#Sydney Cricket Ground

[tcr55]

I don’t put myself in the ‘cricket tragic’ category, but I do love Test Cricket.

Lovely dawn colours over the light towers of the Sydney Cricket Ground ahead of a somewhat sultry day.

For those who don’t follow the game, this will be an Indian Summer.

[mikeywayarchive]

Sydney Cricket Ground // Dec 14th 2005 // 24_hr_party_ppl on livejournal

[timelessnewsnow]

Australia sealed a series victory against Pakistan in the second T20I at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Saturday, with a clinical 13-run win, thanks to a stunning bowling performance by Spencer Johnson. Chasing a modest target of 148 runs, Pakistan were bowled out for 134 runs, with Johnson taking five wickets in a match-changing display.

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[bluecatwriter]

There's a long history of Dracula adaptations clearly made by people who have never read the book.

I think in this fine tradition you specifically should adapt the Beetle without reading it

You are SO right, anon. I am going to direct the movie version of The Beetle upon which all other adaptations will be based! It will full of iconic quotes that are not in the book and I will butcher all the themes and characters!

Initial thoughts:

-Robert Holt will be played by some no-name actor who is putting his entire heart, soul and mind into the performance. The Brick Guy is also played by this guy. The first part of the movie is filmed in a very straightforward period-drama style, with the exception of a Carpet Scene, which is filmed in soft focus like a "flashback to dead wife" scene.

-Robert will also of course be referred to as "Bobert" and wear jorts. Alas, he does not get a GAP sweatshirt or a slushie in this version because there are no Ordinary Solicitors to save him.

-The Beetle will be portrayed as just a beetle of varying sizes, and they will be CGI. Specifically the really low-budget bad CGI of the early 2000s. This is very important for my artistic vision.

-Paul Lessingham will also be CGI.

-The cat will be a real cat, and will be voiced by the guy who voiced Garfield from the 1990s Garfield and Friends cartoon.

-I am open to casting suggestions for Sydney Atherton, although again, I suspect that it would be best to forgo celebrities and cast a guy who has played the comic-relief guy in Oklahoma at community theater one too many times. I will change nothing about Sydney Atherton's atrocities, and will in fact probably add a few more, but all the other characters will say how manly and wonderful he is while he's like beating someone to death with a cricket bat in the background. The movie critics will read a lot into this directing choice.

-I will make Marjorie and Dora both girlbosses™ by giving each of them a sword and a multi-level marketing business. They will contribute nothing to the plot and I will be offended if people think they are bland characters.

-I don't really know the other characters, so they will be played by a gender-inclusive rotating cast, and everyone will keep mixing up their names. The goal is for it to be impossible to keep track of who's doing what at all times.

-The cat still dies but goes to Cat Heaven and there's a whole musical dream sequence (inspired by 1930s cartoons and musical numbers from Gene Kelly movies) about the cat having a really great time in Cat Heaven.

-During some mundane scene with this rotating cast of characters and CGI Paul Lessingham, Bobert will dramatically die of starvation in the background. Nobody notices.

-The train crash will be on-screen instead of off, and there will be a very long monologue from the train themself as they dramatically fall off a broken bridge (this will be a practical effect with a full-sized train). This monologue will be delivered by the same guy who plays the cat, and if the actor isn't crying real tears by the end, we will redo the take until we get it. There will be a lot of montaging and soft focus. We will give the train a tragic backstory, but the train is also kind of accepting of their fate, you know? The book of Ecclesiastes will probably be mentioned somewhere in here.

-I will be diverging from canon by having Sydney Atherton die in the train crash. Not from the train, though, he chokes on a shrimp cocktail moments before the train hits the ground.

-Credits roll

-Epilogue scene: Sydney Atherton ends up in Cat Heaven and all the cats jump on him like the hyenas at the end of Lion King and there's just a giant wriggling ball of cats. Bobert is there too, drinking a slushie in the background. Hard cut to black.

