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Australia won the toss and chose to bat first.. Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Matthew Renshaw, Peter Handscomb, ...

The ball went on with the arm and castled the Aussie vice captain and now the tourists are in a big, big hole. Steve Smith had looked to up the ante in the last few overs, but he cops an absolute jaffer of an arm ball from Ravindra Jadeja and he's got to go! Alex Carey walks out to the wicket.

Rare footage is uncovered showing the tactics employed by the English cricket team to tackle the remarkable batting of Donald Bradman during the 1932-33 ...

"Jardine continued with the bodyline, because it was within the rules of the day." "The English were accused of being unsportsmanlike, because the bowling was really quite dangerous," Mr Wray said. "The pressure had been building throughout the series — England had made no secret as to the tactics they were going to employ," Mr Wray said. Heading into the Ashes Test of 1932, the primary goal of the English team was to find a way to "subdue" Bradman's singular ability as batsman, NFSA curator Jeff Wray said. - The footage shows the controversial bodyline tactic, used by the English to try to "subdue" the great Donald Bradman Rare footage has been uncovered that shows the tactics employed by the English cricket team to beat Donald Bradman during the 1932-33 Ashes Test series in Australia.

Krishna Kumar attends the 2021 test match between Australia and India in Sydney. Courtesy Krishna Kumar. CNN —. Two ...

“As a parent, you need to walk the talk,” he adds. “But as you get up at a high-performance level, it just drops exponentially. It just drops, drops, drops. Kumar hasn’t been to a test match in Australia since the fifth day of the match between Australia and India at the SCG two years ago. He also said he was subjected to an “unnecessary” two-and-a-half-minute frisking with a metal detector and what he felt was a stricter security presence for Indian fans once inside the stadium. According to Kumar, that included being told to “go back to where you came from” by a member of staff who was examining the anti-racism banners he had hoped to take into the ground.

While the Nagpur surface has come under scrutiny ahead of today's Border-Gavaskar series opener, the coin toss will likely play a similarly significant role ...

[Fourth Test, Ahmedabad](https://live.cricket.com.au/match/3135/56738/india-men-vs-australia-men-india-v-australia-tests---men/scorecard), 3pm AEDT [Third Test, Dharamsala](https://live.cricket.com.au/match/3135/56737/india-men-vs-australia-men-india-v-australia-tests---men/scorecard), 3pm AEDT [Second Test, Delhi](https://live.cricket.com.au/match/3135/56736/india-men-vs-australia-men-india-v-australia-tests---men/scorecard), 3pm AEDT Production of the pitch at Chennai's M. [First Test, Nagpur](https://live.cricket.com.au/match/3135/56735/india-men-vs-australia-men-india-v-australia-tests---men/scorecard), 3pm AEDT "When the conditions spin from day one, it's actually not (so important)," Cummins said on the eve of the opening match of the four-Test Qantas Tour.

Australia has won just one Test series in India in the past 44 years. That's no surprise — India has only lost two Tests at home in the past decade.

Stuart Broad went wicketless in his two Tests. Australia has not yet played at the Narendra Modi Stadium — renowned as the biggest cricket stadium in the world with a capacity of 132,000 — and neither has it played a Test in its previous incarnation as the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium. India is unbeaten in Nagpur in Tests since 2010 but has only played four Tests at the venue in that time. India is cricket's toughest Test challenge. India is unbeaten in its past 12 Tests at the venue, winning 10 with two draws. Three of the top four wicket takers in Test matches for Australia in India are spinners: Richie Benaud (52 at 18.38), Shane Warne (34 at 43.11) and Nathan Lyon (34 at 30.58) — West Australian quick Graham McKenzie (34 at 19.26) is the odd one out. Overall, Australia has won four of its 14 Test series in India, but only one of those series victories has come in the past 10 visits during the past 44 years. With an overall record of played 50, won 13, drawn 15 and one famous tie in 1986, Australia has not done badly against India — theirs is the fourth-best win-loss record behind England, Pakistan and West Indies, which incredibly has an overall winning record against India in India. Since that 2004 victory by Australia, India has won 25 out of the 30 series it has played — with two defeats and three draws. In the past decade, India has lost just two Tests on home soil from a total of 42 matches: when Australia won by 333 runs in Pune after Nathan Lyon and Steve O'Keefe spun India out for just 107 in the fourth innings in 2017; and when Joe Root's 218 helped England to a 227-run victory in Chennai in 2021. With stats like that, it follows that India has not lost a series in the past decade on home soil. When the six draws are taken into account, India has an unbeaten record of a whopping 95.24 per cent at home in the past 10 years.

