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Robert CraddockSenior sports journalist

Robert ‘Crash’ Craddock is regarded as one of Queensland’s best authorities on sport. ‘Crash’ is a senior sport journalist and columnist for The Courier-Mail and CODE Sports, and can be seen on Fox Cricket.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 19:Josh Hazelwood of Australia celebrates the wicket ofAjinkya Rahane of India 2 during day three of the First Test match between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval on December 19, 2020 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Mark Brake - CA/Cricket Australia via Getty Images)

How 10 years of planning led to Adelaide decimation

It was arguably the greatest spell in Australian bowling history, and it came on the back of a decade of careful planning, writes ROBERT CRADDOCK.

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Ian Chappell attending John Fordham's funeral on the 15th of November 2019. Photographer: Adam Yip

ABC fighting hard to get one of their own home

He has returned a negative COVID test, yet one of the ABC cricket coverage’s key contributors is stuck in South Australia and unable to get back to Sydney.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 17: Pat Cummins of Australia celebrates taking the wicket of Mayank Agarwal of India for 17 runs during day one of the First Test match between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval on December 17, 2020 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Plea to banish boring Boxing Day pitches

The Adelaide pitch delivered a result in three days and Aussie pace destroyer Pat Cummins is hoping for more of the same in Melbourne.

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A general view of play on day 4 of the third Test Match between Australia and New Zealand at the SCG in Sydney, Monday, January 6, 2020. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, IMAGES TO BE USED FOR NEWS REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY, NO COMMERCIAL USE WHATSOEVER, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT FROM AAP

Cricket Australia’s radical COVID contingency plans

Cricket Australia is leaving no stone unturned as it looks to save the Test summer, with alternatives discussed for the COVID-challenged Sydney Test.

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India made to look like terrified park cricketers

It is the collapse that needed to be seen to be believed. This is how Australia mercilessly destroyed India to win the first Test.

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Australian bowler Mitchell Starc gets ready to bowl on day one of the First cricket Test match between Australia and India in Adelaide on December 17, 2020. (Photo by Brenton EDWARDS / AFP) / --IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE--

How CA pulled off the save of the summer

Well done, Cricket Australia! If not for the diligence of their COVID bubble protocols, the Aussies faced the prospect of playing in Adelaide a fast bowler down.

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Australia's batsman Joe Burns (C) walks back to the pavilion as Indian players celebrate his dismissal on day two of the first cricket Test match between Australia and India in Adelaide on December 18, 2020. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) / --IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE--

Burns may just have one innings to save his career

His radar is scrambled, his mind is muddled …. Joe Burns has just about run out of chances and the second innings in Adelaide is now absolutely pivotal to his future.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 17: Virat Kohli of India walks off the field after being run-out by Josh Hazlewood of Australia during day one of the First Test match between Australia and India at Adelaide Oval on December 17, 2020 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

The lasting memory that promised so much more

It was an innings of technical mastery aligned to old-fashioned graft. And it threatened to give the Aussies major problems. Until a most unedifying end.

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Tim Paine did his best to dig in against India. Picture: Getty Images

Rusty, patched-up top order facing immediate review

Selectors turned down Tim Paine’s courageous offer to open the batting and it might cost the hosts the ultimate prize.

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Full crowd back in for the first time since the Covid restrictions began during the T20 International between Australia and India at the SCG. Picture. Phil Hillyard

SCG Test on high alert over COVID scare

Cricket Australia is facing a logistic nightmare should Sydney’s worrying COVID cluster spiral out of control – with the SCG Test at the heart of their concerns.

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