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Why a five-match series is the perfect Test for Australia and India

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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‘Aggressive and inappropriate’: Siraj fined 20 per cent of match fee as Head let off after Adelaide send-off

‘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
This Australia-India Test series will only get more hot-tempered

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
Player ratings: How the Australian and Indian teams fared in the second Test

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
‘That’s a lie’: Send-off drama heats up as Siraj hits back over Head comments

‘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

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
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‘We’re back to our best’: Cummins, Labuschagne bullish after Australia square series

‘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

‘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
Head-strong: Hometown hero’s appetite for destruction floors India

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
Australia v India: Australia in control at stumps on day two, as India battle to survive

Australia v India: Australia in control at stumps on day two, as India battle to survive

Travis Head has produced an epic century to give Australia the upper-hand on day two of the second Test in Adelaide.

  • by Jon Pierik
Australia to play extra Test in Windies next year after Joseph heroics

Australia to play extra Test in Windies next year after Joseph heroics

It’s been nearly 10 years since Australia last played a Test series in the West Indies and there is good news for fans travelling to the Caribbean.

  • by Tom Decent