Aussie cricket fans have been left baffled after Travis Head was dropped for the first Test against India.

I know he js a left-hander but I thought he was the right package with his off-spin. Highest run scorer in the last series and had an amazing summer”. How much does he have to do to get an opportunity in India?? He made it look like it was flat, and it wasn’t. I would have thought a tall left arm spinner who bats would be perfect,” he tweeted. [22-year-old debutant Todd Murphy ](https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/uncapped-spinner-todd-murphy-set-to-make-test-debut-in-india/news-story/d02425fa3b308eaac6d290d7f22de1e9)all came into the side, as Australia dropped a bombshell by sidelining Head for the first Test. “Hard to believe we can drop the number 4 ranked test batsman in the world and probably our best batsman in the last 12 months plus he bowls better than average off spin – let’s wait and see- maybe the Aussie selectors are genius’s! “To me, he was the player of the summer. But his mindset and his ability to be able to score quickly, and he’s a good player of spin as well, just speechless.” It was an absolute raging green top. Cricket legends have been left stunned after Australia unceremoniously dropped the world’s No. [David Warner’s double-hundred ](https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/australia-vs-south-africa-day-2-live-mitchell-starc-under-injury-cloud/news-story/c9d37941310e8fee7e3a254338eb4ac9)and [the third Test ending in a draw](https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/australia-vs-south-africa-live-scg-dry-pitch-throws-up-selection-curveball/news-story/0250be63d505780cd4c1f2f0a072ae77), Head’s [96-ball 92 on the green monster at the Gabba ](https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/australia-vs-south-africa-first-test-day-2-live-scores-and-updates/news-story/8fc11dc247f879163f713e6b7684f36f)was the most important knock of the series.

Social media has gone into meltdown with fans, experts and a former Aussie captain all breathing fire.

“One of the best bats in the world. Highest run scorer in the last series and had an amazing summer.” I understand conditions might not be ideal but he deserves the first crack at it! Former Australian women’s cricketer and Channel 7 commentator said was “shocked” to see Head out of the side. “Hard to believe we can drop the number 4 ranked Test batsman in the world and probably our best batsman in the last 12 months,” Waugh said. But that was not enough to keep his position in the team, with selectors turning to Matt Renshaw and Peter Handscomb for the start of the

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Victorian spinner Todd Murphy receives Baggy Green cap No.465 from his spin partner Nathan Lyon while Travis Head's poor overseas record sees him dumped.

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Shock debut, four-year Test return loom as India accused of 'straight up pitch doctoring'

“You’ve got to embrace it. “I think it (handed-ness) is a factor over here. “I think the open-mindedness of what we’re going to come up against, what team they’re going to put on the park and what scenario I’m going to come in at. “Try to plan and prepare the best we can and then once we‘re in the middle, it’s enjoy the contest, be patient with all the things that come into your head and then hope for the best.” You’ve got to be really proactive straightaway. “He’s started really well for Victoria in first-class cricket. “The guys have been working a lot on their plans and their methods when the pitch is flat and when it has been spinning,” Smith said. “Hopefully, we have the tools in the kitbag to handle them.” “If they really think there’s a pitch here that doesn’t play to the normal standards of Test cricket and the characteristics of this ground, then the ICC need to do something.” “If they think the pitch is not right, there’ll be an ICC referee at the game and the ICC will be watching this game. “The Indian line-up is going to be packed full of right-handers, so I think it plays a small factor.” [reporting](https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/in-a-spin-todd-murphy-poised-for-test-debut-as-australia-prepare-for-pitch-chaos-20230208-p5ciyr.html) Handscomb is “on the verge of a recall”.

