-Gavaskar series.
Beergate: Kohli’s latest classless actAUSSIE captain Steve Smith has slammed the Indian board attempt to humiliate the Australian team, while Virat Kohli’s lack of sportsmanship is exposed again.
Skull’s stunning critique of ‘emotional’ SmithSTEVE Smith scored 499 runs in India and nearly led Australia to the most unlikely of series victories, but he’s still not ‘temperamentally sound’ enough to be the country’s captain, according to Kerry O’Keeffe.
Ashes implications of Aussies’ Kohli hit jobINDIAN VIEW: Australia gave India everything — and nearly stunned the home side. But the Ashes will be theirs if they follow one simple plan.
Burning questions: Smith’s epic cover-up jobSTEVE Smith’s team was valiant in India - and flawed. Here is the major headache left for Australia and the other burning questions emanating from a pulsating series.
Geeves: The Kohli trick ‘Bull’ Warner missedDAVID Warner was trumped by Virat Kohli and became the biggest question mark for a valiant Australia - whose final Test defeat carried a stinging irony, writes BRETT GEEVES.
The ugly side of Australia’s defeat in IndiaSTEVE Smith was at the centre of everything in Australia’s Border-Gavaskar Trophy defeat — including our list of the Good, Bad and Ugly.
‘We are hurting but I couldn’t be prouder’STEVE Smith has declared Australia has finally vanquished their demons away from home as he reserved special praise for the performance of Nathan Lyon.
Series ratings: How each Aussie fared in IndiaFROM the highs of Steve Smith to the lows of Mitch Marsh, we rate every Australian to take part in the Border-Gavaskar series loss. So who shines? And who bombs?
Holland stars as Victoria eyes Shield hat-trickALEX Carey walked in the shoes of Adam Gilchrist but Jon Holland continued his Sheffield Shield final torment of South Australia as Victoria closed in on another title.
‘Friends no more’: Kohli’s final sprayTHE bitter fallout from India’s spiteful Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph has one more entry, with Virat Kohli launching a final, withering spray at the Australians.
Series ratings: The Indians who thwarted AustraliaVIRAT Kohli scored less runs than Mitchell Marsh and Mitchell Starc this series. So how did he fare in our series player ratings?
Smith’s men fall short but lay down Ashes markerSTEVE Smith’s Australian team is still a work in progress, but, despite a series loss, the bricks have been laid in India for a bumper Ashes summer.
India take ‘magnificent series’ but Smith proudINDIA have cruised to an eight-wicket victory in Dharamsala - but the result should take nothing away from the role the Aussies played in a great series
Aussies surrender Border-Gavaskar TrophyAFTER four thrilling Tests, Australia’s Border-Gavaskar series has ended in heartbreak, with the Indians cruising to victory in the series decider.
Filthy twist in Wade-Jadeja sledging warON-field audio has revealed that Matthew Wade demanded Ravi Jadeja translate a Hindi sledge the Indian star directed at the Aussie wicketkeeper - one with a dirty meaning.
‘We shouldn’t give any importance to them’INDIAN VIEW: A fiery Test series has moved outside the playing field, with an Indian legend firing back after taking exception to comments from Australian pundits.
Shattered Aussies on brink of defeatONLY a miraculous performance from Australia’s bowlers can save the final test after it was ripped apart by India as more controversy flared between the teams.
Geeves: The storyline nobody saw comingAFTER 45 days defying the odds, Australia’s hopes of a Test series win in India lay in tatters. And the tourists have been undone in the most surprising of fashions, writes Brett Geeves.
A 37-year low: Warner’s horror tourIT’S been 37 years since an Australian opener has had a tour of India this bad. David Warner’s numbers this series are an ugly sight.
Lyon copies Ashwin with great effectUNDER-pressure spinner Nathan Lyon went about reinventing his bowling style to mimic that of Indian rival Ravi Ashwin, and the results have been profound.
Smith drops f-bomb after India catch controversySTEVE Smith has been left fuming after Murali Vijay ran off to prepare to bat, before replays confirmed the catch he claimed was grassed. WATCH
Fiery Cummins will have England shakingPUSHED to the brink of exhaustion, Pat Cummins delivered arguably the most menacing fast bowling display since Mitchell Johnson’s frightening heroics in the 2013-14 Ashes.
How the GOAT is putting Indian spin king to shameFEW would’ve predicted Nathan Lyon would outbowl India’s spin king Ravi Ashwin this series. But no one would’ve expected the one-sided nature of their battle.
More SportsAFLW MVP joins Australia’s best all-round athletesTHE AFLW’s inauguaral MVP, Erin Phillips, is also a two-time WNBA Champion, joining this long list of Australia’s greatest ever multi-sport athletes.
Indian View: ‘A clinic in mental disintegration'THE final Test in a thrilling series hangs on a knife’s edge. But according the local press, Australia has already landed a hammer blow by attacking the enemy’s ego.
Tait farewells life in the fast laneSHAUN Tait will today retire from cricket with a body that could give no more but at peace with his place in the game.
Vics out to ram home advantageVICTORIA will resume on day two of the Sheffield Shield final today at 3/332 after a majestic ton from Marcus Harris put them in the box seat against South Australia.
Sheffield Shield team of the seasonAHEAD of this weekend’s Sheffield Shield final between Victoria and South Australia, we pick our team of the season.
Geeves: How careless India let Lyon rob them blindNATHAN Lyon did something exceptional on day two of a tense Test series decider. But the hosts’ massive error of judgment gave him a huge helping hand.
Old school fire blasts India, Clarke takes aimBEFORE Nathan Lyon ran riot to tear India’s middle-order apart, it was a ferocious spell of fast bowling that inspired Australia and burned a ‘negative’ Indian outfit.
Roaring Lyon turns Test in Aussies’ favourNATHAN Lyon single-handedly turned the Dharamsala decider on its head to send one of the most epic series in Test history down to the wire.