[onthisdayts]

March 14, 2009 - Sound Relief Sydney at Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia

[earlycuntsets]

mcr shows on youtube pt. 4 (2011 - 2023) last one :]

-> pt. 1 (2002 - 2005)

-> pt. 2 (2005 - 2007)

-> pt. 3 (2007 - 2011)

08/05/2011 pnc bank arts center holmdel nj - the academy is my beautiful romance

08/13/2011 hersheypark stadium hershey pa - the academy is my beautiful romance

08/20/2011 first midwest bank amphitheater tinley park il - the academy is my beautiful romance

08/26/2011 little john's farm reading england - em

08/31/2011 rogers arena vancouver canada - catie cunningham

09/03/2011 usana amphitheater west valley city utah - delaney nye

09/04/2011 comfort dental amphitheater greenwood village co - the academy is my beautiful romance

09/09/2011  capitol federal park at sandstone amphitheater bonner springs ks - the academy is my beautiful romance

09/11/2011 dte energy music theater clarkston mi - justanotherkilljoy

09/18/2011 farm bureau live at virginia beach va - the academy is my beautiful romance

09/20/2011 verizon wireless amphitheater charlotte nc - the academy is my beautiful romance

1/22/2012 gold coast parklands gold coast australia - the academy is my beautiful romance

02/03/2012 adelaide showground adelaide australia - the academy is my beautiful romance

02/05/2012 mccallum park perth australia - myxinfinitexromance

05/19/2012 north beach asbury park asbury park nj - ryan hanratty

12/20/2019 the shrine expo hall los angeles ca - gabe havel photo

05/16/2022 the eden project day one st austell england - the academy is my beautiful romance

05/17/2022 the eden project day two st austell england - the academy is my beautiful romance

05/21/2022 stadium mk milton keynes england - TheChickenGiraffe

05/24/2022 royal hospital kilmainham dublin ireland - the academy is my beautiful romance

05/28/2022 sofia gardens cricket ground cardiff wales - the academy is my beautiful romance

06/04/2022 bologna sonic park arena parco north italy - the academy is my beautiful romance

06/06/2022 olympiahalle munich germany - the academy is my beautiful romance

06/07/2022 budapest park budapest hungary - the academy is my beautiful romance

06/09/2022 progresja warsaw poland - the academy is my beautiful romance

06/11/2022 o2 arena prague czech republic - the academy is my beautiful romance

06/13/2022 stora scenen gröna lund stockholm sweden - live from stockholm

08/19/2022 paycom center oklahoma city ok - tony

08/23/2022 bridgestone arena nashville tn - the academy is my beautiful romance

08/24/2022 heritage bank center cincinnati oh - the academy is my beautiful romance

08/29/2022 wells fargo philadelphia pa - ronaldb2985

08/30/2022 mvp arena albany ny - the academy is my beautiful romance

09/05/2022 scotia bank toronto ca - the academy is my beautiful romance

09/16/2022 riot fest douglass park chicago il - geoffrey gardner

09/20/2022 prudential center newark nj - deadhoarse

09/24/2022 fla live arena sunrise fl - the academy is my beautiful romance

10/03/2022 tacoma dome tacoma wa - seattle concerts

10/05/2022 oakland arena oakland ca - HisoKu

10/07/2022 t-mobile arena las vegas nv - wormspeddler (smeagles)

10/08/2022 aftershock discovery park sacramento ca - the academy is my beautiful romance

10/09/2022 barclays center brooklyn ny - the academy is my beautiful romance

10/15/2022 kia forum inglewood ca - the academy is my beautiful romance

10/23/2022 when we were young day day two las vegas - the academy is my beautiful romance

10/29/2022 when we were young fest las vegas nv - PichyJr

11/18/2022 autódromo hermanos rodríguez mexico city mexico - leashalia

03/11/2023 the outer fields at western springs auckland new zealand (soundcheck) - the academy is my beautiful romance

03/23/2023 qudos bank arena sydney australia - the academy is my beautiful romance

-> pt. 1 (2002 - 2005)

-> pt. 2 (2005 - 2007)

-> pt. 3 (2007 - 2011)

[taylors-husband]

The Eras Tour - Australia Dates.

The first lot of international dates for The Eras Tour have been announced.

Taylor Swift will be performing her first headlining concert in Mexico in August and in November, Taylor will be performing her first ever concert in Argentina and her first headlining concert in Brazil.

