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The 140-year first clouding this Border-Gavaskar battle

Mitch Starc's first-ball removal of Yashasvi Jaiswal in Adelaide symbolised a fast wicket rate. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

It has been 140 years since Test cricket has been plagued by so many early finishes, but Australia captain Pat Cummins doesn't want this helter-skelter era to prompt a change towards four-day Tests.

Saturday's heavy rain at the Gabba looms as the best chance of sending a match to five days this summer, after two rapid-fire Tests to start the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series.

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