Gaurav Joshi

Gaurav Joshi Gaurav Joshi is an Indian-born Australian who played with Michael Clarke in his junior days. He coaches and reports for a Sydney radio station. Over the years he has freelanced for Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and is a regular on ABC cricket show Cow Corner. He is the author of the book "Teen Thunder Down Under" - The inside story of India's 2012 U19 World Cup Triumph.

News By Gaurav Joshi

Brendon McCullum’s subtle message that changed the course of the 2nd Test between New Zealand and Australia

Brendon McCullum simply nodded at Corey Anderson, and the rest was history.

21 February 2016 •8:00 AM

Ajinkya Rahane’s progress: Technical adjustments from Mohali to Delhi

Ajinkya Rahane was averaging less than 10 before the Delhi Test, and produced a massive turnaround in the final game.

15 December 2015 •5:00 PM

Mitchell Johnson retires: A quiet end to a fine career

Johnson’s hostility in the Ashes 2013-14 had curators all around the world scrambling for some soft soil to reduce his impact.

17 November 2015 •4:32 PM

Australia expose New Zealand’s lack of Planning in 1st Test at The Gabba

In just two days of Test cricket, New Zealand were put under the pump by Australia at The Gabba.

07 November 2015 •10:58 AM

Michael Clarke and Chris Rogers: Contrasting men set to receive contrasting farewells at The Oval

The fact that the fifth Ashes Test will be Michael Clarke last of his international career will be reverberated in all forms of the media in the lead-up to the Test. It is also likely to be Chris Rogers’s final Test

18 August 2015 •11:54 AM

Steve Smith’s technical nightmare is real, but he will bounce back like Virat Kohli

By no means is Steve Smith in a lean patch, he did score a double hundred two Test matches ago, but his mode of dismissals in the last four innings are just starting to play on his mind — so it seems.

08 August 2015 •11:03 AM

Ashes 2015: Players in almost their best behaviour — so far

It is not what we expected when the Ashes 2015 started in Cardiff nearly a month ago. Both teams have hardly whispered a word to each other.

05 August 2015 •1:59 PM

A technical dissection of the Australian batting travails

Australia are on verge of trailing once again in the Ashes the series after yet another poor performance with the bat in the second innings at Edgbaston.

31 July 2015 •11:02 AM

Tweaking pitches is hazardous

Before the commencement of the 2015 Ashes series England had made all the headlines with their aggressive, free-flowing and high-spirited brand of cricket.

30 July 2015 •12:06 PM

Captain Cook cannot be blamed for England’s travails; even Warne is in agreement!

It was a perfect opportunity for Warne to unleash a verbal barrage on Cook’s captaincy. Instead he was sympathetic.

17 July 2015 •10:44 AM

Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson are together a double-edged sword

Starc and Johnson are an odd pair; they will constantly attack, but in the process continue to concede runs but a time will come when they will win Australia a Test match in a session.

09 July 2015 •10:52 AM

Ashes 2015: Shane Watson likely to get the nod ahead of Mitchell Marsh for Cardiff Test

Shane Watson is set to add to his 58 Tests for Australia when the first Test gets under way on Wednesday in Cardiff.

06 July 2015 •10:16 AM

Where is the next generation of Indian batsmen?

For a moment roll your eyes over the names of the Indian squad that toured Bangladesh. It was as per predicted and boasted no surprises.

26 June 2015 •3:57 PM

Steve Smith hundred in crisis marks him as Australia’s best bet for the one-drop position

Despite his prodigious form and run amassment in the past year, batting against a new ball at No 3 was one examination Steve Smith was to confront.

12 June 2015 •11:21 AM

Australia win over the conditions than the opposition

Australia secured the Frank Worrell Trophy, for at least another six months and inside three days.

07 June 2015 •3:40 PM

Adam Voges’s hundred on Test debut proves why it’s wrong to ignore a talent purely on his age

Voges applied himself with pure dedication and his mastery of understating what shots to play in these conditions proved pivotal in his neat unbeaten innings of 130.

05 June 2015 •12:30 PM

Australia ‘A’ team tour of India is untimely

To ensure success away from home, Cricket Australia named the Australia A team to tour India in July. The tour will be played in parallel to the Ashes in England

01 April 2015 •11:31 AM

Australia owe hugely to the troika of Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc and James Faulkner for their World Cup triumph

Smith, Faulkner and Starc are the spine of the team. And it is even justifiable to stay they carried Australia across the line in each of the crunch moments of the World Cup.

31 March 2015 •12:46 PM

Bangladesh: c Nerves and b Chaos

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza had stated in the build-up of the match against India that it is the ‘most important match for Bangladesh cricket”

19 March 2015 •5:19 PM

ICC World Cup 2015 is about the overwhelming Asian presence at the grounds

All the enthusiasm seems to be evolving from the Asian population down under.

18 March 2015 •3:40 PM

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