Among many consequences of Australia’s slide towards a massive defeat in the first Test against India,one of the most seismic may well be that they have allowed Virat Kohli a way into the series.
Brad Hodge did a series of burnouts on the dressing room carpet at Bellerive Oval,damaging the surface and resulting in a complaint from Cricket Tasmania.
Nothing epitomised the scale of Australia’s batting bungle quite like the sight of Marnus Labuschagne bowling bouncers.
The 17 wickets that fell on day one of the first Test raised the possibility of an early result and a resulting loss of revenue for stakeholders.
By applying the scalpel to Australia’s top order,Jasprit Bumrah opened wounds India can exploit over the next seven weeks.
Australia’s openers left their run to the Test arena too late. The way one man responded to selection pressure has him primed for the biggest stage.
Everything you need to know about the teams,the Perth pitch and weather as Australia seek to wrest the Border-Gavaskar Trophy from India for the first time in a decade.
India’s coach is no longer the bold and boisterous Ravi Shastri,but the feisty Gautam Gambhir. His fighting instincts may tell the tale of this series.
Australia’s No.3 Marnus Labuschagne has resolved to mend his flirty ways outside off stump as he seeks a turnaround at home against India this summer.
Nathan McSweeney has absorbed the first hostile spells of his Test career on and off the pitch,and hopes to continue the trend on what shapes as a very lively Perth surface for the first Test against India.
Here is the full story of the Indian star Rishabh Pant’s brush with death,and the repair of a knee shattered in the high-speed crash.