Adelaide 1933
No match in Australia has ever been as controversial as the third Test of what was later to be known as the Bodyline series in 1932-33.
To combat the peerless Don Bradman, England's bowlers were told to bowl short and fast into the ribs of Australia's batsmen.
A cordon of in-close fielders on the leg side was placed to snaffle any hurried fends.
Tempers reached boiling point when Bert Oldfield was struck in the head and suffered a fractured skull.
Then Australian captain Bill Woodfull, himself hit in the chest, later said: "There are two teams out there, one is playing cricket. The other is making no attempt to do so."
Australian fans were outraged. The then Australian Board of Control for Cricket expressed their displeasure to the MCC in England.
England threatened to boycott the last two Tests. It took the highest office in the land to settle the feud.
It still remains a talking point 76 years on.
Edgbaston 2005
In the 132-year history of Test cricket, only one match produced a narrower margin of result (in terms of runs) than the Edgbaston epic.
There was drama before the match. Champion paceman Glenn McGrath stepped on a cricket ball in the warm-up and was ruled out. Controversially, Ricky Ponting chose to bowl first.
His decision backfired. England hammered 407 on the first day then dismissed Australia for 308.
An inspired Shane Warne snared six second-innings wickets but could not stop Andrew Flintoff, who made a whirlwind 73, from adding 51 for the final wicket with Simon Jones.
An Australian win seemed out of the question when Michael Clarke was bowled by Steve Harmison with the final ball on day three, leaving his team at a seemingly forlorn 8-175 chasing 282 to win.
Warne stepped onto his wicket, leaving Brett Lee and No.11 Michael Kasprowicz to chase down the final 62 runs.
Against all odds, the pair edged within three runs of victory before Harmison had Kasprowicz caught behind.
This Test started an exhilarating few weeks of cricket which had fans all around the world captivated.
Headingley 1981
In the series that would later be known as his, Ian Botham was a villain until he arrived at Headingley for the third Test minus the captaincy.
When Botham strode to the wicket in England's second innings, the Poms were 5-105, still requiring another 123 to make Australia bat again.
Bookmakers offered odds of 500-1 for an England win, an offer too good for Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh to refuse.
Botham smashed an unbeaten 149 off 148 balls, helping England reach 356 and set Australia a small run chase of 130.
Bob Willis claimed 8-43, Botham won man-of-the-match honours and Marsh and Lillee were 7500 pounds to the better.
MCG 1982
This match will forever be remembered for the last-innings gallantry of Allan Border and Jeff Thomson.
Australia were staring at defeat when Thompson joined Border with the score on 9-218, still needing another 74 to reach the victory target of 292.
By stumps on day four, they had knocked off 37.
If someone tells you they were there for the finale, chances are they're telling porkies. No more than 5000 turned up on the final day to see what could have been just one ball of play.
Just as Lee and Kasprowicz were to do 23 years later, Border and Thompson had victory in sight before being heartbreakingly denied.
With five runs left to chase, Ian Botham enticed Thompson to fend outside off stump and the catch was taken by Geoff Miller at first slip after being missed by Chris Tavare at second.
To add insult to injury, it was later revealed Border and Thompson declined 29 comfortable singles in their partnership.
MCG 1998
Dean Headley had an impeccable pedigree. His father Richard played Test cricket for West Indies and his grandfather George was one of the greatest batsmen ever from the Caribbean.
Due to persistent back problems, Dean did not have the greatest of careers but he had his moment in the sun in the fourth Test in 1997.
In a dramatic final session, which lasted four hours, on the fourth day, Australia lost 7-32.
Headley claimed 5-26 in a heroic second spell, including a match-winning burst of 4-4 in 14 balls.
Steve Waugh was left unbeaten on 30 but on this occasion paid a heavy price for his faith in the tail.
With two wickets left and 14 runs left to chase, he asked batting bunny Stuart MacGill to see out five balls from a fired-up Darren Gough. MacGill survived none. Two balls later Glenn McGrath, then averaging less than five, was trapped lbw.