[umichenginabroad]

Mapping Melbourne (Week 14)

When I initially started planning the trip, I struggled to find a good itinerary online. Beyond Queen Victoria Markets and the National Gallery of Victoria, the majority of recommendations were to visit streets and cafes, or activities that you couldn’t quite get the essence of online. Sure, a street is pretty and well-known, but how much time should I allot to visiting it?? I can only buy so many renowned Melbourne coffees. Answers to my questions were few and far between. Needless to say, figuring out the number of days to spend in Melbourne and coinciding adventures was more difficult than I’d like to admit. But, if it’s two things I learned from the trip, it’s that you’ll find adventure if you look for it and always schedule in free time to look for it!

To make matters worse, just before we called an Uber to the airport, we got an email saying our flight was canceled. Jetstar, the cheapest airline to get around Australia, had worked out pretty well for us until that moment, but from what we heard from other travelers, we knew it was just a matter of time before a flight of ours got canceled. We were able to move the flight to the next morning for free, but lost half a day of our trip. Even more inspired to pack our time there, we found out there was a rugby match in melbourne that evening. Melbourne is known for its sports scene as the annual host of the Australian Open, Australian Grand Prix (F1 races), as well as countless cricket, rugby, and Australian football matches in its famous Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) stadium. I had wanted to watch a rugby match for the longest time, so I was more than excited. The crowd was electric. It was the Melbourne Storm vs the Brisbane Broncos, two of the biggest Australian cities, so tensions were high. I won't get into the details of how rugby is played, but in simple terms, it’s not too different from American football except for the fact that players can only throw the ball backwards (like laterals in football) and they wear virtually no padding or helmets! The two 40-minute halves are also played with no timeouts or ad breaks, so the game doesn’t have the constant (and annoying) pauses which make American football feel never-ending. Needless to say, we were thoroughly entertained. 

The next day we got breakfast at one of Melbourne’s most famous cafes and breakfast spots, Seven Seeds, where I enjoyed a pourover coffee with notes of peaches and pineapple as well as an egg dish that still pops up in my dreams. 

Breakfast was followed by a walk through the Queen Victoria Markets, a walk along the river, and then a visit to the National Gallery of Victoria. I personally loved the gallery which had a variety of different exhibits ranging from robot dogs walking around a room to walls full of peoples’ confessions. I returned the next day to continue my exploration of the gallery. 

Here is a picture of one of the concession walls:

And here is a robot dog looking at some of its observers:

On a walking tour around the city, we learned that Melbourne used to be called Batmania after John Batman who claimed to have founded the city in 1835. We also enjoyed the Carlton Gardens, visited and learned about a prison that was converted into a university, and ended with a great view of the city. 

As much as I loved Melbourne and it’s unique ability to combine the city feel of Chicago with the cafe and food scene of Paris, the visit reaffirmed my bond with Sydney. 

^ me at DeGraves street - a fun little street and popular destination for coffee-lovers.

David Bayer

Biomedical Engineering

University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia

[seeminglyranch87]

Taylor & Travis Timeline

February 2024 - part 2

February 16 - The Eras Tour, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia N1

Taylor announces bonus track "The Bolter" with an alternate cover for the April 19 release of The Tortured Poets Department.

Red (guitar) & You’re Losing Me (piano)

February 17 - The Eras Tour, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia N2

Getaway Car x August x The Other Side of the Door (guitar) & This is me Trying (piano). Had me floored! I was there for this one! The crowd went wild.

Me at Melbourne night 2 - costume Lavender Haze inspired

February 18 - The Eras Tour, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia N3

Come Back Be Here x Daylight (guitar) & Teardrops on my Guitar (piano). The way I screamed at the mashup - I was there!!!

I think Taylor is missing her man...

Me at Melbourne night 3 swapping friendship bracelets - costume Karma inspired

February 21 - Taylor Swift & Sabrina Carpenter visit restaurant in Surry Hills, Sydney for dinner

February 22 - Travis Kelce arrives in Sydney, Australia to support girlfriend Taylor Swift on tour. Friend Ross Travis joins him.

Travis & Taylor visit Sydney Zoo petting kangaroos and enjoying time together. Travis' friend Ross later posts an IG reel of him feeding a lion with the encouragement of Taylor. (x)

February 23 - The Eras Tour, Accor Stadium, Sydney, Australia. Rain Show - start delayed due to electrical storm. Opener Sabrina Carpenter is cancelled.

Taylor announces bonus track "The Albatross" with an alternate cover for the April 19 release of The Tortured Poets Department.

