James Sutherland, the chief executive of Cricket Australia, is confident India's tour will continue as planned and he has called on Anil Kumble and Ricky Ponting to get together and sort out their differences in the next few days

Adam Gilchrist beat Ian Healy's Australian record for most dismissals in Tests

India needed a record score to win but instead Australia edged closer to a milestone of their own, posting their 15th consecutive Test victory as they wrapped up the Boxing Day Test within four days

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You broke it, you fix it. That might well be the message from India's bowlers to their batsmen after Australia set them 499 to win despite being challenged again by India's attack at the MCG. At the close India had reached 0 for 6 with Rahul Dravid on 3 a

In the lead-up to Boxing Day Australia were certain they had a much more mature attack than last time India visited for Tests and within two days at the MCG Stuart Clark and Brett Lee proved that confidence was justified

India were the last team to seriously threaten Australia in Tests at home and it took only one day in Melbourne for Anil Kumble to reignite the spark. Kumble was the architect and builder of the Indian challenge, grabbing 5 for 84

A washout at the Junction Oval was hardly ideal preparation for India ahead of the Boxing Day Test but Australia have not exactly had a textbook lead-up either

Australia's coach Tim Nielsen believes Mitchell Johnson might be the man who can unnerve India's strong batting line-up if he is picked for the Boxing Day Test

As warm-up matches go, the players didn't get very warm. India's only game before the Boxing Day Test was called off after only 48 overs because of persistent heavy rain in Melbourne

India are facing a potential washout in their only warm-up match before the first Test after only ten overs were bowled on the second day against Victoria

Rahul Dravid has declared himself ready to open in the Boxing Day Test against Australia and he believes India's promising middle-order prospects can no longer be ignored

Torrential rain limited the first day of India's warm-up match against Victoria to one session, in which Sourav Ganguly survived some early wobbles to score a half-century and Rahul Dravid settled into the opening role

Anil Kumble believes India can handle a four-man pace attack if Australia choose to overlook spin in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG

Anil Kumble has always been a master of spin but even he had a hard time spinning a convincing argument that India could beat Australia in their four-Test series

Rain ended Australia's hopes of regaining the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy within three days as only six overs were possible in the second ODI at the SCG

Rain ruined the final day of a closely-fought top-of-the-table contest at the MCG where Victoria and New South Wales played out a tame draw

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Greg Mail, who was a late addition for New South Wales, registered his first Pura Cup century since 2005-06 to give the Blues a healthy lead of 278 at the MCG

David Hussey's 95 helped Victoria scrape into a first-innings lead despite Nathan Bracken's best efforts to shake off his limited-overs tag at the MCG