Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 1977–78 early. Australia had just defeated India 3–2 at home during the 1977–78 season; however, the team was rebuilding in the wake of defections of players to World Series Cricket. Most of these players were available for selection but the furore had led the Australian Cricket Board refusing to consider those players that had signed up to play in WSC for selection to the national side. The original squad selected were as follows: Kim Hughes fell ill during the tour and David Ogilvie was flown out as a replacement. Australia started the tour well with a victory against Leeward Islands, with
Australian cyclists at the Tour de France the Tour in 2011 was an AIS mountain bike scholarship holder in the lead up to the 2000 Sydney Olympics. By 2010, there were 11 Australian cyclists on the Tour. In 2011, Orica-GreenEDGE was launched with financial support from Australian Gerry Ryan and made their debut at the 2013 Tour de France. Cadel Evans became Australia's first and only winner of the Tour in 2011. In November 2014, Cycling Australia announced its "Tour de France Team of the Century" to recognize Australia's first participation in the Tour. The team comprised nine riders: Cadel Evans and Phil Anderson (general classification), Richie