Australia Cricket Team News

Australia prevailed in a topsy-turvy World Cup semi-final and outclassed South Africa by three wickets to book the ticket to the finals. After the Aussie pacers overcame David Miller’s heroics to bundle out the Proteas for 212, the batters avoided late hiccups and chased down the target in 47 overs.

Australia’s reputation as a ‘tournament team’ has only grown with time given their unprecedented ability to handle pressure. However, it became apparent on Monday that the present outfit isn’t cut from the same cloth as their predecessors with the way they let a wicket slip due to bad DRS calls.

A leather ball, a wooden bat, two projectile bails and three sticks as stumps -- cricket has all the ingredients for inflicting serious pain. Shreyas Iyer thus exercised caution on Thursday by moving away in his position at short-leg despite the skipper physically pushing him closer to the stumps.

Mark Waugh praised Rohit Sharma on Thursday for his superb knock in the Nagpur Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, saying the batter can take the game away from the opposition very quickly. He further added that Rohit attacked the spinners very well and it has been a classy innings from him.