Yet another abject first-innings performance against top-class opposition has left the team management with more headaches

Starting with the steady envelopment of Azhar Ali, it was the sort of spell occasionally delivered by great bowlers at moments of import

The events that led to the former Australia captain declaring overnight when he was batting on 334*

He used hands, body and knee before clasping the ball to his chest to take an extraordinary catch at short leg in the third over of the Test

The former Australia coach said spending 300 days on the road had taken its toll

While hugely encouraged by the efforts of his side to salvage an unlikely draw in Dubai, Australia's captain is mindful of the need to view the result in perspective

Australia's baggy green cap presentation was instituted by Mark Taylor over two decades ago, but none have tugged at the heartstrings quite like than that of Travis Head's

Batting coach Graeme Hick hopes Australia's Dubai rearguard can spark Sheffield Shield batsmen to score more hundreds

Coach Justin Langer says Renshaw's numbers have been brilliant and it was only lack of time in the middle that kept him out of the first Test

Australia coach reckons that the performances of Usman Khawaja and Tim Paine have entered the same career-changing territory he shared with Adam Gilchrist against Pakistan in 1999

The Australia batsman declared his match-saving 141 proof that he was a hard worker as anyone, having fought perceptions of laziness and weakness in Asian conditions

In the year of ball-tampering and bans, a weakened team found a way to survive more overs than any Australian side before them to snatch a dramatic draw

In the space of just 13 months, Khawaja has firmly overcome his problems against spin, an issue that had earlier seen him lose his place in the Test side

The former selector has backed Maxwell as a good player of spin who could take the attack to the bowling side

Australia coach Justin Langer took his team's left-hand batsmen for a debrief and discussion on how to handle a spinning pitch after the touring team were flattened on day three

Australia's issue surrounds the production line of talent, and the way young players are schooled. They once led the world in this respect, and now lag behind many

The JLT Cup has been squeezed into a brief window around September and October for the past five years, coinciding with Australia's drop from first to sixth in ODI rankings

Australia's fingerspinners have learned to adapt to Asian pitches that offer turn or inconsistent bounce. On flat tracks like Dubai's, however, they lack the cutting edge that a specialist wristspinner can bring

After going wicketless in the first two sessions on a flat pitch in inhospitable weather conditions, the bowlers hit back to make inroads into Pakistan's line-up

After nearly giving up playing cricket in 2017, Paine will be at the forefront of Australia's rebuild operation, of performance and public trust, among other things