The first Test is heading inexorably towards a draw and a lack of nerve from both captains is partly to blame, writes CHARLES HAPPELL.
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 The older players in the Test team are being afforded patience that the next generation isn't, writes SIMON MORAWETZ.
 Some late order hitting by Mitchell Johnson and Peter Siddle has seen Australia post a half-respectable total of 268, but England are in full control after day one of the third Ashes Test, JONATHAN HOWCROFT reports from the WACA.
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Should Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey start getting their visas organised for the Caribbean and South Africa - or should they heed the words of Neil Young and quit while they're ahead? STEPHEN O'LOUGHLIN poses the question.
LIAM GETREU reports on the positives to come out of Australia's series win in Sri Lanka, but says a reality check looms in the form of South Africa and India over the coming months.
The Melbourne Cricket Club is denying allegations of pitch doctoring before the highly anticipated Boxing Day Test, whose opening day could break the world record for cricket attendance, reports BRENDON MURNANE.
Australia is in complete control of the third Ashes Test, thanks largely to the efforts of Shane Watson and Michael Hussey, and a scorching late burst from the fast bowlers, as JONATHAN HOWCROFT reports from the WACA.
Alastair Cook has driven, pulled and cut his way to his second consecutive century to put England in full control of the second Test in Adelaide. The old enemy was 2/317 at stumps on day two, writes JONATHAN HOWCROFT.
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