How You Get The Girl (guitar), White Horse x Coney Island with Sabrina Carpenter (piano)

Travis attends the Sydney night 1 show with friend Ross Travis. They are joined by Scott Swift, Katie Perry, Rita Ora, Taika Waititi, Baz Luhrmann & others in the VIP tent.

Some moments worthy of mentioning:

Travis looking with adoration at Taylor during the Lover set

Taylor pointing to Travis during Willow singing "that's my man"

Taylor gesturing to Travis during Long Live singing "When they gave us our trophies and we held them up for our town" a cute reference to his Super Bowl win and her Grammys win this month.

Taylor sings "Karma is the guy in the Chiefs" during the song Karma. This is the 2nd time Taylor has changed the lyrics to reference Travis.

Travis dancing and singing to Blank Space, Shake It Off, Ready For It?

Travis fist pumping fans, accepting friendship bracelets and handing out guitar picks

Taylor & Travis kiss (x x) as they leave the venue at the conclusion of the show and spend the late evening cruising around Sydney Harbour together (x)

February 24 - Travis leaves Australia and returns to the USA to attend a Chiefs celebration at XS nightclub in Las Vegas. Travis is seen dancing and singing to Love Story with his team mates.

The Eras Tour, Accor Stadium, Sydney, Australia

Should've Said No x You're Not Sorry (guitar) (x).

New Year's Day x Peace (piano) (x)

I am deceased! It appears that Taylor is preparing us for the themes of The Tortured Poets Department album to be released April 19.

February 25 - The Eras Tour, Accor Stadium, Sydney, Australia

Is It Over Now? x I Wish You Would (guitar) (x)

Haunted x Exile (piano) (x)

February 26 - The Eras Tour, Accor Stadium, Sydney, Australia

Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve x Ivy (guitar) (x)

Forever & Always x Maroon (piano) (x)

Joe is going down April 19.

TMZ release a special: "TMZ Investigates: Taylor and Travis, Ultimate Love Story." (x)

February 28 - Taylor Swift officially becomes the first artist to hit 100 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart. She is the most-streamed and top-selling act, and the most heard on radio this week.

February 29 - Mecole Hardman reflects on his game winning catch in the Super Bowl and talks about being on team with Travis Kelce and how his relationship with Taylor affected him (x 42:20)

The wide receiver also referred to hanging out with Kelce, 34, and his famous girlfriend as “so cool.”

“When we leave, I’m like, ‘Damn, that’s Taylor Swift,’

Taylor arrives in Singapore before show starting March 2.

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[kammartinez]

By Natasha Frost

Fans celebrated in central Melbourne this week after a national triumph: The Matildas, the Australian women’s soccer team, had defeated Canada, the reigning Olympic champion, 4-0.

It was a glorious victory after a dismal start to the Women’s World Cup for one of the two host teams. In Federation Square, Australians held up gold and green scarves and bellowed, “Up the Matildas!”

Two years earlier, the same city had seen a similar outpouring of support for the Australian women’s cricket team. Inside Melbourne Cricket Ground, more than 86,000 people had gathered to watch the final of the Women’s T20 World Cup, while 1.2 million people tuned in from elsewhere in Australia.

For Ellyse Perry, an Australian sporting legend who has represented the country in both the cricket and soccer World Cups, the 2020 match — the largest crowd ever to watch a women’s cricket match — was a milestone for women’s sports in Australia.

“It’s really now starting to become embedded in general society, and it’s commonplace,” she said. “We don’t think differently about it. It’s not an oddity any more.”

For as long as there have been sports in Australia, women have clamored to play and participate. What is believed to be the world’s first cycling race for women took place in Sydney in 1888; the country’s first golf championship, in 1894, was women only; and at the 1912 Olympics, Australian women won silver and gold in the first women’s Olympic freestyle race.

Yet even though Australian women’s sports have an extensive and proud history, only recently have they received significant mainstream support. A strong run in the World Cup — Australia will face Denmark in the round of 16 on Monday — was seen as an opportunity to change that, to cement the place of women’s sports in the country’s daily rhythms and conversation.

Australia’s win over Canada saved it from an early elimination, and sent it to a game against Denmark on Monday.Credit...Cameron Spencer/Getty Images

Sam Kerr, the Matildas star who is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world, said the impact of the tournament on women’s soccer was all but unimaginable.

“For years to come, this will be talked about — hopefully, decades to come,” she told reporters last month, citing an uptick in young boys and girls coming to women’s soccer games.

