Mark Taylor

SCG goes pink in its 100th Test match

By CricketCountry Staff

The Sydney Cricket Ground turned into a sea of pink during the Australia-India second Test match to raise money for The McGrath Foundation, who help Australian families battle breast cancer.

Australia vs India 2nd Test Day three, Tea highlights

  India lost Virender Sehwag early and were 53 for one in the second innings at tea at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).   Gautam Gambhir was unbeaten on 39 with Rahul Dravid on seven as India are struggling to save the Test match after Australia took a massive 468 runs first innings lead. India...

Huge opportunity for Michael Clarke to break Brian Lara’s record of 400 not out, but…

Michael Clarke, unbeaten on 251 at the end of Day Two

Tendulkar’s on-drive was applauded in commentary box: Mark Taylor

By CricketCountry Staff

Former Australian captain Mark Taylor said the Australian commentary box covering the recently-concluded Boxing Day Test between India and Australia was spell-bound by some of the strokes played by Sachin Tendulkar.

Australia can bank on debutant Ed Cowan: Mark Taylor

By CricketCountry Staff

With most of the Australian batsmen struggling for form, former Test skipper Mark Taylor said Michael Clarke-led team can bank on debutant Ed Cowan in the ongoing four-match Test series against India.

VVS Laxman wants to continue being nightmare for Australia

By Ashish Shukla

A prolific scorer against Australia, Indian middle-order batsman VVS Laxman hoped that the hosts would continue to have recurring nightmares of his presence at the crease during the forthcoming Test series starting on December 26.

Ricky Ponting or Michael Hussey should be dropped for Boxing Day Test: Mark Taylor

Former captain Mark Taylor feels that either one of Ricky Ponting or Mike Hussey should be dropped for the first Test against India here to make room for both the all-rounder Dan Christian and recovering batsman Shaun Marsh in the top six.

Mark Taylor feels Indian batsmen haven’t been tested enough

Former Australian captain Mark Taylor feels India's in-form batsmen have not been tested enough in the past few months and they might find the going tough on bouncy pitches here when the Aussies unleash their young pacers during the upcoming Test series.

Batting camp won’t be of much help to Australian batsmen: Mark Taylor

Former Test skipper Mark Taylor feels the specially designed batting camp at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) will be of little help for the struggling Australian top-order batsmen to counter the swing bowlers of India.

‘Elephant’ Ponting must quit cricket: Chris Cairns

Former New Zealand captain Chris Cairns called Australian great Ricky Ponting the "elephant in the room" and said Cricket Australia (CA) needs to end his 16-year Test career.