Bevan Bows Out After A Career He Considers Not Quite Fulfilled

THE man famous for his sublime finishing touches for Australia closed out his first-class career yesterday with a hint of regret about the manner in which his international tenure in both forms of the game was ended.

Acknowledge The Bleeding Obvious: Australia Was Great

AS THE Australians celebrated at the SCG on Friday evening, a senior player looked up to where the gentlemen and women of the fourth estate were putting the finishing touches to their Ashes appreciations and said: "They've missed the elephant in the living room, haven't they?"