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First draw in 17 years at the MCG

Stats highlights from the fifth day of the third Test between Australia and India in Melbourne

30-Dec-2014•Bishen Jeswant

Did Australia win the wrong way?

With a 2-0 lead, Australia only had to play risk-free cricket on the fifth day at the MCG to win the series. They achieved victory, but did they take caution too far?

30-Dec-2014•Jarrod Kimber at the MCG

No fear, the Australian tail is here

Since the 2009 Ashes, several poor Australian performances have been masked by their bowlers, who have had to do both their job as well as that of their batsmen

29-Dec-2014•Jarrod Kimber

Marsh battles for job security

Some might say Shaun Marsh has got more chances than he deserves at Test level, but at the MCG he played an innings of great value to Australia, and his career

29-Dec-2014•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Home runs for Shaun Marsh

Stats highlights from the fourth day of the third Test between India and Australia in Melbourne

29-Dec-2014•Bishen Jeswant

Not just a spectator sport

Brisbane offers the fan boy a chance to get down and dirty in the field

29-Dec-2014•Michael Jeh

Virat Kohli, soul provider of India's batting

It was in Australia in 2011 that Virat Kohli announced himself as an emerging talent in Test cricket. Now, as the leader of a young batting group, he has owned the stage

28-Dec-2014•Sambit Bal at the MCG

Australia's butter fingers

Australian teams were renowned for their exceptional catching and fielding. This side is letting those standards slide

28-Dec-2014•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

India's biggest stand outside Asia in 10 years

Stats highlights from the third day of the third Test between India and Australia in Melbourne

28-Dec-2014•Bishen Jeswant

Smith acting like a captain

In his first two Tests as Australia captain, Steven Smith has scored runs, with the tail and in the first innings to set up games, and in abundance. He's led his team from the front

27-Dec-2014•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

India leak sixth 500 of 2014

Stats highlights from the first day of the third Test between Australia and India in Melbourne

27-Dec-2014•Shiva Jayaraman and Bishen Jeswant

The first Boxing Day classic

Nearly 150 years ago, the MCG saw the start of a much-loved tradition, with a match starring Aboriginal players

27-Dec-2014•Ashley Mallett

A day that lived up to Boxing Day expectations

Tests don't come grander than the Boxing Day and the first day's play at the MCG lived up to expectations, with its subplots and slow twists

26-Dec-2014•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Australia's 50-50 lifelines

Three Australia players made half-centuries on day one at the MCG; for each of them, the innings' meant different things

26-Dec-2014•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

The Boxing Day phenomenon

The stands will be teeming with life at the MCG and they will need to be entertained, no matter how much pressure the player might feel out in the middle

25-Dec-2014•Sidharth Monga in Melbourne

Five Tests, five defeats

Stats preview to the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, which hasn't seen a drawn Test since 1997, and where India have lost each of their last five matches

25-Dec-2014•S Rajesh

Stop the abuse, this is not war

That it happened in the past too, that the pressures are higher today, should not be the reason to continue with abuse

24-Dec-2014•Sidharth Monga

Watson's merry-go-round decade

In January 2005, Shane Watson made his Test debut. What does he have to show for a decade in the game?

24-Dec-2014•Brydon Coverdale

Chasing the sun

Brisbane is a city that makes room for all comers, offers plenty of bright light, and a variety of paths to jog down

24-Dec-2014•Firdose Moonda

A month of reflection and flashbacks

Cricket has picked itself up and carried on in the weeks since Phillip Hughes' death, but its emotional impact has never been far from the surface

23-Dec-2014•Brydon Coverdale

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