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The Outside Edge Cricket Podcast · Rudra Saraf

Australia's dominance in world cricket

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Against Afghanistan, Maxwell was “batting with one functioning leg” and Australia still escaped.
Rudra opens by welcoming Cain back to the show. Cain says he needed the break because of final year work. The main topic is Australia’s run from the 2018-2019 South Africa scandal to their stretch of ICC trophies. They start by looking back at the 2015 World Cup side. Steve Smith, Michael Clarke, and Mitchell Stark come up as part of that older core. The scandal is treated as the point where the team fell apart. From there, the pair focus on the rebuild rather than the collapse. They frame Australia as a side built on champion mentality. They also contrast that mentality with the louder media environment around Indian cricket. The 2021 T20 World Cup is one of the clearest signs of the turnaround. So is the 2023 WTC. The 2023 ODI World Cup closes the loop on their argument. Cain and Rudra keep testing what makes Australia so hard to shake. The talk stays practical rather than formal. It feels like two cricket fans working through combinations instead of delivering a lecture. Later, the discussion shifts toward India’s World Cup selection talk. They run through possible top-order and middle-order combinations. Rohit, Jaiswal, Kohli, and SKY are part of that back-and-forth. The bowling mix gets its own attention as well. Bumrah, Arshdeep, Siraj, Kuldeep, and Jadeja all enter the frame. The episode ends on a promise to return to more trade and IPL discussion soon.

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A steady, conversational look at Australia's rebuild and the mindset behind it.

This episode tracks Australia's climb from the 2018-2019 South Africa scandal through the trophies that followed, and it does so without losing the thread.

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If you want the Australia rebuild story, start here.

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