Boxing Day Test
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Test cricket
The fifth Test on the SCG is Sydney’s time to shine
This Australia versus India Test series has breathed new life into cricket.
- The Herald's View
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Australian cricket
A classic MCG Boxing Day Test
Australia won an all-time classic Test, taking seven wickets in the final session on day five to defeat India by 184 runs.
The 117-year-old record Sam Konstas is poised to break at the SCG
Australia’s teenage batting prodigy had the time of his life in Melbourne at the Boxing Day Test. It could get even better at his home ground later this week.
- by Tom Decent
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Australian cricket
‘Looking for controversy’: Former stars call for calm after senior Indian official slams Jaiswal decision
BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla lashed out at the video umpire over Indian opener’s dismissal in the MCG Test, but a trio of former Test batsmen have attempted to ease tensions.
- by Andrew Wu and Tom Decent
Where the MCG thriller sits in top five Test wins of the Cummins era
Melbourne 2024 or Edgbaston 2023? Chief cricket writer Daniel Brettig looks at the top five Test victories of Pat Cummins’ captaincy.
- by Daniel Brettig
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Australia’s finest hour: Cummins’ men get timing right on cricket’s biggest stage
On people’s Monday at the people’s ground, at the end of the best-attended MCG Test of all time, the loudest roars were all for Australia.
- by Daniel Brettig
Opinion
Australian cricket
Player ratings: Australia won the Test, but we’re giving the only 10/10 to an Indian player
The fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar series had just about everything, with Australia finally clinching a dramatic victory in the final session on day five. Here’s how the players rated.
- by Tom Decent and Andrew Wu
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.
- by Greg Baum
As it happened: Australia win the Boxing Day Test by 184 runs over India, lead series 2-1 going into the final Test
Australia found a way to bowl out India and win the Boxing Day Test in a stunning final session at the MCG on Monday.
- by Roy Ward
Boxing Day Test crowd breaks Bradman-era attendance record
More than 370,000 fans flocked to the MCG across the five days of the Test, breaking a record that’s existed since the 1930s.
- by Gemma Grant
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.
- by Andrew Wu
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