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AUSTRALIA’S SPORTING MAGAZINE test series PREVIEW Setting the pace MITCHELL STARC AND THE BOWLERS LEAD THE WAY FOR AUSTRALIATOVICTORY Virat Kohli PLAYS AGGRESSIVE SOUND FAMILIAR? Ian Chappell HOW INDIAN CRICKET HAS EVOLVED 12 $9.99 PLUS 164003 The New STUART CLARK | LOOKI DEC 2018 • NZ $10.99 TV Deal ASH GARDNER | GOOD A 771037 9 WHAT TO WATCH FOR FIRST XI | THE GURUS O #324 Foxtel and some services not available to all homes. Foxtel marks used under licence by Foxtel Management Pty Ltd. It’s just not cricket! It’s the Domain Test Series live and ad-break free during play Foxtel Spo EDITOR'S LETTER TM AUSTRALIA’S SPORTING MAGAZINE SINCE 1991 EDITOR Jeff Centenera jcentenera@insidesport .com.au ART DIRECTOR Allan Bender [email protected] ASSISTANT EDITOR James Smith [email protected] EDITORATLARGE CRICKET Robert Drane [email protected] CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Molly Appleton, Angela Bacic, Ian Chappell, Matt Cleary, Andrew Marmont, Kathy Stone GROUP EDITOR Kevin Airs [email protected] Inside Sport on the web www.insidesport.com.au EDITORIAL ENQUIRIES: [email protected], (02) 9901 6100 ITH A change of sporting season, we bring a He, of course, is also our longest-tenured new element to the magazine. For the last contributor to Inside Sport, having covered almost Wsix years, our sister publication Inside every topic you could imagine. 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Instead, we at Kohli’s team arrives in Australia Commercial Director Bruce Duncan Inside Sport will continue in its “He has a believing this might be its best Managing Director Hamish Bayliss place, a metaphorical tossing of full-on chance at a first-time win here, Production & Digital Services Jonathan Bishop the ball to a different member of against a host side nursing Production Manager Peter Ryman the attack. It’s a near-seamless fit schedule. serious questions – that alone Circulation Director Carole Jones – Inside Cricket had a lot of Inside All the Indian should stoke the competitive Sport’s DNA, and this magazine feeling of the series. SUBSCRIPTIONS already had plenty of cricket guys do. Plenty of other cricket subjects coverage around this time of year. to prep you for the summer: Matt www.mymagazines.com.au For existing readers of Cricket, I don’t think Cleary takes a deep-dive look at Toll free 1300 361 146 or +61 2 9901 6111 we’re bringing across many Kohli, a star that fascinates as Locked Bag 3355, St Leonards NSW 1590 familiar sections of that magazine: Australians well as infuriates us. Our the retrospective pieces such retrospective pieces look at the as First XI and Timeless Test, a have any idea great Indian spinners of history, Level6,BuildingA,207PacificHighway, regular stats column (how could it of the lives as well as the emotional 2014 Test St Leonards NSW 2065 be a cricket publication without in Adelaide. 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You are welcome to access the information that we hold about you by getting in touch with our privacy officer, who can be contacted at nextmedia, Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards, NSW 1590 4 INSIDE SPORT | DECEMBER 2018 56 62 66 74 80 DECEMBER 2018 46 SeriesPreview: IndianTakeaway What happens when India’s road woes meet a depleted Australian line-up? That’s the question that will be answered this summer. BY ROBERT DRANE 56 BlokeOnTop IndiansuperstarViratKohlihasaknack for really geting under our skin. That’s because he playsthegamejustlikeanAussie. BY MATT CLEARY 66 TimelessTest: PlayingInTheShadow In the wake of a real cricket tragedy, the 2014 Adelaide Test produced a classic contest. BY ROBERT DRANE 74 Watch This Space In our W-League season preview, the women’s football comp takes a big, next step. BY ANGELA BACIC & MOLLY APPLETON 80 FindingFooty In this excerpt from his new autobiography, a future legend of rugby league writes about how his passion for his sport began. BY JOHNATHAN THURSTON &JAMESPHELPS 8 20 THINGS YOU MISSED 29 PUB DEBATE 42 IN HINDSIGHT 10 FREEZE FRAME 30 FOURTHINGSYOUMUSTNOTMISS 62 FIRST XI 18 INSIDE CRICKET 32 THE CLUBBIES 72 HOT SHOT #2 20 INSIDE FOOTBALL 34 HOT SHOT #1 78 1 ON 1: LISA DE VANNA 22 INSIDE NBL 36 TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 87 INSIDER 24 QUARTER TIME 38 THE NUMBERS 94 HOT SHOT #3 26 YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO ... 40 CAPTAIN’S KNOCK 98 WORD PLAY 6 INSIDE SPORT | DECEMBER 2018 SUMMARY RUGBY WORLD CUP MOST PO NTS SCORED MOST TR ES SCORED MOST PENALTIES SCORED MOST CONVERSIONS TIME Jonny Wilkinson Bryan Habana Jonny W lk nson Dan Carter ALL 227 15 58 58 PLAYERS Gav n Has ings 39 הב Gavin Hastings 227 222Jonah Lomu 15 Gavin Hast ngs 2 TOP 3 M chael Lynagh 195 33Drew Mi chell14 Gonzalo Quesada 35 3 Grant Fox 37 הב Dan el Car er191 4 Doug How e t 13 44Andrew Mehrtens 33 M chael Lynagh 4 5 Grant Fox 170 55Adam Ash ey-Cooper 1 Michael Lynagh 33 5 Jonny W lkinson 28 MOST LINEOUTS STOLEN MOST CLEAN BREAKS MOST METRES MADE MOST TACKLES MADE an Jones David Campese Jonah Lomu Rich e McCaw STATS 24 37 1,219 225 ALL TIME 2 Doddie Weir23 2 Jonah Lomu32 22 Bryan Habana1,048 Scha k Burger 39 PLAYER 3 John Eales22 33 Br an Lima30 David Campese1,040 3 Th erry Dusautoir 37 הב Neil Francis 9 44Ma a Nonu 30 Jason Rob nson 999 4 àǣƬɎȒȸ xƏɎˡƺǼƳ 4 5 Paul Moriarty17 555 John K rwan 28 Gavin Hast ngs 959 Tau upe Fa etau 28 MOST POINTS SCORED MOST TRIES SCORED MOST PENALTIES SCORED MOST CONVERSIONS TIME AMS New Zea and New Zealand France New Zealand 2,302 311 135 226 209 2 England 131 2 Australia 49 New Zealand 109 3 France 122 07 4 Eng and 07 103 WORLD FOR THE CUP GREATEST OF ALL SUMMARY TIME SEASONAL SPORT FANS SPORTS 2019 brings of all a solid year of sport time’ sports in Australiasports are fans.