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Hilfenhaus learns some new tricks

From a bowler who swung the ball but did little else, Ben Hilfenhaus has transformed into one with subtle variations that will test the best batsmen

28-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Laxman's MCG jinx continues

India's fourth-innings mettle will be tested again in Melbourne, while Michael Hussey showed he isn't finished just yet

28-Dec-2011•S Rajesh

The segway strikes again

ESPNcricinfo presents Plays of the Day from the third day of the first Test between Australia and India in Melbourne

28-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Tendulkar's promise of a glorious summer

Sachin Tendulkar batted with fluency and control to help India break the trend of batting failures that had blighted their start to overseas tours in recent times

27-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Australian seamers show mettle against the best

India were undoubtedly on top, but James Pattinson and his fast-bowling colleagues showed a willingness to toil hard against the best batsmen in the business

27-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Where's the cauldron?

The MCG on Boxing Day is supposed to be a heaving, roaring giant bowl of Test cricket-loving humanity, no?

27-Dec-2011•Chandrachud Basavaraj

The helmet that took out Joe the Cameraman

ESPNcricinfo presents Plays of the Day from the second day of the first Test between Australia and India in Melbourne

27-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Not a bad first day for poor starters

It was a day when both teams' weaker suits - Australia's batting and India's bowling - came face to face, and India didn't come out looking out of place

26-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Ponting's century drought continues

The stage was set for Ricky Ponting to make his first hundred in almost two years, and while he looked fluent at the crease, in the end the wait continued

26-Dec-2011•Sambit Bal at the MCG

Patient Cowan earns the MCG's respect

It is to Cowan's credit that in his first Test innings, he played his way and was not caught up in the occasion, nor the quick tempo set by his partners David Warner and Ricky Ponting

26-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

The lethal drizzle and Cowan's distinction

ESPNcricinfo presents Plays of the Day from the first day of the first Test between Australia and India in Melbourne

26-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Memo to India's bowlers

Sure, the wickets in Australia are faster and bouncier than back home; all the more reason to pitch it up

26-Dec-2011•Aakash Chopra

Can India overcome the first-Test ghost?

On three of their last four tours, they have lost the first Tests, all rain-affected games. The weather in Melbourne doesn't promise anything different

25-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Australia: the opening batsman's guide

There's a fair bit of bounce on wickets down under, but that's not as bad as it may seem if you're walking out to bat first up

25-Dec-2011•Aakash Chopra

Jury awaits on revamped Australia

They were stuck in a rut for several summers before the last one, but it is impossible to comprehend how much Australian cricket has been transformed in the past year

25-Dec-2011•Brydon Coverdale

Being Eddie

Ed Cowan left the egos and personalities of NSW behind to forge a career with Tasmania, where his calm, happy demeanour helped his team-mates. It should help the national side as well

25-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig

Laxman's poorest venue in Australia

VVS Laxman averages only 18.50 in six Test innings in Melbourne; at the other grounds in Australia, he averages 69.28

24-Dec-2011•S Rajesh

Shivlal Yadav returns to familiar battleground

Australia evokes memories both painful and sweet for India's manager on this tour

24-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

Dhoni plays it cool

Press conferences with MS Dhoni are inevitably a cat-and-mouse game, as the India captain rarely gives anything away

24-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga

'I respect my wicket a hundred times more now'

No more just the T20 biffer, David Warner has made it to the big leagues, and he has made sure the mental and technical aspects of his game have kept pace

24-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig

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