Australia champion bowler Peter Siddle announces his retirement from international cricket during the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, bringing down the curtain on a Test career that started in Mohali, 2008, with the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar, his last Test appearance coming as Australia retained the Ashes in 2019 source

Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., says Democratic candidate Joe Biden has done a ‘colossal flip flop’ by saying he will testify in front of a Senate impeachment trial if he is subpoenaed, contradicting his previous statement. source

Australia won the Test and the series but the day belonged to new Black Caps opener Tom Blundell who struck his second Test century, a superb 121, in his first match at the top of the order source