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Rudderless Shami proves too costly

Mohammed Shami bowls a few really good balls, but they are interspersed with far too many loose ones, an inconsistency that is unacceptable in Test cricket

27-Dec-2014•Sidharth Monga at the MCG

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

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

Back home in Adelaide, boiling in Brissie

Our correspondent takes in experiences familiar and new on the first leg of India's tour down under

23-Dec-2014•Sidharth Monga

'Team man' Haddin in need of runs

Brad Haddin remains an important cog in Australia's Test side with his leadership qualities and his still excellent wicketkeeping, but the runs have dried up since the Ashes, leaving him under pressure to keep his place for one last tour of England

21-Dec-2014•Brydon Coverdale

Kicking, screaming, scrapping India

India are losing, but they are making Australia win. They are losing, but they are aggressive. They are attacking, until there is nothing left to attack. One shot, one bouncer and one sentence at a time

20-Dec-2014•Jarrod Kimber at the Gabba

Batting confidence breeds Johnson's bowling belief

Whenever Mitchell Johnson the batsman has clicked in Test cricket, Mitchell Johnson the bowler has not disappointed either. It was no different at the Gabba

20-Dec-2014•Brydon Coverdale at the Gabba

The highest Test run-rate in Australia

Stats highlights from the fourth day of the second Test between India and Australia in Brisbane

20-Dec-2014•Bishen Jeswant

The evolution of Steven Smith

From someone whom the Australian management and fans didn't really know what to do with, to the captain of his country, Steven Smith has come a long way

19-Dec-2014•Jarrod Kimber at the Gabba

India the worst against the tail

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

19-Dec-2014•Bishen Jeswant

Smith and Johnson pick perfect time to reap

Australia were in trouble when Mitchell Johnson joined Steven Smith and began a partnership that could have snatched the Test from India's grip

19-Dec-2014•Brydon Coverdale at the Gabba

India's attack: rare intensity before regular inanity

For the first hour on day three, despite the heat and the largely unhelpful pitch, India's fast bowlers showed a level of intensity and penetration rarely seen from them; in the second hour, things mostly reverted to type

19-Dec-2014•Sidharth Monga at the Gabba

What ails Rohit and Watson?

Both batsmen seemingly have buckets of talent at their disposal and the backing of their captains, but soft dismissals relentlessly follow both around the Test arena

18-Dec-2014•Sidharth Monga at the Gabba

Five-for on debut for Hazlewood

Stats highlights from the second day of the second Test between India and Australia, in Brisbane

18-Dec-2014•Bishen Jeswant

Monster Johnson goes missing

Perhaps it is the death of Phillip Hughes, perhaps it is the heat, perhaps it is the absence of Ryan Harris, but Mitchell Johnson is not as scary as he used to be

18-Dec-2014•Jarrod Kimber at the Gabba

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