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Ponting's mastery

Ricky Ponting's magnificent double-century was remarkable not just for the sheer number of runs he scored, but also for his complete mastery over the Indian bowlers

28-Dec-2003•S Rajesh

Ponting - 'Surprised Tendulkar didn't come out to bat'

Ricky Ponting stormed to the top of the 2003 batting charts, in the process becoming only the fifth player to score back-to-back double hundreds in Test matches

28-Dec-2003•Dileep Premachandran at the MCG

Ponting's mastery

Ricky Ponting's magnificent double-century was remarkable not just for the sheer number of runs he scored, but also for his complete mastery over the Indian bowlers

28-Dec-2003•S Rajesh

The perils of spongy bounce

The pitch was expected to assist the bowlers on the first day, and then become a good batting wicket on days two and three, before helping the bowlers for the rest of the game

27-Dec-2003•Rahul Bhatia

Hayden - 'It's a rewarding place to play'

Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting continued their remarkable run of form in 2003, as Australia returned to something like their best form on the second day of the Melbourne Test

27-Dec-2003•Dileep Premachandran at the MCG

Hayden - 'It's a rewarding place to play'

Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting continued their remarkable run of form in 2003, as Australia returned to something like their best form on the second day of the Melbourne Test

27-Dec-2003•Dileep Premachandran at the MCG

The perils of spongy bounce

The pitch was expected to assist the bowlers on the first day, and then become a good batting wicket on days two and three, before helping the bowlers for the rest of the game

27-Dec-2003•Rahul Bhatia

Australia v India, 3rd Test, Melbourne

26-Dec-2003

Sehwag - 'I was too busy enjoying making a hundred'

Virender Sehwag called it his best innings, even better than the blazing 147 against the West Indies at Mumbai last year

26-Dec-2003•Dileep Premachandran at the MCG

Hayden and Ponting put Australia in charge

Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting scored centuries as Australia finished the second day on 317 for 3, just 49 behind India's first-innings total

26-Dec-2003•The Wisden Bulletin by Chandrahas Choudhury

Hayden and Ponting put Australia in charge

Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting scored centuries as Australia finished the second day on 317 for 3, just 49 behind India's first-innings total

26-Dec-2003•The Wisden Bulletin

The length bowlers go to

India batted first on what was supposed to be a bouncy track, with cloud cover

26-Dec-2003•Rahul Bhatia

Sehwag century puts India in command

Virender Sehwag's 195 put India in a strong position, as they finished the first day at Melbourne on 329 for 4

26-Dec-2003•The Wisden Bulletin by Chandrahas Choudhury

Sehwag century puts Australia on the back foot

Virender Sehwag's 195 put India in a strong position, as they finished the first day at Melbourne on 329 for 4

26-Dec-2003•The Wisden Bulletin

The length bowlers go to

India batted first on what was supposed to be a bouncy track, with cloud cover

26-Dec-2003•Rahul Bhatia

Sehwag - 'I was too busy enjoying making a hundred'

Virender Sehwag called it his best innings, even better than the blazing 147 against the West Indies at Mumbai last year

26-Dec-2003•Dileep Premachandran at the MCG

The faster, the better

The pace and bounce at Melbourne is expected to be to the Australians' liking, but India can take encouragement from the fact that this is the only venue in Australia where they have won two Tests

25-Dec-2003•S Rajesh

The faster, the better

The pace and bounce at Melbourne is expected to be to the Australians' liking, but India can take encouragement from the fact that this is the only venue in Australia where they have won two Tests

25-Dec-2003•S Rajesh

Unfamiliar territory for both sides

As Australia and India prepare for battle in the Boxing Day Test, this much is clear: the stakes have never been bigger for both teams

24-Dec-2003•Sambit Bal in Melbourne

Lee replaces Gillespie for third Test

Brett Lee was recalled today in the only change to the Australian squad of 12 for the Boxing Day Test against India at the MCG

22-Dec-2003

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