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Australian all-rounder Beau Webster.

Pads on, pads off: How Marsh was dropped and Webster called for SCG debut

Pat Cummins has insisted Mitch Marsh’s Test career isn’t over after Australia made the call to drop the struggling all-rounder for the SCG and replace him with the tall Tasmanian Beau Webster.

  • Tom Decent and Daniel Brettig

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Pat Cummins thanks fans as he leaves the MCG after day five of the Boxing Day Test.

On a day that starts with so many questions, Captain Pat eventually has the answers

The best thing about day five of a Test match is that there is everything to play for. And on this day, Australia held their nerve.

  • Greg Baum
Virat Kohli departs the MCG on Monday, caught in the cordon again.

The numbers say he’s finished, but one simple change could revive Kohli’s career

In 2004, Sachin Tendulkar shelved the cover drive on his way to a famous unbeaten double century in Sydney. Virat Kohli may have to follow suit if he is to bow out of Test cricket on his own terms.

  • Andrew Wu
Scott Boland and Nathan Lyon at stumps.

As it happened: Advantage Australia after topsy-turvy day four at MCG

Australia has a lead of 333 runs with one wicket in hand after a terrific rearguard effort led by Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon dimmed India’s hopes in the Boxing Day Test.

  • Vince Rugari
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‘One of the best barbecues I’ve seen’: Lyon sledges Kohli, Indian superstar reacts to crowd

A calamitous mix-up between Virat Kohli and Yashasvi Jaiswal sparked a flurry of wickets that gave Australia the upper hand on day two of the fourth Test.

  • Tom Decent and Andrew Wu
Virat Kohli was fined 20 per cent of his match fee and given a demerit point for making physical contact with Sam Konstas.

The secret post-sandpaper-gate change that saved Virat Kohli from suspension

Andy Pycroft – who also presided over the Cape Town Test in 2018 – charged Kohli with a level-one offence for “inappropriate physical contact”, the most lenient grade of the ICC’s code of conduct.

  • Andrew Wu and Daniel Brettig
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In one innings, Konstas has made us care about Test cricket again

The young debutant has restored the game as Australia’s sport, magnetic to watch and worth arguing over

  • Malcolm Knox
Virat Kohli and Sam Konstas clash.

Kohli free to play after ‘absolutely unnecessary’ clash with Konstas

Virat Kohli is free to play in the Sydney Test after avoiding a suspension for his physical altercation with Australia’s boy wonder Sam Konstas.

  • Andrew Wu
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‘Cricket is like religion’: India fans flock to MCG open training

After a tour in which the visiting Indian team has had to monitor crowd numbers at training including when about 5000 supporters turned up in Adelaide, there was a different mood at the MCG nets ahead of Boxing Day.

  • Gemma Grant
Virat Kohli and Steve Smith index image for Greg Chappell column

I knew when my time was up. Ageing greats Kohli and Smith will, too

Cautiousness and a creeping self-doubt that stems from poor performances and heightened scrutiny: it’s the story of every great batter who faces the inevitability of time.

  • Greg Chappell

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