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It’s not too often that the Australian cricket team is so serverely defeated.  Where is Shane Warne in our time of need, eh?

IT WAS not the defeat that was significant, but its manner. Australia has lost before, but it has been a long time since it was so comprehensively taken apart. Throughout the fourth innings, Indian supporters waited for the feared fightback but it never came. Australian cricketers are highly regarded in these parts for never throwing in the towel. Everyone knew they can be beaten but not broken. No one expected them to be brushed away like dust off a table, not on this pitch, not Australians. No one expected the visitors to cave in or to depart with their tails hanging between their legs.

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