India's top order faltered yet again as Australia won the morning session of the fifth and final Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Sydney. Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland were all over as India look to get to a respectable total after having won the toss and opting to bat.
Pat Cummins emerged the Player of the Match winner as Australia beat India by 184 runs in the fourth Test match in Melbourne on Sunday. Cummins scored 90 runs and took 6 wickets across two innings at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
KL Rahul was dropped down to No 3 in the batting order with skipper Rohit Sharma returning to open the innings in the fourth Test against Australia. Rahul has been the best Indian batter in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy doing the dirty work but still had to sacrifice his position.
Mitchell Swepson's last Test appearance for Australia came against Sri Lanka in Galle in July 2022. The right-arm leg-spinner has claimed 17 wickets in six matches of the Sheffield Shield this season. Among spinners, only Matt Kuhnemann of Tasmania has bagged more wickets than him.
Rishabh Pant is one of the 12 players in the two marquee sets at the IPL 2025 mega auction and is expected to be among the top three most expensive players, even fetching the highest bid for any player. Pant started well in the first innings of the Perth Test after the whole batting order collapsed.
Nathan Lyon recalled an interesting anecdote from the 2014-15 Border-Gavaskar Trophy that marked the emergence of Virat Kohli the captain and the batter in Australian conditions. Lyon vs Kohli could be the series-defining battle this time around as well.
The much-awaited five-match Test series between India and Australia is set to commence on November 22 down under. However, the mind games are being played from now on with comments coming from the majority of current and former Australia cricketers.
International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Tuesday (September 3) that the final of the World Test Championship will be played from June 11 to 15. It is a one-off final but Australia spinner Nathan Lyon has proposed a unique suggestion to the ICC. Here are the details.
"Don't get me wrong, India is an absolute superstar side and extremely challenging but I'm extremely hungry to turn things around and make sure we get that trophy back," Nathan Lyon said on Australia's recent poor record against India in Tests.
Nathan Lyon is currently enjoying some time away from the sport. But he was soon set to turn up for Lancashire in the upcoming County cricket season. However, his stint has been cut short to just seven matches now by Cricket Australia and he is not happy.
Pat Cummins took one wicket in the second innings against New Zealand in the ongoing Test match against New Zealand on Friday and completed 100 Test captain to set a major milestone. Nathan Lyon also bagged four wickets to surpass Courtney Walsh in a huge record.
AUS vs PAK 1st Test: The Aussies have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series against Pakistan. They defeated the Men in Green by a huge margin of 360 runs as Nathan Lyon got to his historic 500th Test wicket.
Australia cricketer Nathan Lyon is arguably the greatest spinner in the country after Shane Warne. He has been with the Test team for more than a decade now and has carved out a niche for himself. Lyon will be playing in the upcoming three-match Test series against Pakistan from December 14.
Australia won both the opening games Nathan Lyon played in Ashes 2023 and then lost the last two games to miss out on a series win.
Nathan Lyon has signed a three-year-long deal with Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League (BBL).
Ravichandran Ashwin wrecked havoc in the first Test against West Indies while he could add only 1 wicket in the first innings of second Test. However, the off-spinner will be key for the visitors on the final day of the Test match.
Former India cricketer Harbhajan Singh was asked to name top five Test cricketers in the world currently who are game changers and big-match players and the veteran off-spinner included only two Indians.
Australia are leading the series by 2-0 margin and only need to draw the series now to retain the Ashes. Australia have also provided a huge update on off-spinner Nathan Lyon.
Former England batter Kevin Pietersen suggested a wild theory that Nathan Lyon had come out to bat so that he could get hit on his helmet and Australia could use a concussion substitute since the veteran off-spinner will not bowl in the second innings.
Nathan Lyon played a major role in Australia winning the opening Ashes Test by two wickets. Lyon's injury could well prove to be the defining moment not only in the match but also in the entire series.
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