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Ben HorneChief Cricket Writer

Ben Horne is Chief Cricket Writer for News Corp and CODE Sports and for the past decade has been covering cricket’s biggest series and stories. As the national sport, cricket has a special relationship with Australians who feel a sense of ownership over the Test team. From selection shocks to scandals, upset losses to triumphant victories, Ben tells the stories that matter in Australian cricket.

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India take ‘magnificent series’ but Smith proud

INDIA have cruised to an eight-wicket victory in Dharamsala – but the result should take nothing away from the role the Aussies played in a great series

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Australia's captain Steve Smith (2L) congratulates wicketkeeper Matthew Wade (2R) for the wicket of India's Karun Nair off the bowling of Nathan Lyon during the second day of play of the fourth and last Test cricket match between India and Australia at The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on March 26, 2017. ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUT---- / AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH SINGH / ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUT

Smith’s men fall short but lay down Ashes marker

STEVE Smith’s Australian team is still a work in progress, but, despite a series loss, the bricks have been laid in India for a bumper Ashes summer.

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Steve Smith furious after Murali Vijay grassed catch.

Smith drops F-bomb in fiery end to day

RELATIONS between Australia and India exploded again after Murali Vijay claimed a grounded catch before cameras captured Steve Smith calling him a “f—ing cheat”. WATCH

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Australia's Nathan Lyon (3L, bottom) celebrates the wicket of India's Kuldeep Yadav with teammates during the third day of the fourth and last Test cricket match between India and Australia at The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on March 27, 2017. ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUT---- / AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH SINGH / ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUT

Lyon copies Ashwin with great effect

UNDER-pressure spinner Nathan Lyon went about reinventing his bowling style to mimic that of Indian rival Ravi Ashwin, and the results have been profound.

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Australia's captain Steve Smith reacts as he walks back to the pavilion after his dismissal by India's Bhuvneshwar Kumar during the third day of the fourth and last Test cricket match between India and Australia at The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on March 27, 2017. ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUT---- / AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH SINGH / ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUT

Shattered Aussies on brink of defeat

ONLY a miraculous performance from Australia’s bowlers can save the final test after it was ripped apart by India as more controversy flared between the teams.

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Australia's Pat Cummins leaps in the air as he celebrates the wicket of India's Ravindra Jadeja during the third day of the fourth and last Test cricket match between India and Australia at The Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on March 27, 2017. ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUT---- / AFP PHOTO / PRAKASH SINGH / ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUT

Fiery Cummins will have England shaking

PUSHED to the brink of exhaustion, Pat Cummins delivered arguably the most menacing fast bowling display since Mitchell Johnson’s frightening heroics in the 2013-14 Ashes.

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Rarefied air gives pace king Pat big advantage

THE last time Pat Cummins played a Test at altitude he ripped through the thin Johannesburg air like a tracer bullet. India are fearing a repeat in Dharamsala.

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‘He’s tough. Nothing’s going to knock SOS down’

PETER Handscomb might have been the joint hero of Ranchi but there was something about Shaun Marsh’s performance that made him stand out as the fairy tale story.

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India's captain Virat Kohli gestures towards Australia's Matt Renshaw as he runs to celebrate the dismissal of David Warner during the fourth day of their third test cricket match in Ranchi, India, Sunday, March 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Kohli is the Trump of world sport

VIRAT Kohli’s absolute contempt for the truth and unapologetic spruiking of proven “fake news” shows he’s more President Trump than India captain.

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Why Warner can climb Everest from base camp

DAVID Warner says he can break his Indian run-drought in the final Test and set up a history-making victory for Australia at the foot of the Himalayas.

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