Australia wrap up 4-0 whitewash

Australia took 59 minutes on the final day in Adelaide to wrap up a 4-0 whitewash over India

Australia four wickets from a 4-0 whitewash

Whitewash, clean sweep, shutout. Whatever you like to call it, Australia were on track for a 4-0 series victory over India by stumps on the fourth day in Adelaide

Australia in control despite Kohli ton

Virat Kohli became India's first centurion of the tour but Australia remained in complete control on the third day in Adelaide

Clarke and Ponting double-tons keep Australia on top

Michael Clarke entered this Test with a whitewash on his mind. After two days, he could hardly have hoped for Australia to be in a stronger position to push for it

Ponting and Clarke demoralise India again

By stumps, Australia were 3 for 335. Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting both had hundreds. It was Australia Day, 48 hours early

Time for India to shed denial

After their skills were found wanting and their mental fortitude questioned, India can't afford to wallow in home comforts

'Shown the world we're on the way up' - Clarke

Australia's completion of a 4-0 hiding of India at Adelaide Oval was a triumph without triumphalism. The hosts' captain Michael Clarke said his side was far from "the leader of the pack" after rounding up the visiting tail on the final morning, and he exp

Eight maidens to victory

In a series speckled with Indian wickets, the spell Peter Siddle remembered most fondly was one that passed without reward

Can't bat, can't bowl

This was India's fifth-worst series as a bowling unit, and their ninth-poorest with the bat. More stats highlights from the match and the series

No need for anyone to retire - Sehwag

None of the senior players is retiring as of now, the India team has said

Rigid India falter again

Even after seven batting failures on tour, the visitors didn't try to break the rut by experimenting with the batting order

Lyon does it in the air

The offspinner had only taken only three wickets in the series previously, but delivered the scalps of Sehwag, Tendulkar and Laxman on the fourth day

India 'disappointed' not 'embarrassed' - Ashwin

R Ashwin has clarified that India are not embarrassed by their showing in Australia, rather they are disappointed

Nathan Lyon does his bit

The welcome return of Shield cricket

For Brad Haddin, Shaun Marsh and the Australian selectors, the imminent resumption of the Sheffield Shield is welcome news

Ishant gets his fifth - for the series

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the fourth day of the fourth Test between Australia and India in Adelaide

The not-obstructing-the-field saga

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the first day of the fourth Test between Australia and India in Adelaide

A funereal end to Indian cricket's greatest era

The superstars are fading, the youngsters are a raggedy bunch. India's selectors need to take tough calls on the team's future

Kohli pleased to perform despite verbal battle

Virat Kohli has said his first Test century is all the more special because he had to go through a verbal barrage from Australian fielders to get there, and that he gave it back verbally and still got there

Siddle puts Australia in charge

Peter Siddle bowled with fire to complete his fifth five-wicket haul in Tests, and all but sealed the match for Australia

Kohli shows he belongs in Tests

A breakthrough innings that was played against a similar backdrop to VVS Laxman's Sydney symphony in 1999

No need to make a decision now - Dravid

Rahul Dravid has said that he has not made a decision on whether to retire or not

Siddle transcends the ordinary

This summer, under the tutelage of Craig McDermott, Peter Siddle has managed to approximate something of the complete fast bowler

Answering Gambhir's jibe

On a track that is the closest that India will get to home conditions in Australia, Peter Siddle's five-wicket haul made an emphatic point

Clarke's best man

As a batting duo Clarke and Ponting bounce off one another perfectly, playing in styles that contrast in ways that split the field

The rebirth of Ricky Ponting

If there were some who still had doubts about a 37-year-old Ricky Ponting commanding a place in Australia's Test XI after his 134 in Sydney in the New Year's Test, his rock-solid 221 in Adelaide should clear things up for them

India's nightmare pair

Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke have become the second-most prolific pair for Australia in Tests against India

A ruthless yet respectful Clarke works for Australia

Michael Clarke hasn't let things go stale on the field; he has surprised even the most cynical of cynics and has managed to get the right results without changing his ways drastically

India's gloom gets darker under a blazing sun

Bowlers usually get punished in Adelaide but India's hapless performance is not merely due to a flat pitch and in-form opposition

Gambhir shrewd at silly point

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the second day of the fourth Test between Australia and India in Adelaide

Marsh could be sent back to Shield

Shaun Marsh may need time away from the spotlight in the Sheffield Shield to rediscover his game after a dire series against India, his captain Michael Clarke has conceded

Ricky Ponting is still here to stay

With two centuries in this series, Ricky Ponting assured all that he was not retiring yet, and not off Adelaide Oval until he and the captain Michael Clarke have turned their stand of 251 into something truly gargantuan

Bowlers not carrying a mental block - Ashwin

R Ashwin admitted that India rued letting Australia off the hook, but insisted it wasn't a block in their minds

Ishant, unlucky or incomplete?

It is argued that it is too simplistic to label Ishant Sharma an unlucky bowler who will get the proverbial rub of the green one day, but it might be too simplistic a view

Clarke torments India...again

Michael Clarke knew when he won the toss that this Adelaide Oval pitch would be perfect for batting

Marsh's migraine

A back injury, technical problems and a tendency to have big batting peaks and troughs have all contributed to his Test troubles

A Ponting-Clarke show again

Stats highlights from the first day of the Adelaide Test, which was once again dominated completely by Australia's batsmen

The pain then, the happiness now

The humiliation of last summer's Ashes defeat has been in the back of Michael Clarke's mind ever since that day in Sydney nearly 13 months ago

Can the inviting Adelaide Oval revive India?

Apart from wondering why the series did not begin at the friendly Adelaide Oval, there will be much more running through Indian minds as they try to avoid a second straight overseas whitewash

Sehwag not ruling out move down the order

Virender Sehwag, the India opener, has not ruled out shifting down to the middle order once some of the senior batsmen retire

'We also won 2-0 in India'

India continue to keep bringing up their home record in response to their back-to-back 0-4 whitewashes in England and Australia

Clarke flags reversal of method

As India seek a reversal of fortune in the final Test of the summer at Adelaide Oval, Michael Clarke's Australians have prepared for a reversal of method in their pursuit of a 4-0 series sweep

Kohli's aborted celebration

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the third day of the fourth Test between Australia and India in Adelaide