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Why Australia vs India is Test cricket's premier rivalry

Australia had us at "Hello, mate." It entered our consciousness through cricket. When we grow old enough to talk of "my days", we will talk of loud, unapologetic cricket from Australia: huge banners, Daddles the Duck, zinc cream on lips and under eyes, the inverted scores, the extra bounce, always sundries and not extras, the feeling of vast open spaces, and viewers dressed for summer while we slowly shivered our way into getting ready for school.