The photo coming out of Nagpur gave it all away - and it wasn't the only shock.

Head was player of the series in the Ashes last summer, and has been a key member of the Aussie side in recent years, though his record in sub-continental conditions is poor. In another selection shock, established star batter Travis Head has been axed from the side, despite having arguably been snubbed of player of the series honours against South Africa in Australia last month. [Australia](https://7news.com.au/sport/australian-cricket-team) in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in India. Murphy is Australia’s first Test debutant since Queensland leggie Mitchell Swepson was brought in for the second match against Pakistan last March. [Live scorecards, stats and more](https://7news.com.au/sport/cricket/match-centre?competition=3135&match=56735). The youngster was seen marking out his runup at one end of the wicket in a clear sign he had been told he was making his debut.

13th over: Australia 29-2 (Smith 6, Labuschagne 14) Siraj gets a spell and Shami returns. Australians will recall the veteran India quick from the 2015 ...

“Sky” has become a people’s hero with his six-hitting in the white ball formats and after 79 first-class matches he will finally gets to pull on the Test shirt for India at the ripe old age of 32. That was a big toss to win and Pat Cummins’ run of luck with the coin has continued. There was much talk in the lead up to this series about Head’s disappointing record on the subcontinent and his plan to combat it with the all-out aggression so successful in the home summer. 3rd over: Australia 6-2 (Smith 0, Labuschagne 0) Even two wickets down after three overs, the names Smith and Labuschagne inspire confidence. His first ball of the series is wide and skids low. He pulls his head in on the last and lets it drop at his feet. He wants more of a look at the leftie and a single is sufficient from this 10th over. However Smith swipes at the fifth ball and pulls it just short of a fielder. 15th over: Australia 33-2 (Smith 6, Labuschagne 19) Shami returns and so does the Australian stalemate. 18th over: Australia 44-2 (Smith 10, Labuschagne 24) Here comes Patel, a slower action to Jadeja but all the venom comes from that final flick of the wrists. 11th over: Australia 27-2 (Smith 6, Labuschagne 14) Siraj steams in for a fifth over, this one to Labuschagne who has now faced twice as many balls as Smith. Australia have broken the deadlock now and the pace is quickening.

Australia's frailties against spin on the subcontinent have already been exposed on India's made-to-order pitch as the visitors' quest for greatness began ...

“It’s tough because when the pitch is playing tricks that starts to play with your mind a little bit as well. And for Smith, the ball went straight from that same wide of the crease. It is only the sixth time numbers one, two and five have made a combined total of two or less for Australia. It gives us a lot of confidence tomorrow that if we can get on a roll we can take a clump of wickets and get the game going in fast forward,” Peter Handscomb said. That the Queenslander departed out of the blue showed you can never be truly in when the ball is turning so much. “There’ll be times when they put a partnership again and it’s going to be tough cricket, a grind, and we can control that scoreboard and our game. “My plan was just to bat for as long as possible, then eventually get some runs. He removed Smith not through prodigious turn but guile, angling a straight ball through the champion batter, who had been anticipating turn. Australia, though, could not capitalise on the conditions in the final session, failing to consistently threaten the hosts, who powered to 1-77 at stumps led by a brisk half-century by skipper Rohit Sharma. I just wanted to try and be there as long as possible. None of the five Australian lefties could blame their dismissal on them. Once a wicket fell it was tough to start again.

Smith 77% after 30 balls. I'm getting the feeling that's because Smith is actively trying to attack the spinners more than Labuschagne is. And at one of those ...

Mushfiqur Rahim and Litton Das are the only other pair to account for more than 10% of their team’s runs. No other pair has proved as prolific for their team in Tests in recent times than this one. All through this partnership, Smith and Labuschagne have been spectacularly decisive.