A longer view on the history of women’s sports in Australia involves many moments of triumph, but also times when able and enthusiastic sportswomen were simply shut out.

“There are peaks and troughs all the way through,” Marion Stell, a historian at the University of Queensland, said of women’s sports in Australia. “Women make advances — but then it goes away again. It’s never a smooth upward curve.”

Only in the past couple of decades had female athletes been able to make consistent strides on pay, opportunities and representation, she added. Today, half of all Australian girls play sports at least once a week, according to the Australian Sports Commission, compared with about 30 percent of girls in the United States.

“I don’t think anyone would have dreamed that it would happen so quickly,” Dr. Stell said. “On one hand, it’s been very slow. But on the other hand, when it happened, the floodgates just opened.”

Yet despite their enthusiasm, and their prodigious talent for bringing home Olympic medals, female athletes in Australia have, like their international peers, historically been sidelined, blocked or simply not taken seriously.

In 1980, women’s sports made up about 2 percent of print sports coverage in Australia. By 2009, women’s sports made up about 9 percent of television news coverage, according to a report from the Australian Sports Commission. But the balance appears to be shifting: A poll last year found that nearly 70 percent of Australians had watched more women’s sports since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

Fans watching the Australia-Ireland match in Melbourne on the World Cup’s opening night.Credit...Hannah Mckay/Reuters“A lot of it has been in line with the way that social perception has changed more broadly, in terms of how we perceive women’s role in society, and particularly the workplace,” said Perry, the sports star.

Dr. Stell, the historian, pointed further back. She saw the 1976 Montreal Olympics, where Australia failed to win a single gold medal, as a turning point. The country’s lackluster performance spurred a significant backlash in the Australian news media, which described the results as a “crisis for the government” and called for action for Australia to “regain its lost athletic potency.”

Women had historically been something of a golden goose for Australia at the Olympics, making up a minority of the country’s total athletes but often winning the majority of its medals. At the 1972 Games in Munich, for instance, 10 out of 17 Australian medals were won by women, even as they made up only about 17 percent of the team.

And so in 1981, Australia established the Australian Institute of Sport, a high-performance sports training center for both men and women that, for the first time, gave women the financial support to concentrate on their sports full-time — beginning with Australian rules football, basketball, gymnastics, netball, swimming, tennis, track and field and weight lifting.

That was followed a few years later by the Sex Discrimination Act, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of gender or sexuality.

“Those two things together might be some kind of watershed,” Dr. Stell said. “But not, I guess, in the public imagination — more in sporting women’s lives.”

The Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, established in 1981.Credit...David James Bartho/Fairfax Media, via Getty Images

The facility offered dedicated training space to women in a variety of sports.Credit...Andrew Rankin/Fairfax Media, via Getty Images

Even after that, female athletes in most other sports often had no alternative but to play in a semiprofessional capacity. In the mid-1990s, as male Australian cricket players were on the cusp of striking over what they felt was inadequate remuneration, female players in the sport barely had their expenses covered, and often had to pay their own way to compete. Most juggled jobs and other commitments alongside their sports careers.

“How did it make me feel? I just wanted to play as much cricket as I possibly could,” said Belinda Clark, who was the captain of Australia’s World Cup-winning women’s cricket teams in 1997 and 2005.

She added: “We all structured our lives — our working lives and our personal lives — around being able to do that. That comes at a financial cost. We all accepted that.”

In recent decades, cricket has led the charge on fair pay for female athletes in Australia. While male cricketers still significantly out-earn their female counterparts, the majority of female players earn at least 100,000 Australian dollars, or $66,000. By comparison, female players of Australian rules football, rugby league, netball and professional soccer have a minimum salary of less than half of that — a source of ongoing tension since it is far below the country’s living wage.

Across all sports, perhaps the most important factor for female athletes was having women in positions of responsibility across journalism, management, coaching, umpiring and administration, Dr. Stell said.

In the early 1980s, Australian universities began to offer the country’s first sports management degrees. “That kind of allowed women to get a kind of professional qualification so that they could take the administration of sports off the kitchen table and make it more professional,” she said.

Belinda Clark next to statue of herself, with Quentin Bryce, the former governor general of Australia, at left.Credit...Brett Hemmings/Cricket Australia via Getty Images

Women are gradually becoming more visible as sports people in Australia. But it was not until earlier this year that a female cricket player was celebrated in statue form for the first time, though the country claims more than 70 statues of male players.

