Victory in the third Test came after an India fightback secured a draw following a first-innings collapse in the first Test in Ahmedabad.

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Saqlain Mushtaq picked up career-best figures of six for 46 in a spectacular Australian batting collapse on day two in the second Test in Hobart.

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The collapse of a big car company would provide a huge test.

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They were the first electoral test since September's fuel protest fury and the subsequent collapse in Labour's opinion poll standing and given those circumstances they survived remarkably well.

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