‘It was tough’:How Zampa’s red-ball struggles made him a white-ball star

‘It was tough’:How Zampa’s red-ball struggles made him a white-ball star

Adam Zampa’s failure to make an impact in first-class cricket helped him become Australia’s pivotal short-form bowler going into Sunday’s World Cup final.

  • byMalcolm Conn

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Fever pitch:Australia to wait on wicket before selecting Cup final team

Fever pitch:Australia to wait on wicket before selecting Cup final team

Australia are still attempting to unravel the mysteries of the Ahmedabad pitch for Sunday’s World Cup final before making a call between Marnus Labuschagne and Marcus Stoinis.

  • byMalcolm Conn
Credit where it’s dew:Variety of pitches has brought World Cup alive

Credit where it’s dew:Variety of pitches has brought World Cup alive

You could roll out the Kalahari and India would make a winning score,but Australia have the steel for an upset.

  • byGeoff Lawson
Legacies of two Australian sides on the line against superstar-studded India

Legacies of two Australian sides on the line against superstar-studded India

For Pat Cummins’ men,this is the fourth and final major campaign of a reputation-defining year in which a group with potentially eight future Hall of Famers state their case to being not just a very good Australian team but a great one.

  • byAndrew Wu
World of Photos - November 18,2023
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World of Photos - November 18,2023

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Who’s better,India or Australia? Decide in our head-to-head poll

Who’s better,India or Australia? Decide in our head-to-head poll

The cricketing world has been delivered the ODI World Cup final it craved,host nation India against a surging Australia,with each side loaded with superstar talent in blue-chip form.

  • byJon Pierik
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This World Cup has tightened India’s reign over cricket

This World Cup has tightened India’s reign over cricket

Sports do ultimately belong to the people,and India has the people. Australia can spoil the host’s party in the final,but make no mistake this is India’s World Cup and India’s world,and we are just living in it.

  • byMalcolm Knox
‘Always expect the unexpected in India’:Australia’s World Cup final motto

‘Always expect the unexpected in India’:Australia’s World Cup final motto

Australia’s quicks are unfazed about what mysteries the Ahmedabad pitch may hold as they prepare to meet India in Sunday’s World Cup final.

  • byMalcolm Conn
Party like it’s 1999:Inside the opening spell that flattened South Africa

Party like it’s 1999:Inside the opening spell that flattened South Africa

All chokes aside,12 overs of new ball mastery made the difference in this World Cup semi-final. We break down the key moments.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Australia to meet India in final after tense victory over South Africa
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Australia to meet India in final after tense victory over South Africa

Captain Pat Cummins’ side will meet the raging hot favourites at Ahmedabad on Sunday after a dramatic three-wicket victory on a difficult pitch.

  • byMalcolm Conn
As it happened:Australia survive thrilling chase to revive South African nightmares of 1999

As it happened:Australia survive thrilling chase to revive South African nightmares of 1999

The scores were eerily similar to the most famous Australian-South African clash of them all,and this contest proved a genuine thriller as Australia’s batters just hung on for a World Cup final berth.

  • byDan Walsh