Australian captain Allan Border said after this match that the result achieved by his team must be the ‘greatest heist since the Great Train Robbery’. And surely, Australia scored a victory which seemed highly improbable throughout the Test. This was the first match in a three-Test series, played at the Sinhalese Sports Club […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – Sri Lanka v Australia, Colombo, 1992This was South Africa’s first Test series in Australia since readmission, and the first Test, the Boxing Day Test, was a rain-affected draw. The second Test was played in the new year, from 2nd to 6th January, at Sydney, with both teams set for battle after barely getting a chance to impress at Melbourne. […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – Australia v South Africa, Sydney, 1993-94Today, it is tough to dominate a given format and the No.1 title is shifting from team to team. But almost a decade back, Australia dominated the scene winning 21 consecutive ODI matches – twice more than the earlier record – that started in January and ended in May including the 2003 World Cup […]
Read More Specials – When Australia just kept on winningThe Ashes were still young – 12 years to be precise, when England travelled Down Under for a five-Test series in 1894-95 to defend the urn that they had won courtesy a narrow 1-0 win in the three-Test series at home in 1893. This was only the second time that the two nations were […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – Australia v England, Sydney, 1894-95
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