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Sun sets on Australian batting - Chappell

Mar 27, 2013: Australia may never again produce batting talent on the level of Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke due to "holes in the production line", the former captain Ian Chappell has said

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Ojha keen for overseas success

Mar 26, 2013: Pragyan Ojha has said he is keen to prove himself in conditions outside India as well

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Optimist Arthur hopeful of Australia's Ashes prospects

Mar 26, 2013: Australia coach Mickey Arthur expressed confidence in Australia's ability to put the India series behind them and prepare well for the Ashes

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Inverarity offers no guarantees for Watson

Mar 26, 2013: Shane Watson's place as Australia's vice-captain and even as a member of the Test team is far from guaranteed, after national selector John Inverarity indicated that the sometime-allrounder's future would be a major topic for discussion between now and th

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Spin, top-order batting make the difference

Mar 25, 2013: In the strongest test of their ability to play spin, Australia's inexperienced top-order batsmen were found wanting in alien conditions

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Watson admits batting form a concern

Mar 25, 2013: Shane Watson has endured a lean series as a batsman in India, and hopes to start bowling again before the Ashes

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Era of aggressive Test fields over - Dhoni

Mar 25, 2013: MS Dhoni has said that while fielding strategies and placements on India's slow, low turners have re-written the conventional textbook around attack and defence, the assessment of pitches and tactics appeared somewhat slanted

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Ishant fined for breaching Code of Conduct

Mar 24, 2013: Ishant Sharma has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct on the third day of the Delhi Test

India v Australia, 4th Test, Delhi, 3rd day

Top-order batting let us down - Watson

Mar 24, 2013: Australia's acting captain Shane Watson has said a 4-0 thrashing is what Australia deserved given their struggles over the past few weeks and India's outstanding performances

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Watson most culpable of substandard batting order

Mar 24, 2013: As a senior player with a good record from his previous Tests in India, much more was needed from Shane Watson in this series

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'We nailed it in Hyderabad' - Ashwin

Mar 24, 2013: A few tweaks to his bowling technique after a poor England series helped R Ashwin recover his form, the offspinner said after India won the fourth Test against Australia in Delhi

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Satisfied Dhoni plays down revenge talk

Mar 24, 2013: MS Dhoni has called the series win over Australia a 'big satisfaction' and that it wasn't about getting revenge for the 0-4 defeat when India toured in 2011-12

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Toss no advantage for Australia

Mar 24, 2013: Stats highlights of the fourth Test and the series, which India wrapped up comfortably 4-0

India v Australia, 4th Test, Delhi, 3rd day

Jadeja, Pujara take India to historic 4-0

Mar 24, 2013: India knocked off the 155-run chase with shockingly consummate ease to win four matches in a series for the first time in their Test history

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Clarke smarting from 'kick up the backside'

Mar 23, 2013: Michael Clarke returned home early from India nursing a tender back and a humbled team

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M Vijay's remarkable turnaround

Mar 23, 2013: M Vijay's gritty 57 is just another sign of his remarkable transformation from a flashy batsman to a controlled, solid run-getter

India v Australia, 4th Test, Delhi, 2nd day

Finally, reward for Lyon

Mar 23, 2013: After a dry period since the Australian summer, Nathan Lyon, with his five wickets on the second day in Delhi, seems to have justified his position as his team's leading spinner

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India scrap to lead despite Lyon five

Mar 23, 2013: Loosened up, aggressive, focused and familiar enough with the conditions, Australia are ready to give India a fright at home, but the fight came too late in the series

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Opening day conforms to the series script

Mar 22, 2013: There's been a similarity to tactics and outcomes right through this series. The first day in Delhi was no different, but will the remainder of this Test also conform?

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Australia miss Clarke's spin skills

Mar 22, 2013: Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin will both fly home from Delhi on Saturday morning while their team-mates attempt to fight their way back into the fourth Test