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'One of my best hundreds' - Hayden

Matthew Hayden conquered the MCG with his sixth Test hundred in the stadium before calling it the toughest surface he had batted on for two years

26-Dec-2007•Peter English in Melbourne

Kumble rates MCG effort as his best spell

Anil Kumble has termed his five-wicket haul on the first day in Melbourne as the best spell he's bowled overseas

26-Dec-2007•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Melbourne

Kumble's arrival and Warne's revival

Peter English and Siddhartha Vaidyanathan present the remarkable events of the first day of the first Test between Australia and India at the MCG

26-Dec-2007•Cricinfo staff

A century for Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly became the 8th, and oldest, Indian to play a 100 Tests

25-Dec-2007•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Melbourne

Australia crumble to Kumble

India were the last team to seriously threaten Australia in Tests at home and it took only one day in Melbourne for Anil Kumble to reignite the spark. Kumble was the architect and builder of the Indian challenge, grabbing 5 for 84

25-Dec-2007•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Australia all set for MCG dominance

Boxing Day will see 70,000 people gathered to witness the first Test between Australia and India at the MCG where the home side has not lost a Test for nine years

25-Dec-2007•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Melbourne

Ponting calls for tempered approach

Ricky Ponting and Anil Kumble look ahead to the first Test at the MCG, though in contrasting styles

25-Dec-2007•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Melbourne

Clarke holds firm amid prevailing uncertainty

Michael Clarke holds firm amid the uncertainties leading up to the first Test at Melbourne

24-Dec-2007•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Melbourne

We'll do well against Lee - Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly is confident of India's chances against Australia because they have a better bowling attack than they had in the previous tour

24-Dec-2007•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Melbourne

MCG pitch leaves Clark feeling flat

Stuart Clark would prefer the first Test of the India series to be played in Brisbane or Perth

24-Dec-2007•Cricinfo staff

Australian intensity will lift our game, says Laxman

Returning to face one of his favourite opposition teams, VVS Laxman was hopeful that the intensity of the Australians will rub off on the Indians and make the series competitive

23-Dec-2007•Cricinfo staff

Team tired of criticism - Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist says the Australian team is tired of the criticism from former players

23-Dec-2007•Cricinfo staff

Racist fans at MCG face life bans

Fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground could be banned for life if found guilty of racially taunting players and fellow fans

23-Dec-2007•Cricinfo staff

Green top unlikely at MCG, says curator

Australia may have to reconsider unleashing a four-pronged pace attack against India for the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne

23-Dec-2007•Cricinfo staff

'We are watching videos of Australian players' - Kumble

Anil Kumble said India were working out strategies by looking at videos of Australian players

22-Dec-2007•Cricinfo staff

India 'properly prepared' - Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar says it would be the highlight of his career if India can complete the mammoth task of beating Australia in the four-Test series that starts on Boxing Day

22-Dec-2007•Cricinfo staff

Quiet month leaves Symonds hungry

A washout at the Junction Oval was hardly ideal preparation for India ahead of the Boxing Day Test but Australia have not exactly had a textbook lead-up either

22-Dec-2007•Brydon Coverdale

Coach looks to Johnson

Australia's coach Tim Nielsen believes Mitchell Johnson might be the man who can unnerve India's strong batting line-up if he is picked for the Boxing Day Test

22-Dec-2007•Brydon Coverdale

Healy's record in sight for Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist has hinted that his retirement might be further away than he originally planned and says there is "a good chance" this year's Boxing Day Test will not be his last

22-Dec-2007•Cricinfo staff

Our attack has improved - Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist believes Australia's attack is much better prepared to challenge India's strong batting line-up than when the teams last met in Australia in 2003-04

22-Dec-2007•Cricinfo staff

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