Shane Watson dropped: action against Australian players

Incomplete Homework : Australian cricket is a global laughing stock after four players were dropped from this week's third Test in India for not handing in their homework – with the most senior, the vice-captain Shane Watson, returning home. Coach Mickey Arthur and Captain Michael Clarke dropped Watson, Mitchell Johnson, James Pattinson and Usman Khawaja after they failed to submit own presentations on how Australia could improve on its poor showings in the first two Tests. Johnson and Khawaja apparently forgot, while Watson and Pattinson failed to respond. None are thought to have claimed their submissions were eaten by a dog. Meanwhile in Dunedin, England staged a low-key cricketing Dunkirk, drawing the first Test against New Zealand despite a 300-run first innings deficit. Beanpole paceman Steve Finn became beanpole blocker Steve Finn, batting almost five hours for his maiden first class 50. In the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, Mohammad Ashraful and Mushfiqur Rahim put on 261, Bangladesh's record partnership for any wicket.