Fast bowler Peter Siddle was excluded while inexperienced all-rounder John Hastings found a berth in Australia’s 15-man World Cup squad that was annunced here Tuesday. Skipper Ricky Ponting and veteran Michael Hussey were named in the squad despite injuries. Ponting is recovering from a finger fracture while Hussey suffered a serious hamstring injury Sunday. Hussey [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Michael Clarke’
Hastings in Australia’s World Cup squad, Siddle dropped
January 18th, 2011 |
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Clarke brushes off public sentiments against his appointment
December 31st, 2010 |
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Michael Clarke brushed off the strong public sentiment against his appointment as the captain and said he would use lessons learned from several years under Ricky Ponting’s tutelage to re-ignite the bumbling Australian team. Reacting to a poll conducted by The Age, Clarke said: “I think it’s part and parcel of what we do now, [...]
Ponting survives axe, CA endorses him as skipper
December 31st, 2010 |
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Despite calls for his sack getting louder everyday, Ricky Ponting looks certain to survive the axe as his deputy Michael Clarke and Cricket Australia (CA) have endorsed him as the Australian skipper after he returns from injury. CA’s chief executive James Sutherland also endorsed Ponting’s continuation as skipper upon return from his injury and quashed [...]
Injured Ponting to miss Sydney Test, Clarke may take over
December 30th, 2010 |
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Australian Test captain Ricky Ponting has been ruled out of the fifth and last Test of the Ashes series in Sydney due to a broken finger and Michael Clarke is expected to take over the reins. The selectors are expected to pick Clarke to lead but a formal announcement will be made only after directors [...]
Ponting’s injury may allow Clarke to debut as Oz Test captain
December 20th, 2010 |
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Michael Clarke is likely to debut as Australian Test captain in the Boxing Day Test, if incumbent skipper Ricky Ponting’s fractured finger doesn’t mend in time. Australia has named an unchanged 12-man Ashes squad for the Boxing Day clash that could attract a world-record 100,000 spectators on the opening day. Ponting is confident of being [...]
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 [...]
Watson possible captaincy challenger to Clarke, says ex-Queensland coach
December 13th, 2010 |
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Australian all-rounder Shane Watson’s former coach at The Queensland Bulls, Trevor Barsby, believes Watson is a potential challenger to Michael Clarke’s hopes of securing Australian Test captaincy from Ricky Ponting. Clarke had taken charge of the national Twenty20 side in March 2008, but of late has been battling both form and injury. It was also [...]
Lara Bingle spotted ‘making out’ with US model Didier Cohen
December 8th, 2010 |
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Lara Bingle has been caught “making out” with Aussie-based US model Didier Cohen. The 23-year-old bikini babe, who has been replaced as the face of Speedo by Rachael Finch, enjoyed a steamy Saturday night out with Cohen. Despite both being social scene regulars, the pair are said to have only just met. Well-placed sources said [...]
Lara Bingle says bikini-babe is not her cousin
November 13th, 2010 |
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Lara Bingle has dismissed claims of the girl, who says she is the cousin of the Aussie model. Confidential reported earlier this week that Zoo Weekly Swimsuit Calendar model Nicole King, who claimed to be related to Bingle, took up bikini modeling after being inspired by her ‘second cousin’. However, Bingle took to the airwaves [...]
Sexy cousin gives Lara Bingle a run for her money
November 12th, 2010 |
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It seems Oz bikini model Lara Bingle has some competition and that too from her own cousin. Nicole King, a petite 20-year-old, was the standout at the Zoo Weekly Swimsuit Calendar launch, reports the Daily Telegraph. She is the second cousin of Michael Clarke””s ex-girlfriend. King, a part-time promo girl from Wollongong, seems to have [...]
Michael Clarke shows off deflecting skills
November 10th, 2010 |
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Aussie cricketer Michael Clarke cleverly deflected questions about his new girlfriend Kyly Boldy at an event to launch Australia”s Ashes ad campaign this week. Asked if he and the one-time Miss Indy were going strong after Boldy was spotted watching Australia play Sri Lanka at the SCG last week, Clarke side-stepped the question and made [...]
