Chris Barrett is a Sports Writer with The Sydney Morning Herald.
Australia's batsmen starred with seven centuries between them in the series clean sweep of Pakistan but Darren Lehmann has forecast that they will have to adopt different tactics and be prepared to "grind it out" to be competitive in India next month.
Australia have wrapped up victory in the third Test before tea on day five at the SCG, clinching a 3-0 series whitewash against Pakistan.
Andrew Jones believes it is feasible for the SCG to host a pink-ball match as well as retaining the New Year's Test.
A Test summer in which Australia were in deep in crisis heads into its final day with Steve Smith's team on the brink of a clean-sweep celebration.
It's been years since we've seen Border, Boon, Jones, McDermott and Steve Waugh assembled together on the SCG but that is set to happen this month when the 1987 World Cup-winning team is honoured.
Australian opener Matt Renshaw has been ruled out of the remaining two days of the third Test after being struck in the helmet for the second time in three days on Thursday.
There have been calls for Peter Handscomb to be installed as Australia's wicketkeeper ahead of next month's tour of India and despite the unlikeliness of that unfolding those campaigning for him were given no reason to be dissuaded on Thursday.
Australia's dominance with the bat in Sydney has given spinners Nathan Lyon and Steve O'Keefe an opportunity to "crack this game wide open" and ram home their claims for next month's series in India.
Different strokes for different folks. That was the theme of Tuesday for Australia's opening pair as David Warner and Matt Renshaw made hundreds contrasting in style but similar in weight.
Cricketers will tell you they are often a product of their environment and that certainly appears the case for the fast-emerging Australian opener.
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