After an arm-wrestle across the first two days in Sydney, Australia asserted their dominance early on day three, cleaning up India’s tails and completing the chase of 162 during the middle session of play.

Test debutant Beau Webster and Travis Head celebrated the six-wicket victory as the two unbeaten batters, backing up the work of Player of the Match Scott Boland, who claimed 10 wickets for the match.

Cummins says individual Tests bring their own unique challenges, but the journey of a World Test Championship cycle means it takes the likes of relative newcomers to challenge even a well-set and tight-knit group of players.

“One of the things I love most about Test cricket is it challenges in so many different ways.

“You need more than just 11 players. You need amazing squad, amazing support staff to be able to win everywhere in the world.

“And I think that’s what we’ve been able to do. An amazing series in England, won the World Test Championship in England, but also some of the subcontinent too throughout the years.

“I think that consistency over a few years to do that with a very similar squad has been massive.