ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the second day of the fourth Test between Australia and India in Adelaide

With two centuries in this series, Ricky Ponting assured all that he was not retiring yet, and not off Adelaide Oval until he and the captain Michael Clarke have turned their stand of 251 into something truly gargantuan

A back injury, technical problems and a tendency to have big batting peaks and troughs have all contributed to his Test troubles

Suspicions and doubts about the priorities of Cricket Australia's management have filtered steadily out of the Australian dressing room

As India seek a reversal of fortune in the final Test of the summer at Adelaide Oval, Michael Clarke's Australians have prepared for a reversal of method in their pursuit of a 4-0 series sweep

The recommendations of the Argus review are beginning to be put in place. Pat Howard, Cricket Australia's general manager, talks about achieving these goals

Batting first is the way to go at the Adelaide Oval but the opening exchanges at the venue can be more influential on the outcome of a Test than almost anywhere else in the world

Michael Hussey has no intention of calling time on his international career at the end of a triumphant series against India, and believes the next generation of batsmen are still to earn the chance to snatch the No. 6 berth from him at a time when Austral

Consciously or not, Nathan Lyon's bowling is being remodelled in precisely the way Australia's most successful offspinner, Ashley Mallett, had most ardently suggested

Nathan Lyon is tuning up for his return bout against India's spin conversant batsmen at Adelaide Oval with Ricky Ponting as his chief source of advice in the nets

It is astonishing to think of the crowd support and television figures the green competition, in its current form, has generated

Ed Cowan wants to force Shane Watson down the Australian batting order on his return to the Test team by making himself indispensable at the top

Peter Siddle has no intention of voluntarily giving up his place in Australia's team for the fourth Test against India

Australia's wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has admitted he is feeling drained by a summer in which his name has seldom been far away from debate about the composition of the national team

Injuries have kept Ryan Harris out of six of Australia's last ten Tests, but he still wants to play a pivotal role in leading the team back to No. 1. In the meantime, he is happy to support his fellow bowlers, as he did in Perth

Upcoming fast bowlers Ben Cutting and Nathan Coulter-Nile have been named in the Prime Minister's XI to face Sri Lanka in Canberra on February 3

David Warner is not thinking about the possibility of being Australia's Twenty20 captain, and is focussing on sweeping India 4-0 in Adelaide

Boots worn by the young fast bowlers Pat Cummins, James Pattinson and Josh Hazlewood are being investigated as a potential source of the foot injuries that cruelled their summer

Nathan Lyon's recall in place of a fast bowler will be the only change to Australia's XI for the fourth Test against India at Adelaide Oval, the national selector John Inverarity has confirmed

Ryan Harris split a stubborn stand between Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid before Peter Siddle nicked out MS Dhoni, as Australia closed on a series victory over India at lunch