A bronze statue of Clark was unveiled at Sydney Cricket Ground in January; it is the first public statue of any female cricket player anywhere in the world. Representation of that kind sends a powerful message, especially to younger players, Clark said.

“What are the photos in the club? Who’s on the honor boards? What are we saying to the people that walk in this door?” she asked. “Are you part of this, or are you a guest or a visitor?

“It symbolizes that you’re actually part of it. You’re no longer coming, cap in hand, to beg for an opportunity.”

[tcr55]

The 3rd test between Australia & South Africa commences in this morning.

The forecast was for poor weather.

So I set out to Centennial Park which is adjacent to the Sydney Cricket Ground .

What I got was glorious.

[charlesandmartine]

Saturday 14th January 2023

Heavy rain overnight and grey skies when we awoke. Rain is still plaguing this whole continent with flooding still very bad in Kimberly WA. However my highly trusty, never accurate, weather app assured us that things were on the up. Big red letter day today because as you all know it's unlimited capped transport in NSW on a Saturday and Sunday. So we had to grab this one despite the ravages of inflation which has rocketed the capped price from 2 dollars 50 to 8 dollars 40! Determined to get our money's worth we set off in t shirts with complete faith the weather would hold good. So to get the most for 8.40 our schedule was as follows:

173x bus to the city centre. The sun was coming through the clouds as we crossed the bridge. A Holland America Line ship was in Circular Quay as we passed.

Reaching Wynyard station we switched to the new Alstom tram heading along George Street. Last time we were here 4 years ago, the track was only just being laid in the deep scars along this old street. Now it is complete and working. This took us to Randwick passing the Sydney Cricket Ground and horse racing tracks along the way.

We then transferred to the 373 bus bound for Coogee Beach whereupon we walked the 6k coastal path to the popular Bondi Beach. Not too sure what the attraction is with this place since we have seen far better beaches in Australia than this one, but maybe that's just personal choice. Quite a nice walk although we were not alone! Not exactly a Cornish coast line, but pretty in its own way with its coves and inlets.

Bus 380 to the main event. Watson Bay. This is the third time here (2017, 2019 and now); fantastic place and for 2 reasons. 1/ lovely location with great views across the harbour to Sydney City centre. 2/ the best fish and chips restaurant on the planet, Doyles. Look it up. So we sat and ate Hake and Chips washed down with a very palatable Riesling looking out across the sun shimmering waters with the Sydney skyline way in the distance. Pure magic. Top tip to visit this place if passing.

To finish the day we sailed off on the 5.15pm ferry bound for Circular Quay to transfer to the ferry to Manly. Call into Coles for a top up of Tim Tams (salted caramel) and then the 144 bus home.

What a great day all for 8 dollars 40 each. (about 5 quid). Oh and 41 dollars for the fish and chips.

ps Bandicoots are performing early tonight.

[rohitjangidddd]

India vs Australia 1st Test Match Prediction, Playing XI, and Fantasy Cricket Tips

The upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia is poised to deliver high-octane cricketing action. With five Test matches lined up, the series will play a significant role in the World Test Championship standings. Fantasy sports enthusiasts are gearing up to build their teams on platforms like Vision11, the best fantasy cricket app, to make the most of this epic rivalry. Here's a detailed look at the updated squad lists and venues.

Venues and Schedule

1st Test: November 22-26, 2024, at Perth Stadium, Perth.

Start Time: 7:50 AM IST.

2nd Test: December 6-10, 2024, at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide.

Start Time: 9:30 AM IST.

3rd Test: December 14-18, 2024, at The Gabba, Brisbane.

Start Time: 5:50 AM IST.

4th Test: December 26-30, 2024, at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

Start Time: 5:00 AM IST.

5th Test: January 3-7, 2025, at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney.

Start Time: 5:00 AM IST​

India’s Updated Squad

Captain: Rohit Sharma (will miss the 1st Test; Jasprit Bumrah to lead).

Key Batters:

Virat Kohli (pillar of India's batting lineup).

Yashasvi Jaiswal (in excellent form).

KL Rahul (providing experience).

Shubman Gill (injured, replaced by Devdutt Padikkal).

