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Previewing the Chennai Test for The Roar, I wrote, “Australia has selected her XI as if the Test was to be played in Brisbane or Perth rather than in Chennai. What, three quickies and only one spinner, I asked myself in horror?

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Australia can’t say they weren’t warned. Long before this 2013 Border/Gavaskar Test series commenced, pundits were pointing out the visitors needed to be wary of the spin threat – ‘trial by spin’ was a common refrain.

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Australian captain Michael Clarke warned his players before the first Test that starts must not be wasted and specialist batsmen need to get big scores once they have settled in on a difficult pitch.

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If Australia believes picking an extra spinner is the solution to overcome Indian batting order, they are a long way off the mark.

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Of all cricket’s arcane secrets, the hardest to explain to my girlfriend has been why I can never give an answer when she asks who is winning.

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Australia’s cricketers fought back to force the first Test against India into a fifth day and Moises Henriques says the tourists haven’t given up hope of scoring a remarkable victory.

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India spinner Ravindra Jadeja says Australia’s batsmen get themselves out on Indian pitches because they’re too impatient and their egos are too big.

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That Australia will lose the first Test against India, let’s be honest, wasn’t completely unexpected.

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Australia is currently undertaking the first leg of a major period of overseas Test matches that will be a huge ask for a team mostly made up of youth and inexperience.

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The age-old success mantra for Aussies on the sub-continent of one spinner and three quicks, doesn’t seem to work.

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When Bob Simpson was the captain and coach of the Australian teams he would often say, “I can understand if the opposition can out-bat and out-bowl us but we should never be out-fielded.”

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While his teammates were enjoying lunch in the cool dressing rooms, James Pattinson decided to warm up with Aussie bowling coach Allister de Winter on the pitch adjacent to the main wicket.

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It is already apparent Australia has understaffed itself with spinners in this Test series against India and the selectors should send for Ashton Agar, and also Cameron Boyce to boost their stocks for the remaining Tests.

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Michael Clarke was given a reprieve by India’s lack of faith in technology before reaching a magnificent century to lead Australia to 7-316 at stumps on day one of the first Test.

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The Aussies look surprisingly well placed for a strong performance in this series, starting with the first Test in Chennai.

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India’s stubborn attitude against using the umpire decision review system, as well as selecting a team based on sentiment rather than form, could well cost them the first Test match against Australia in Chennai.

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Is there a more insufferable administration than the BCCI? With the Australia-India Test series underway, the most significant exclusion of a Maxwell is not Australian all-rounder Glenn by Mickey Arthur, but Australian commentator Jim by Indian cricket’s bosses.

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Not since a country kid from Narrabri nicknamed pigeon answered the call for wickets during the then fiery furnace known as the 1994 West Indies cricket tour have Australia needed a bowling superhero to step forward and make the world take notice.

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Life after Ricky Ponting truly begins for Michael Clarke this week in what looms as the acid test of his captaincy.

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According to chairman of selectors, John Inverarity, Australia will most likely take one specialist spinner into Friday’s opening Test against India at Chennai.

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