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India v Australia, 3rd Test, Mohali, 5th day

Australia left to find dignified departure

Mar 18, 2013: The Border-Gavaskar trophy may be lost but Australia have one more game to regain some pride. But that will be easier said than done

India v Australia, 3rd Test, Mohali, 2nd day

Cowan progresses, Hughes regresses

Mar 15, 2013: While Ed Cowan has found the answer to what works for him in spinning Indian conditions in this Test series, Phillip Hughes seems to have less and less of an idea of the same with every passing innings

Time Out

'Australia's batting is in strife'

Mar 12, 2013: Harsha Bhogle, Ian Chappell, and Tom Moody discuss the mid-to-long-term concerns for Australia, some of which have appeared glaringly in the defeats against India

Australia in India 2012-13

Langer implores selectors to be patient with Hughes

Mar 11, 2013: Justin Langer, the former Australia assistant coach, has urged the national selectors to retain Phillip Hughes for the third Test against India in Mohali

'We're learning on our feet but not adapting quick enough'

Mar 11, 2013: Australia batting coach Michael di Venuto talks about the adjustments the side needs to make

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad, 3rd day

Time for Australia's batsmen to stand up

Mar 4, 2013: David Warner and Phillip Hughes have missed their chance but Ed Cowan and Shane Watson must not waste an opportunity to turn a woeful tour from the top order around

India v Australia, 2nd Test, Hyderabad, 1st day

Two problems, one solution?

Mar 2, 2013: Unless Phillip Hughes turns his tour around in the second innings, the time may have come for a reworking of Australia's batting order

SA v Victoria, Sheffield Shield, Adelaide

Victoria on top despite Hughes ton

Jan 25, 2013: Phillip Hughes kept up the fine form he displayed in the ODI series against Sri Lanka, scoring a century on the second day of South Australia's Sheffield Shield match against Victoria

Australia v Sri Lanka, 5th ODI, Hobart

Hughes hundred ensures Australia draw series

Jan 23, 2013: On debut, Phillip Hughes scored a century to give Australia a 1-0 lead in this series. In the final game, he made another hundred to save Australia from series defeat and salvage a 2-2 result

Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Melbourne

Hughes grabs his chance

Jan 11, 2013: After 802 matches and 199 players - not to mention his 20 Tests - Phillip Hughes became the first Australian to make an ODI ton on debut

Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Melbourne

Hughes sets up huge Australia win

Jan 11, 2013: B-team, hey? An Australian outfit led by George Bailey and featuring three debutants did what sides captained by Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Shane Watson have not managed to do in the past three ODIs against Sri Lanka at the MCG: win

Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI, Melbourne

Hughes hopes to stamp one-day authority

Jan 8, 2013: There's nothing like being picked while in form, and Phillip Hughes is in the one-day form of his life

Australia v Sri Lanka, CB Series

Hughes, Khawaja tip out Hussey

Jan 6, 2013: Michael Hussey will not get his desired ODI farewell at least partly to keep Usman Khawaja and Phillip Hughes away from the Twenty20 Big Bash League ahead of the India tour, the national selector John Inverarity has admitted

Australia v Sri Lanka, 3rd Test, Sydney, 2nd day

Sri Lanka fight but Australia build lead

Jan 4, 2013: Ostensibly, Australia finished the second day at the SCG in front. In reality, this was a much more even day's play than most throughout the series, and one that will give Sri Lanka some hope of upsetting Michael Clarke's men - a slim hope, perhaps, but a

Sri Lanka in Australia 2012-13

Australia's bowlers show batsmen how to step up

Jan 1, 2013: Should Australia's batsmen require some advice about stepping into the shoes of Michael Hussey and Ricky Ponting, they could do far worse than look across to the other side of the dressing room

Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Hobart, 1st day

Hughes and haphazard

Dec 14, 2012: Australia ended the first day in Hobart on 299 for 4, and much of that progress was because of the recalled Phillip Hughes

Australia v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Hobart, 1st day

Batsmen put Australia on top

Dec 14, 2012: Phillip Hughes and David Warner, then Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey steered the Australians through the day safely to reach stumps at 4 for 299

Sri Lanka in Australia 2012-13

Hughes seeks runs to match his desire

Dec 11, 2012: Even as he showed near monastic zeal to remodel the game that slid him into horrendous batting trouble against New Zealand last summer, Phillip Hughes did not expect to be back in the Australian Test team in the space of a year

Scorchers v Strikers, BBL 2012-13, Perth

Striking Hughes burns Scorchers

Dec 9, 2012: Phillips Hughes hit an attacking 74 to set up a successful chase after Adelaide's spinners tied down the Scorchers

Australia news

Hughes 'rebirth' far from proven

Dec 6, 2012: Australia's careful handling of Phillip Hughes conveys how desperately they need him to bloom into a batsman of quality, and longevity