Michael Clarke shows off deflecting skills
November 10th, 2010 |
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Aussie cricketer Michael Clarke cleverly deflected questions about his new girlfriend Kyly Boldy at an event to launch Australia”s Ashes ad campaign this week. Asked if he and the one-time Miss Indy were going strong after Boldy was spotted watching Australia play Sri Lanka at the SCG last week, Clarke side-stepped the question and made [...]
Michael Clarke shows off deflecting skills
November 10th, 2010 |
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Aussie cricketer Michael Clarke cleverly deflected questions about his new girlfriend Kyly Boldy at an event to launch Australia”s Ashes ad campaign this week. Asked if he and the one-time Miss Indy were going strong after Boldy was spotted watching Australia play Sri Lanka at the SCG last week, Clarke side-stepped the question and made [...]
Clarke says he receives “lot of respect†from his teammates when he captains
November 9th, 2010 |
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Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke has dismissed recent reports of a rift within the team. According to reports, Clarke’s leadership and attitude were both called into question by his teammates following the 2-1 defeat in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. Clarke however said that he felt “a lot of respect†from his teammates. “For [...]
Ponting aspires to captain Australia till he retires
November 9th, 2010 |
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Ricky Ponting has said that he wants captain Australia until the day he retires, but is prepared to step aside if there is a better candidate for the job. “It”s certainly not in my contract that I”m going to be captain until I”m finished. If I consider there”s somewhere better out there for the job [...]
Lara Bingle â€wants her slice of Michael Clarke’’s fortuneâ€
June 8th, 2010 |
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Lara Bingle wants a slice of her ex-fiancee Aussie cricketer Michael Clarke’’s fortune, it has emerged.
The 22-year-old Australian model, who split from cricketer Clarke following her involvement in a nude photograph scandal earlier this year, has allegedly been encouraged by her mother Sharon to seek a seven-figure payout from her ex-fiancé.
“[Sharon] feels [Michael and Lara] [...]
After Australia, Lara Bingle eyes NYC to revive modelling career
May 25th, 2010 |
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Lara Bingle has left Australia for New York, with hopes of rejuvenating her modelling career.
The ex-fiance of Aussie cricketer Michael Clarke booked a ticket to the Big Apple, where she is frantically chasing modelling opportunities.
A fortnight ago she told Grazia mag: “I know I need to build up people’’s respect and I”m going to have [...]
Lara Bingle’s ex manager may now sign up Oz topless fire-fighting heroine
May 18th, 2010 |
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After being dumped by Aussie model Lara Bingle, celebrity agent Max Markson is set to sign up Northern Territory’s topless fire-fighting heroine Tash Bennett.
The high-profile agent is known for helping reality TV stars cash in on their fifteen minutes of fame.
He was also recently hired – and fired – but Australian cricketer Michael Clarke’’s ex-fiancee [...]
Lara Bingle fails to impress TV bosses at screen test
March 19th, 2010 |
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Lara Bingle has screen tested for a job as an entertainment reporter with Bigpond TV.
But the 22-year-old Australian, who recently split from cricketer Michael Clarke following a nude photograph scandal, reportedly failed to impress television executives with her presenting skills.
Bingle, who auditioned two weeks ago at Sydney’’s Chief Entertainment studio, was allegedly like ‘a deer [...]
Nude photo distribution by Brendan Fevola â€violated†me: Lara Bingle
March 8th, 2010 |
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Lara Bingle has confessed that she felt ”exploited” after ex-flame AFL star Brendan Fevola released her nude photo.
Bingle is suing Fevola for circulating her nude picture taken in a shower.
The pic was published in last week’’s Woman’’s Day magazine.
However, Bingle has come forward to do a “tell-all” interview with the same magazine, for a reported [...]