Only a monsoon or a doughty Australian fight-back Friday could prevent the English cricket team giving Australia a 3-1 hiding in the Ashes series in the fifth and final Test in Sydney. The former looked a more likely prospect than the latter, with the home side still 151 runs short of making England bat again [...]
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England humble Australia in Ashes cricket series
January 7th, 2011 |
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Ponting looks good to play in Melbourne, says Clarke
December 24th, 2010 |
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Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke Friday said that skipper Ricky Ponting is almost certain to play in the fourth Ashes Test against England starting here Sunday. Clarke said Ponting felt good after a net session at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and it will be difficult to keep him out of action on the Boxing Day. [...]
Australia ‘slight favourites’ to reclaim Ashes urn: Mark Waugh
December 20th, 2010 |
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Former opener Mark Waugh has said Australia’s emphatic victory in the Perth Test has made them favourites to reclaim the Ashes. The 267-run win for Ricky Ponting’s team in the third Ashes Test in Perth was made more remarkable by the fact that the home side went into the match as underdogs. Speaking on foxsports.com.au’s [...]
Ponting may be axed as captain if Australia loses Ashes
December 16th, 2010 |
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Ricky Ponting has said he may have to step down as Australian skipper if the Ashes series is lost. Defeat in Perth, would force Ponting and selectors to face the question of his captaincy head-on, but it is doubtful the selectors would replace Ponting as skipper mid-way through the series even if England goes 2-0 [...]
Ponting says decision on retaining Oz captaincy not his to make
December 15th, 2010 |
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Ricky Ponting has said that his future as Australian Test skipper is now out of his hands after a dreadful run of results have left his team on the verge of an embarrassing Ashes defeat. “Probably not a decision for me to make, is it?” Ponting replied when asked if he could stay on as [...]
Warne was never considered for Perth Ashes Test: Chappell
December 13th, 2010 |
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Australian selector Greg Chappell has said that leg-spin legend Shane Warne was never considered for third Ashes Test against England, starting in Perth on Thursday. Speculation that Australia’s all-time leading wicket taker could return to Test cricket had intensified after England won the Adelaide Test by an innings-and-71-runs to go 1-0 up in the five-match [...]
Broad ruled out of Ashes series due to abdominal injury
December 7th, 2010 |
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England fast bowler Stuart Broad has sustained a torn abdominal muscle injury during the fourth day of the Adelaide Test, which will keep him out of the rest of the Ashes series. England medical officer Nick Peirce said the nature of the injury meant Broad would be ruled out of the rest of the tour. [...]
Winners deserve the real Ashes urn: Ponting
November 25th, 2010 |
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Ricky Ponting has reopened the age-old debate about where the Ashes urn is held by declaring Australia should be rewarded with the real item if they defeat England this summer. Despite originating in Australia, the urn lives at the spiritual home of cricket at Lord”s in London and series victors are presented with replica Ashes. [...]
Cameron tells England cricketers ‘whole country behind them’ in Ashes defence questdkidkdijdkid
November 24th, 2010 |
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British Prime Minister David Cameron has conveyed support to the England cricket team as they prepare to defend the Ashes, through a personal video message saying, “The whole country is behind you.” According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Cameron wished them success in their forthcoming series against Australia. “I want to take this opportunity to [...]
‘Chastened’ Australia ‘geared to getting everything right for Ashes opener’: Watson
November 24th, 2010 |
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Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has said that lessons learned from the 2009 Ashes series loss have ensured that there will be “no excuses†if his team succumbs to England again during the 2010-11 series which starts in Brisbane on Thursday. “It’s always been in the back of our minds. Since the Ashes loss everything has [...]
Warne dons Roman Emperor’s skirt and sandals to taunt Poms ahead of Ashes!
November 24th, 2010 |
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Oz cricket legend Shane Warne has always entertained his fans through his outstanding ‘match winning’ boundaries and sixes, but now the former Australian leggie is all set to become an ‘eye candy’ for his supporters by starring as a Roman Emperor in the latest Ashes advertisement arsenal. In the latest commercial, which is yet to [...]
