It saw wickets fall, it had applause-worthy partnerships, hits to the fence and over it and a team that looked down-and-out but fought mightily for survival.
In the end, however, Australia came up trumps, but even they would agree they didn't have it easy out there (check the scorecard here).
Abhishek Mande/Rediff.com and cricket fans Manu Shankar/Rediff.com and Saisuresh Sivaswamy/Rediff.com analyse the game.
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