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Boxing Day Test
‘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.
- by Tom Decent and Andrew Wu
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Analysis
Boxing Day Test
How India’s captain became a walking wicket
Steve Smith and Virat Kohli are raging against the dying of the light. Pat Cummins and Jasprit Bumrah are the light, while Rohit Sharma’s is out altogether.
- by Andrew Wu
Analysis
Boxing Day Test
Virat Kohli came looking for a fight, but found a humbling
The Indian superstar has been a part of what has made the first two days of this Test match so memorable. But for Kohli, those memories will not be happy ones.
- by Daniel Brettig
Analysis
Boxing Day Test
If this Pat Cummins ball is up for auction, buy it. It belongs in a collection
Before he was Australia’s captain, he was Postman Pat, who delivers. This pearler of a delivery to India’s K.L. Rahul showed he still is.
- by Greg Baum
As it happened - India lose 3-6: Australia controlling MCG Test after half hour of power
India suffered a disastrous run-out and Scott Boland took two wickets to leave the tourists in trouble at 5-164 on day two of the fourth Test on Friday, after another Steve Smith century helped Australia post an imposing 474.
- by Scott Spits
How to play the ramp shot at home. (Hot tip: wear a helmet)
Sam Konstas’ daring ramp shots on Boxing Day went viral. An experienced batting coach gives four tips for ramping safely and successfully in the backyard and at the beach this summer.
- by Gemma Grant
Opinion
Test cricket
Test cricket was in stasis for 20 years. Now, it hasn’t felt this alive since Bodyline
In a flurry of ramp shots, social media chatter and Gen Z insouciance, Sam Konstas showed the way forward for Test cricket in the Twenty20 age.
- by Greg Chappell
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.
- by Andrew Wu and Daniel Brettig
Opinion
Boxing Day Test
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
- by Malcolm Knox
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Boxing Day Test
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.
- by Andrew Wu
As it happened: India fight back after wonder boy thrills monster MCG crowd of 87,242
India fought back with four late wickets to leave Australia on 6-311 on day one of the fourth Test after teen debutant Sam Konstas had lit up the Melbourne Cricket Ground with a thrilling knock in the morning.
- by Scott Spits
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