Cricket: Australia equalled their own world record of 16 consecutive Test wins today after an enthralling 122-run victory over India in Sydney.
There were just eight minutes remaining in the day's play when Michael Clarke grabbed three wickets in five balls in the penultimate over of the match as India were bundled out for 210.
Clarke was home captain Ricky Ponting's final throw of the dice and the slow left-armer did the trick as the Indian tail crumbled.
He came on with experienced duo Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh looking as though they would see the tourists through to the close. But Clarke would prove to be an unlikely hero.
First he tempted Harbhajan into edging to Mike Hussey before trapping RP Singh leg before wicket first ball. Nineteen-year-old Ishant Sharma was the last man in and, despite seeing off the hat-trick ball, was unable to cope with the pressure, also falling to the Clarke/Hussey combination to end the contest.
The late drama vindicated Ponting's decision to make a delayed declaration earlier in the day.
Australia, already 1-0 up in the four-match series, made 401 for seven in their second innings, Hussey hitting an unbeaten 145, before Ponting called his players in.