A thrilling 3-1 series victory over India has won Australia the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade. But for Pat Cummins’ team plenty of challenges lie ahead
In the very end, it was less fizz than fizzle, though something else had earlier threatened. Mind you, the very end came right in the middle, Australia winning the fifth Test against India halfway through the third day in Sydney.
It wasn’t even the middle if you counted overs bowled, the match using 197 of a possible 450 on a pitch that grew less fit for purpose with each passing day. That tallied with the broader contest: early finishes in Perth and Adelaide, rain in Brisbane, all resulting in the third-fewest deliveries ever bowled across a five-Test series.
