After Shastri req, Australia tour match against india

After Shastri req, Australia tour match against india Cricket Australia has made it clear that they are open to more tour matches against India, as requested by Indian head coach Ravi Shastri .According to media reports, Shastri had demanded more warm-up games against Australia ahead of the four-match Test series…

David Warner hits record century  in Sydney Test versus Pakistan

David Warner became the first cricketer to smash a century before lunch on the first day in a flying start to the third Test against Pakistan on Tuesday. The opener made a 100 off just 78 balls in 118 minutes against Pakistan in the third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground. At lunch in Sydney, Australia were 126 without…

New Year celebrations: Cities around the world welcome 2017

Australia rang in the New Year with a spectacular fireworks display in Sydney, sending rainbow-coloured showers into the night sky and defying the global terror attacks that cast a pall over 2016. Around 1.5 million people packed Australia’s biggest city to watch as the seven tons of midnight fireworks erupted…

Australia beats Pakistan in second Test by an innings and 18 runs

A rampant Australia beat Pakistan by an innings and 18 runs in the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to clinch the three-Test series 2-0 on Friday. Australia declared its first innings on 624-8, in response to Pakistan’s 443-8 declared, a lead of 181 runs. Mitchell Starc capped off a big-hitting 84 off 91…

Australia arrests 7 people suspects who ‘planned series of Christmas Day bomb attacks’

Police in Melbourne have arrested seven suspects who allegedly planned a series of bomb attacks in the heart of Australia’s second largest city on Christmas Day. Six men and a woman, all in their twenties, were arrested in dawn raids across Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, Victoria state police said…

6.5-magnitude earthquake rattles northern Australia

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake has rattled the Northern Territory and parts of Indonesia, with residents in Darwin this morning, reporting widespread shaking but no reports of damage.  The quake struck at a depth of 180km in the Banda Sea off the coast of eastern Indonesia about 11.17am, Geoscience Australia Earthquakes…

Australia, France Sign Deal to Build World’s Largest Diesel-Electric Submarines

Australia and France formally sealed an agreement Tuesday to build the world’s largest diesel-electric submarines in the Australian industrial town of Adelaide. French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived in Australia on Sunday. Together with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, he announced that…

Uncapped Hilton Cartwright , Pat Cummins in Australia’s ODI squad for New Zealand series

Australia on Wednesday (November 23) named Hilton Cartwright for the first time in a One-Day International squad for the three-match series against New Zealand in December. Cartwright, the Zimbabwe-born Western Australia allrounder, was the only uncapped member in the 14-man squad for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series.…

Adani to start constructing solar plants in Australia next year

Adani Enterprises announced that it proposes to commence construction of two major solar projects in Australia next year, each with an output of 100-200 MW. Adani says land agreements are in place, and design and tendering work is under way, with construction flagged to start next year. The company is also expected to…