Similar measures were in place during the fourth Ashes Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from December 26, where specialist police officers armed with semi-automatic rifles patrolled the stadium precinct, nearby parks and railway stations.
Young Sam Konstas took the world by surprise with his aggressive approach in the Boxing Day Test, and the skipper lauded the teenager's adaptability.
Ponting called for an investigation into the ball change and now the owner of Dukes' ball is set to launch an internal probe into the row.
'Shardul Thakur isn't as good as Hardik Pandya. I don't believe he is an all-rounder'
Former India batsman Wasim Jaffer picked his all-time One-day International team and picked four Indian players including Mahendra Singh Dhoni as its skipper.
Reader Savithri sent us pictures of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath from Singapore.
Muralitharan stirred up controversy when he said the bowling actions of McGrath, Gillespie and Lee could be deemed as illegal.
The Best versus The Rest super series will witness the top Test team play the rest of the world's finest players in September 2005. Select your Test and ODI teams.
The ace speedster said the team hopes to get a minimum of four-and-a-half sessions to dismiss the Indians in the first Test.
Cricket diplomacy was in abundance at a rare reception given to Narendra Modi at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground with the prime minister saying a "new journey" in India-Australia relationship has begun.
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