Captain Ponting under biggest amount of pressure, says Pietersen ahead of Ashes
November 22nd, 2010 |
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In the first definitive sledge launched against Australia by a cautious England side since its arrival three weeks ago, middle order batsman Kevin Pietersen has taken aim at captain Ricky Ponting”s aggressive approach. Ponting has made a point of targeting Pietersen and rival skipper Andrew Strauss at every chance since August, but Pietersen has hit [...]
Ashes: Pietersen ready to face Doherty test
November 22nd, 2010 |
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Key England batsman Kevin Pietersen has revealed that he is ready to face the challenge likely to be posed by Australian and Tasmanian left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty in the 2010 Ashes series starting at the Gabba here from November 25. “I don”t have technical glitches, I”ve sorted them. I”m always looking to score against every [...]
Strauss, Cook centuries ominous portent for Oz ahead of Ashes opener
November 13th, 2010 |
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England skipper Andrew Strauss and opening batsman Alastair Cook struck centuries on Saturday to give their team a dominant hand in the second Ashes warm-up match against South Australia in Adelaide. Resuming day three at 94-0, Strauss (102) and Cook (111 not out) shared a 181-run partnership to quell fears of the opening partnership emerging [...]
Harry Potter wants a break for the Ashes
November 11th, 2010 |
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Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is dreaming of spending Christmas in Australia so that he can watch England win the Ashes. “We are going to beat you. I”m convinced. This is the best chance we”ve had in 40-50 years,†News.com.au quoted Radcliffe as telling the Herald Sun. “There”s a slim chance I might come out [...]
Mark Waugh says Ponting will have win Ashes to keep Oz skipper’s job
November 11th, 2010 |
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Former Australian middle-order batsman Mark Waugh believes that if Ricky Ponting loses a third Ashes series to England, his days as captain are numbered. Ponting goes into his fourth Test series with England in charge of the Baggy Greens with one victory and two defeats to his name. Only Billy Murdoch and Percy McDonnell have [...]
General Motors’ IPO: Rising from the ashes in Detroit
August 19th, 2010 |
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General Motors’ return to the stockmarket heralds a remarkable turnaround for America’s carmakers
WHAT a difference 15 months makes. On June 1st 2009 General Motors applied for Chapter 11 protection, triggering the largest industrial bankruptcy in American history. This week the carmaker filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission to pave the way for an initial public offering before the end of the year.
On August 12th the firm unveiled net earnings of $1.3 billion for the three months to June, its second quarterly profit in a row and its best since 2004. GM also announced that it had secured a $5 billion revolving credit line and that its chief executive, Ed Whitacre, would soon depart. The former boss of AT&T took over at GM only last December, but the bankers handling the IPO feared that, at 68, he might not be around for the long haul. His replacement will be another former telecoms executive, Dan Akerson. …
Novel sources of uranium: Rising from the ashes
April 8th, 2010 |
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Coal ash, fertiliser and even seawater may provide nuclear fuel
ONE of the factoids trotted out from time to time by proponents of nuclear power is that conventional coal-burning power stations release more radioactivity into the environment than nuclear stations do. The reason is that the ash left over when coal is burned contains radioactive elements, notably uranium and thorium.
Turn that logic on its head and it suggests that such ash is worth investigating as a source of nuclear fuel. And that is exactly what Sparton Resources, a firm based in Toronto, is doing. It has signed a deal with the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), the authority that runs the country’s nuclear-power stations, to recover uranium from coal ash at a site in Lincang, in Yunnan province. …
Hilditch eyeing regaining Ashes on English soil in 2013
March 27th, 2010 |
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Australia’s chief cricket selector Andrew Hilditch is not only planning for next summer’’s Ashes revenge but also for regaining the Ashes on English soil in 2013.
Hilditch says that he and the other three selectors — Jamie Cox, David Boon and Merv Hughes – maybe busy with their work away from cricket, but all four [...]