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MITCHELL JOHNSON: He floundered his way through the first Test so the best thing selectors can do is leave him out of the Adelaide match.

LISA STHALEKAR: It would be easy to forget Australia are the No.1 team in the world with the flak it is copping over the India defeat. But Pat Cummins has been here before.

JUSTIN LANGER: Once a great nursery of batting talent Australia’s cupboard lies bare, while India continue to produce several prodigious talents wielding the willow.

CAITLIN BASSETT: Getting to the top of the world is hard, but staying there is harder — just ask the Australian men’s cricket team.

GEORGIE PARKER: Cortnee Vine and Mary Fowler’s brave moves to take a break from the Matildas for mental health reasons shows how far female sport has come since I was battling my demons with the Hockeyroos.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The Aussie top-order will be having nightmares about the Indian skipper unless they figure out how to play his unique bowling action that makes him near unplayable.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: Virat Kohli’s form slump has been a major talking point heading into the first Test, but these next few innings are also vital for several Aussies’ careers, namely Steve Smith’s.

GEORGIE PARKER: It’s the change that has made female cricket a great success and the AFL should sit up and take note.

The 27-year-old dominated the contest but has since confirmed what many suspected.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: One of Virat Kohli’s attributes stood out early to me above all others. It was something I had rarely seen from an Indian player.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The fans and broadcasters obviously miss out but there is another forgotten group that pay the price when our nation’s best sit it out.

LISA STHALEKAR: The loss to Pakistan highlights that nothing can be taken for granted, not your opponent and especially not your fans.

OLIVER HOLT: The highly publicised bout is another signal of sport’s submission to money and the triumph of image over competition.

He’s only played one game but what a game it was. Joseph Sua’ali’i’s dream debut threatens to shake up the sporting landscape by making rugby cool again.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: The one-day series defeat to Pakistan was a poor start to the summer but it did show us something important about the Aussie team.