Match Analysis

So far this series has taught Australia several lessons - some useful, some less relevant - which they will do well to remember when the challenges of the India tour and the Ashes roll around

Third-heaviest defeat born out of a performance that resembled a collapsing circus tent

Mitchell Johnson is enjoying his time as Australia's stand-in Test bowler, sans the pressures of being their pace spearhead

Michael Clarke and Shane Watson have had vastly different years but Australia's captain and vice-captain must both stand up in 2013

The Twenty20 series was all about discovery for two sides in transition and there was plenty to learn. Here are some of the most telling lessons

The MCG pitch was quick and Australia's attack assured, but neither were the menace Sri Lanka's batsmen made them out to be

Keeping it full with the new ball and banging it in with the old one produced the results for Johnson on Boxing Day

Can sports science be relied upon to foresee an injury? Who knows. But at the rate Australia's fast bowlers have fallen in recent times, something had to be tried

While some of the fighting individual performances in Hobart were consolations for Sri Lanka, many in the team did not reach their full potential; they must strive for more in the two remaining Tests

Australia were stretched to the maximum, but in finding a way to win in Hobart they took a significant step in developing the belief that will be required for the tours of India and England

Few gave England hope after defeat in Ahmedabad, but a few weeks later they left with a famous series victory. There were a few key reasons why they came out on top

Jonathan Trott's return to form echoed a triumph for his team that came in spite of conditions, precedent and circumstances

If Sri Lanka can fashion a draw in Hobart, they will head into the rest of the Test series in high spirits and with most parts of their machine humming nicely

Australia's performance against Sri Lanka in Hobart so far suggests they are far from being close to the best cricket outfit in the world

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the fourth day in Hobart

An absence of technology available to everybody but the umpires is undermining the credibility of the sport

Excessive caution has hurt India several times in recent memory but in the morning session it reached new heights of absurdity

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the fourth day in Nagpur

Tillakaratne Dilshan's adventurous fightback has given Sri Lanka hope of walking out of the Hobart Test with their heads held high

For the second time in three Tests, Australia have found themselves a bowler short less than halfway through a match, a ruinous state of affairs that will cause plenty of knock-on consequences