Live India v Australia 
3rd Test 
 At Melbourne 
December 26-30, 2014, 10:30 local time (23:30 GMT) 

India squad

MS Dhoni*†, VR Aaron, R Ashwin, S Dhawan, RA Jadeja, V Kohli, B Kumar, Mohammed Shami, NV Ojha†, CA Pujara, AM Rahane, KL Rahul, SK Raina, WP Saha†, I Sharma, KV Sharma, RG Sharma, M Vijay, UT Yadav.

Australia squad

MJ Clarke*, BJ Haddin†, RJ Harris, JR Hazlewood, MG Johnson, NM Lyon, MR Marsh, SE Marsh, CJL Rogers, PM Siddle, SPD Smith, DA Warner, SR Watson.

Cricket schedules for January 2015

01 Thu
02 Fri	Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2014/15 South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, 3rd Test - Day 1
03 Sat	Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2014/15 South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, 3rd Test - Day 2 Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2014/15 New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, 2nd Test - Day 1
04 Sun	Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2014/15 South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, 3rd Test - Day 3 Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2014/15 New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, 2nd Test - Day 2
05 Mon	Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2014/15 South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, 3rd Test - Day 4 Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2014/15 New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, 2nd Test - Day 3
06 Tue	Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2014/15 South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, 3rd Test - Day 5 Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2014/15 New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, 2nd Test - Day 4 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2014/15 Australia v India at Sydney, 4th Test - Day 1
07 Wed	Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test Series, 2014/15 New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, 2nd Test - Day 5 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2014/15 Australia v India at Sydney, 4th Test - Day 2
08 Thu	Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2014/15 Australia v India at Sydney, 4th Test - Day 3 Dubai Triangular Series, 2014/15 Afghanistan v Scotland at Dubai (CA)
09 Fri	Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2014/15 Australia v India at Sydney, 4th Test - Day 4 West Indies in South Africa T20I Series, 2014/15 South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, 1st T20I
10 Sat	Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2014/15 Australia v India at Sydney, 4th Test - Day 5 Dubai Triangular Series, 2014/15 Afghanistan v Ireland at Dubai (DSC)
11 Sun	Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15 New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, 1st ODI West Indies in South Africa T20I Series, 2014/15 South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, 2nd T20I
12 Mon	Dubai Triangular Series, 2014/15 Ireland v Scotland at Dubai (DSC)
13 Tue
14 Wed	Dubai Triangular Series, 2014/15 Afghanistan v Scotland at Abu Dhabi West Indies in South Africa T20I Series, 2014/15 South Africa v West Indies at Durban, 3rd T20I
15 Thu	Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15 New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Hamilton, 2nd ODI
16 Fri	Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series, 2014/15 Australia v England at Sydney, 1st Match West Indies in South Africa ODI Series, 2014/15 South Africa v West Indies at Durban, 1st ODI
17 Sat	Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15 New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, 3rd ODI Dubai Triangular Series, 2014/15 Afghanistan v Ireland at Dubai (DSC)
18 Sun	Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series, 2014/15 Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Match West Indies in South Africa ODI Series, 2014/15 South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, 2nd ODI
19 Mon	Dubai Triangular Series, 2014/15 Ireland v Scotland at Dubai (CA)
20 Tue	Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15 New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Nelson, 4th ODI Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series, 2014/15 England v India at Brisbane, 3rd Match
21 Wed	West Indies in South Africa ODI Series, 2014/15 South Africa v West Indies at East London, 3rd ODI
22 Thu
23 Fri	Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15 New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Dunedin, 5th ODI Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series, 2014/15 Australia v England at Hobart, 4th Match
24 Sat
25 Sun	Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15 New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Dunedin, 6th ODI West Indies in South Africa ODI Series, 2014/15 South Africa v West Indies at Port Elizabeth, 4th ODI
26 Mon	Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series, 2014/15 Australia v India at Sydney, 5th Match
27 Tue
28 Wed	West Indies in South Africa ODI Series, 2014/15 South Africa v West Indies at Centurion, 5th ODI
29 Thu	Sri Lanka in New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15 New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, 7th ODI
30 Fri	Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series, 2014/15 England v India at Perth, 6th Match
31 Sat	Pakistan in New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15 New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, 1st ODI

Christchurch witnessed New Zealand's fifth victory in 2014, marking it their best year in Test history.

It had to be black magic. Tim Southee and Trent Boult were swinging a 70-over old ball on the fourth morning. Both ways. Their skill accounted for 13 of the 20 Sri Lankan wickets and confirmed Brendon McCullum's Boxing Day assault as match winning. Christchurch witnessed New Zealand's fifth victory in 2014, marking it their best year in Test history.

A target of 105 appeared straightforward, but Sri Lanka created a few nervous moments for New Zealand along the way. A fluent Tom Latham was undone by a ripping turner from debutant offspinner Tharindu Kaushal and Hamish Rutherford was surprised by Shaminda Eranga's extra bounce and lobbed a catch to gully.

Sri Lanka strived hard for further inroads. Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson, though, were resolute and secured the Test in the seventh over after tea on the fourth day.
The visitors had begun the day 10 runs behind and with five wickets in hand, and their best chance was if their captain Angelo Mathews could shepherd the tail. But even he was unprepared for the bouncer from Southee, feathering an edge to the keeper off a front-foot pull early in the morning.
Kaushal, the night-watchman, managed a couple of pleasing strokes through square leg and cover off the front foot before a short ball in the off-stump corridor did him. He was caught in two minds and before he could pull the bat away, the edge flew to Mark Craig at second slip to give Southee his first strike of the morning.

Dhammika Prasad was reluctant to get in line for most of his 17 balls and was not ready when Southee sprung the trap with the fuller length - twice. Ross Taylor grassed an absolute dolly, but before his face could grow red another came his way and he caught it.
Sri Lanka did well to bat until lunch and their final-wicket pair even forced the umpires to take a half hour's extension. The lead was 17 when Mathews was dismissed, but Eranga and Suranga Lakmal conjured 59 runs off 57 balls. Their clear-the-front-leg-and-swing tactic frustrated New Zealand as they either watched the ball skirt past the outside edge or skim to the cow-corner boundary. Boult broke through and earned himself and his fellow bowlers some well-deserved rest after 196 testing overs across the two innings.