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Nine deadly pitches

The Wanderers has become the ninth full-member pitch to be rated 'poor' or worse since the ICC introduced its pitch and outfield monitoring process

28-Feb-2017•Sidharth Monga

The Malaysian-born Test record-holder

Also: who is the best demolisher of tails, and who "scored" the longest duck?

27-Feb-2017•Steven Lynch

Sriram's familiarity with India gives Australia edge to adapt

Former India batsman Sridharan Sriram was the first recipient of the Border-Gavaskar scholarship long ago. Now he has played a part in Australia's first step towards retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

27-Feb-2017•Sidharth Monga in Pune

How the Pune pitch backfired for India

Even though the pitches at the MCA Stadium in Pune have usually been flat or have assisted seamers, preparing a rank turner for its Test debut meant there was an accident waiting to happen

26-Feb-2017•Sidharth Monga

How good was Australia's Pune victory?

There was a high degree of difficulty, but series will tell tale of just how great a Test win Pune was

26-Feb-2017•Daniel Brettig

The rabble that won

It was 4502 days since Australia won a Test in India. Few gave them a chance to do it this time. They responded in style

25-Feb-2017•Melinda Farrell in Pune

A mixed-up tale of two captains

Steven Smith's Australia were supposed to be left distraught by a nightmarish Pune pitch. Virat Kohli's India were supposed to continue on their merry way. That's not what happened

25-Feb-2017•Jarrod Kimber in Pune

India's struggles with reviews, defensive shots

Key numbers from the first Test, including Steve O'Keefe's control percentage and Australia's scoring pattern against R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja

25-Feb-2017•Bharath Seervi and Gaurav Sundararaman

A Steven Smith lesson on playing spin

The second-innings century, which steadily shut India out of the Pune Test, underlined the clarity and flexibility of Steven Smith's plans and his assessment of the conditions and the opposition

25-Feb-2017•Sidharth Monga in Pune

India - 212 runs, 20 wickets, 444 balls

Stats highlights from the third day in Pune where Australia wrapped up a comprehensive win against India

25-Feb-2017•Bharath Seervi

'Australia, you beauty'

Twitter reacts to Australia's outstanding win in Pune, Steve O'Keefe match-defining performance and perhaps Steven Smith's best Test century

25-Feb-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

Starc showed why he is the best fast bowler

Aakash Chopra analyses Mitchell Starc's short and devastating spells on the second day

24-Feb-2017•Aakash Chopra

Possible difference between India, Australia: one metre

On a pitch that demanded a change of length instead of line, India's spinners seemed to have missed a trick by not bowling a fuller length

24-Feb-2017•Sidharth Monga in Pune

India's worst ever seven-wicket collapse

As Steve O'Keefe raced his way to a six-wicket haul in Pune, India registered a record collapse

24-Feb-2017•Bharath Seervi

An injury-plagued career won't stop Vijay Shankar

Vijay Shankar has had to deal with several injuries, a surgery and months of recovery, but is fresh and ready to tackle the rest of the season

24-Feb-2017•Arun Venugopal

Renshaw shows maturity, trust in his game

Aakash Chopra dissects Matt Renshaw's well-crafted half-century on the opening day of the Pune Test

23-Feb-2017•Aakash Chopra

Australia trapped by their fear and loathing

Australia knew that the pitch for the first Test would spin, and it spun. Instead of bracing for the challenge, however, they ended up losing most of their wickets in a manner that had little to do with the track

23-Feb-2017•Jarrod Kimber in Pune

Umesh far from becoming another Salgaoncar

On a Pune track where spinners were supposed to thrive but did not, Umesh Yadav bowled with purpose and skill to deny Australia from having what would have otherwise been a dream day

23-Feb-2017•Sidharth Monga in Pune

Australian spin faces up to economic crisis

For Australia to find any success in India, their spinners will have to keep their economy rates in check, a fact backed up by the past 20 years of Australian visits to India for Tests

22-Feb-2017•Daniel Brettig

Smith v Jadeja: an intriguing battle looms

Both Steven Smith and Ravindra Jadeja had tried the wrong discipline in international cricket, and had been ridiculed for it. They are at the peak of their careers now. Who will come up on top this series?

22-Feb-2017•Sidharth Monga in Pune

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