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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

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

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

'This is not the time to give up cricket'

From the highs of leading a team to the Ranji title and another to promotion, Amol Muzumdar finds himself no longer being the leading scorer in Ranji and having to prove himself before he can play first-class cricket again. Not that he's complaining

24-Dec-2011•Tariq Engineer

One last shot at the hardest tour of all

Australia could be the last tour for Dravid, Tendulkar and Laxman, because this is India's last away Test series for two years. Defeat will leave them bitterly disappointed

23-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga in Melbourne

'Scoring hundreds is the best feeling'

The Mumbai captain and Ranji record-holder looks back at his domestic career, playing maidan cricket, learning to score fast, the team's winning philosophy, and more

22-Dec-2011•Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi

Gambhir's got it all to do

He hasn't scored an international hundred for a year, a Test century for close to two. Of the five men who are certainties in India's batting order, it is to Gambhir that the Australia tour matters most

21-Dec-2011•Sidharth Monga

Punjab, Baroda lead race for quarter-final spots

What the Elite teams need to do to make the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy

20-Dec-2011•Nitin Sundar

'Australia's aggression gets the best out of me'

Before he left for the series, VVS Laxman spoke about one of his favourite challenges - playing down under

20-Dec-2011•Interview by Sidharth Monga

'I love being in the present'

The Indian captain talks about the emotional and pressure-laden World Cup win, switching off from the game, his future one-day plans, and more

17-Dec-2011•Interview by Rajdeep Sardesai

Memorable at the Memorial

Rahul Dravid's meticulous, wide-ranging and fascinating speech proved very much the equal of a place that can rightfully be described as hallowed ground

14-Dec-2011•Daniel Brettig

Deadly duos

Cricket is a game of partnerships. Here are five that can go down in history

14-Dec-2011•George Dobell

'Forget the hundreds, just score runs'

Gautam Gambhir talks about coming to terms with the dip in his form, and looking forward to Australia

13-Dec-2011•Interview by Nagraj Gollapudi

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