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Why a five-match series is the perfect Test for Australia and India
This Border-Gavaskar Test series is at a fascinating pass – and the great thing is that there are still three more matches.
- by Greg Baum
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Test cricket
‘Aggressive and inappropriate’: Siraj fined 20 per cent of match fee as Head let off after Adelaide send-off
Travis Head escaped a financial sanction as he and India’s Mohammed Siraj were found guilty of breaching the ICC’s Code of Conduct following the ugly incident.
- by Tom Decent
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Australian cricket
‘Serious technical issue’: Three moments that exposed the struggles of ageing stars
At 35, the question is beginning to be asked about how much the fire still burns in Steve Smith to return to his former dominance. He has Kohli and Rohit for company.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Australian cricket
This Australia-India Test series will only get more hot-tempered
Travis Head and Mohammed Siraj embraced and Australia triumphed, but history shows there will be more twists to come.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Test cricket
Player ratings: How the Australian and Indian teams fared in the second Test
Australia’s comprehensive victory at Adelaide was the result of a string of outstanding individual performances. But two veterans failed to fire, and will look for a big improvement in Brisbane.
- by Tom Decent and Daniel Brettig
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Australian cricket
‘That’s a lie’: Send-off drama heats up as Siraj hits back over Head comments
India’s Mohammed Siraj raised the temperature of the Border-Gavaskar bout to boiling point by accusing Travis Head of lying about their exchange on day two in Adelaide, before the Australian cooled the waters after the home side’s 10-wicket victory.
- by Daniel Brettig and Tom Decent
Adelaide Test as it happened: Aussies thump India by 10 wickets to rip back momentum
Pat Cummins and his men played as if they had a point to prove, and they did it in emphatic fashion - levelling the series 1-1 inside three days of cricket at the Adelaide Oval.
- by Scott Spits
Voll gold: Records broken as Ellyse Perry, young gun fire Aussies to huge win over India
Star all-rounder Perry belted six sixes – the most by an Australian in a women’s ODI innings.
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Test cricket
‘We’re back to our best’: Cummins, Labuschagne bullish after Australia square series
Australian captain cleaned up the Indian tail to wrap up a dominant victory, while No.3 took a swipe at recent media criticism in a sign of the siege mentality in the home dressing room.
- by Tom Decent
‘I’m going to stand up for myself’: Head says Siraj send-off was out of order
India are on the ropes in Adelaide after a fiery confrontation between Mohammed Siraj and century-maker Travis Head.
- by Tom Decent
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Australian cricket
Head-strong: Hometown hero’s appetite for destruction floors India
For more than 50,000 spectators at Adelaide Oval on a balmy Saturday night, nothing could possibly have been more fun than watching Head take his cutlass to the Indian attack.
- by Daniel Brettig