Wicketkeepers:

Rishabh Pant (dynamic middle-order batter).

Dhruv Jurel (an exciting prospect).

All-rounders:

Ravindra Jadeja (impact player with both bat and ball).

Washington Sundar (handy with bat and spin).

Bowlers:

Jasprit Bumrah (captain and strike bowler).

Mohammed Siraj (aggressive pacer).

Ravichandran Ashwin (spin wizard).

Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, and Akash Deep (pace options)​

Australia’s Updated Squad

Captain: Pat Cummins.

Key Batters:

Usman Khawaja (consistent top-order batter).

Steve Smith (key player and former captain).

Marnus Labuschagne (steady at No. 3).

Travis Head (attacking left-hander).

All-rounder:

Mitchell Marsh.

Wicketkeeper:

Alex Carey (dependable with gloves and bat).

Bowlers:

Nathan Lyon (spin spearhead).

Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, and Scott Boland (pace trio)​

Fantasy Cricket Tips for the Series

Top Picks:

Virat Kohli: A seasoned campaigner who thrives under pressure.

Steve Smith: The backbone of Australia's batting lineup.

Ravindra Jadeja: A reliable all-rounder to fetch bonus points.

Differential Picks:

Yashasvi Jaiswal: Can provide a brisk start.

Scott Boland: Effective in home conditions.

Captain/Vice-Captain Suggestions:

Jasprit Bumrah or Nathan Lyon (game-changers with the ball).

Marnus Labuschagne or Ravichandran Ashwin (dependable picks).

Conclusion

The India vs Australia 2024-25 Test series promises thrilling cricket and exciting opportunities for fantasy cricket enthusiasts. With a strong lineup and iconic venues, it's time to gear up and create your winning team on Vision11, the best fantasy sports application. Download now and join the action!

Stay tuned for match predictions and insights throughout the series.

[michaelsmith-us]

Australia Clinches T20 Series Against Pakistan as Spencer Johnson Shines

In a gripping contest at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Australia defeated Pakistan by 13 runs in the second Twenty20 International (T20I) on Saturday. This victory secured the hosts a 2-0 lead in the three-match series, with the third game scheduled in Hobart. The star of the match was Spencer Johnson, whose maiden five-wicket haul in international cricket played a pivotal role in Australia’s…

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[ad_1] Debasis Sen in Australia (PC: Debasis Sen) The Indian cricket team is currently touring Australia for the much-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which gets underway at the Optus stadium in Perth from November 22. Rohit Sharma and his boys will play five Test matches against the Aussies. The Indian captain did not travel to Australia with the team owing to family commitments. The Indian cricketers will be practicing at the WACA ground over the next week, trying to acclimatise to the conditions and pitches. It is always challenging for visiting teams to tour Down Under. The Indians did find it tough as it took them 71 years after their first tour Down Under in 1947-48 to win a Test series on Australian soil. Virat Kohli led side defeated the Aussies in 2018-19. The Indian team then won again in Australia during the previous tour in 2021-22. Cricket is a quintessential part of Australian culture, and covering the sport can be both thrilling and daunting. For journalists and photographers covering cricket in Australia, the experience offers unique challenges due to the country’s vastness, extreme weather conditions, and logistical hurdles. For the Latest Sports News: Click Here Debasis Sen in Australia (PC: Debasis Sen) The weather in Australia can be unpredictable and this can be particularly challenging. Take for instance, Perth, the venue for the first Test of the series. The West Australian city experiences some of the hottest temperatures in the country, with the sun so intense that it can cause devices to overheat and shut down. Heat exhaustion is a real concern for photographers working on the ground, especially during long, hot days at the old WACA or Optus Stadium. The oppressive conditions not only make it difficult for journalists, but also for players and spectators. Even in other cities like Adelaide and Melbourne, where the weather is generally more temperate, sudden temperature drops can be a serious challenge. It is not unusual for someone to leave their hotel room in Melbourne wearing shorts and a T-shirt, only to find that the temperature has plummeted by 20°C in a matter of hours. Another challenge of covering cricket Down Under are the vast distances that needs to be covered from one city to another given the nature of its landscape. A flight from Sydney to Perth, for instance, is a nearly 4,000-kilometre journey—about the same as flying halfway from India to London. Domestic travel across the country is also lengthy, and this can be exhausting for journalists covering multiple matches over the course of a long season. Debasis Sen in Australia (PC: Debasis Sen) Even between other major cities, flights are often over two hours long. The sheer travel fatigue can be overwhelming, and the need to adapt to different time zones and climates makes the job even harder. In the past, food had been a significant challenge for anyone from the subcontinent covering cricket in Australia. The touring Indian media in the past often had to contend with limited culinary options, especially in smaller cities. However, this has changed significantly in recent years, particularly with the rise of Indian restaurants and food culture. Today, in nearly every major city in Australia, you will find a wealth of high-quality Indian restaurants. Covering cricket in Australia is an exciting and dynamic experience, but it comes with its own set of unique challenges. From the harsh weather conditions to the vast distances, the physical and logistical demands on travelling media are immense. However, the country’s passionate cricket culture makes it a rewarding place to cover the sport. The challenges are outweighed by the thrills of experiencing world-class cricket in one of the most diverse and stunning countries on the planet. Also Read: From signed shirt to dropping in at Kirribilli House, Aus memories to savour The post India tour to Australia: Challenges of covering cricket Down Under for the travelling media appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports.

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[ad_1] Debasis Sen in Australia (PC: Debasis Sen) The Indian cricket team is currently touring Australia for the much-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy, which gets underway at the Optus stadium in Perth from November 22. Rohit Sharma and his boys will play five Test matches against the Aussies. The Indian captain did not travel to Australia with the team owing to family commitments. The Indian cricketers will be practicing at the WACA ground over the next week, trying to acclimatise to the conditions and pitches. It is always challenging for visiting teams to tour Down Under. The Indians did find it tough as it took them 71 years after their first tour Down Under in 1947-48 to win a Test series on Australian soil. Virat Kohli led side defeated the Aussies in 2018-19. The Indian team then won again in Australia during the previous tour in 2021-22. Cricket is a quintessential part of Australian culture, and covering the sport can be both thrilling and daunting. For journalists and photographers covering cricket in Australia, the experience offers unique challenges due to the country’s vastness, extreme weather conditions, and logistical hurdles. For the Latest Sports News: Click Here Debasis Sen in Australia (PC: Debasis Sen) The weather in Australia can be unpredictable and this can be particularly challenging. Take for instance, Perth, the venue for the first Test of the series. The West Australian city experiences some of the hottest temperatures in the country, with the sun so intense that it can cause devices to overheat and shut down. Heat exhaustion is a real concern for photographers working on the ground, especially during long, hot days at the old WACA or Optus Stadium. The oppressive conditions not only make it difficult for journalists, but also for players and spectators. Even in other cities like Adelaide and Melbourne, where the weather is generally more temperate, sudden temperature drops can be a serious challenge. It is not unusual for someone to leave their hotel room in Melbourne wearing shorts and a T-shirt, only to find that the temperature has plummeted by 20°C in a matter of hours. Another challenge of covering cricket Down Under are the vast distances that needs to be covered from one city to another given the nature of its landscape. A flight from Sydney to Perth, for instance, is a nearly 4,000-kilometre journey—about the same as flying halfway from India to London. Domestic travel across the country is also lengthy, and this can be exhausting for journalists covering multiple matches over the course of a long season. Debasis Sen in Australia (PC: Debasis Sen) Even between other major cities, flights are often over two hours long. The sheer travel fatigue can be overwhelming, and the need to adapt to different time zones and climates makes the job even harder. In the past, food had been a significant challenge for anyone from the subcontinent covering cricket in Australia. The touring Indian media in the past often had to contend with limited culinary options, especially in smaller cities. However, this has changed significantly in recent years, particularly with the rise of Indian restaurants and food culture. Today, in nearly every major city in Australia, you will find a wealth of high-quality Indian restaurants. Covering cricket in Australia is an exciting and dynamic experience, but it comes with its own set of unique challenges. From the harsh weather conditions to the vast distances, the physical and logistical demands on travelling media are immense. However, the country’s passionate cricket culture makes it a rewarding place to cover the sport. The challenges are outweighed by the thrills of experiencing world-class cricket in one of the most diverse and stunning countries on the planet. Also Read: From signed shirt to dropping in at Kirribilli House, Aus memories to savour The post India tour to Australia: Challenges of covering cricket Down Under for the travelling media appeared first on Sports News Portal | Latest Sports Articles | Revsports.