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 [...]
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Hastings in Australia’s World Cup squad, Siddle dropped
January 18th, 2011 |
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England humble Australia in Ashes cricket series
January 7th, 2011 |
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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 [...]
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 [...]
‘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 [...]
Green SCG wicket could hinder Ashes hopes of Khawaja, Hughes: Watson
November 10th, 2010 |
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Australian opener Shane Watson has said that the SCG wicket, which is considered a bowlers paradise, could cast trouble for Ashes fringe players Usman Khawaja, Phillip Hughes and even Steve Smith during New South Wales’ Sheffield Shield match against Victoria. Watson said the forecast of stormy conditions would make it tough to score runs in [...]
Challengers beat Royals, book IPL semi-final berth
April 15th, 2010 |
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Last year’s finalists Royal Challengers Bangalore sailed into the semi-finals of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a convincing five-wicket win over the Rajasthan Royals at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium here Wednesday.
Kevin Pietersen made a breezy 29-ball 62 runs as Royal Challengers, set a target of 131, made 132 for five in 15.4 overs.
With the [...]
IPL scoreboard: Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals
April 12th, 2010 |
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The following is the scorebard of the Indian Premier League match between Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals here Sunday.
Mumbai Indians
Sanath Jayasuriya c Jhunjhunwala b Watson 1 (2b)
Sachin Tendulkar not out 89 (59b, 10×4, 2×6)
Ambati Rayudu c Ojha b Watson 0 (3b)
Saurabh Tiwary c Dole b Watson 15 (9b, 3×4)
Jean Paul Duminy c Lumb b Trivedi [...]
Tendulkar guides Mumbai Indians to their first IPL semifinal
April 12th, 2010 |
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Mumbai Indians sealed a semi-final berth with a clinical 37-run victory over Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match here Sunday.
Sachin Tendulkar smashed an unbeaten 89 off 59 deliveries as Mumbai Indians recovered from early jolts to post 174 for five after being sent to bat.
Rajasthan Royals were then restricted to 137 for [...]
Tendulkar Help Mumbai to 174/5 against Rajasthan
April 11th, 2010 |
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Captain Sachin Tendulkar struck an unbeaten 59-ball 89, his highest Indian Premier League score, to help Mumbai Indians post a competitive 174 for five against Rajasthan Royals here today.
Tendulkar mixed caution with aggression and decorated his innings with 10 fours and two sixes to notch up his fifth half century of the tournament.
Yet again the [...]
Separatist guerrillas disrupted railway traffic for the first time Friday after they carried out an improvised explosive device (IED) blast and destroyed eight feet of a rail track in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Rail traffic was later restored.
April 2nd, 2010 |
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Having gained a fresh lease of life with a stunning five-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore, Chennai Super Kings will be looking to consolidate their position with another success when they host Rajasthan Royals at Chepauk Saturday in Indian Premier League cricket.
The win over Bangalore Wednesday came following four consecutive defeats and the Super Kings, [...]
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 [...]
We have to maintain the intensity: Warne
March 25th, 2010 |
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Having made a comeback of sorts with their second straight victory, Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Warne said his team can still be a force to reckon with in this year’s Indian Premier League.
Rajasthan Royals outplayed Kings XI by 31 runs for their second straight victory Wednesday after three defeats.
Warne said that the players will have [...]
Oz players wise to opt out of IPL-3: Roebuck
January 27th, 2010 |
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Sydney, Jan.27 (ANI): The Australian cricketers decision to give a miss to the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is both wise and promising, feels noted columnist Peter Roebuck.
In an article for the Sydney Morning Herald, Roebuck opines that the Australians are fully aware of the workload that is before them, especially in [...]
Spinner Hauritz to be part of Oz squad against Windies
November 25th, 2009 |
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Australian captain Ricky Ponting has confirmed that off-spinner Nathan Hauritz will be a part of the first Test squad taking on the West Indies at the Gabba in Brisbane on Thursday.
Pacer Doug Bollinger will be the 12th man, while the other quicks featuring in the team would be Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus, [...]
Hilditch says Hussey has secured his Test career, but holds out less hope for Brett Lee
November 12th, 2009 |
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The chairman of selectors for the Australian cricket team, Andrew Hilditch, has said that middle order batsman Mike Hussey has secured his Test career with his outstanding one-day form. He also says that Brett Lee has an uphill battle to regain his Test place and that Shane Watson will continue to open the batting in [...]
Watson is international cricket’s `gun all rounder’, says Ponting
November 12th, 2009 |
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Australian skipper Ricky Ponting rates Shane Watson as cricket’’s gun all-rounder.
Ponting predicted that Watson, being sound in body and having peace of mind, would be enshrined as the game’’s next crack all-rounder.
“The extended run he has had injury-free means he is starting to show everybody what a few us believed he was going to be [...]
Watson is international cricket’s `gun all rounder’, says Ponting
November 12th, 2009 |
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Australian skipper Ricky Ponting rates Shane Watson as cricket’’s gun all-rounder.
Ponting predicted that Watson, being sound in body and having peace of mind, would be enshrined as the game’’s next crack all-rounder.
“The extended run he has had injury-free means he is starting to show everybody what a few us believed he was going to be [...]
India slump to three-run defeat despite Tendulkar’s heroic
November 6th, 2009 |
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Sachin Tendulkar produced a breathtaking 175 to very nearly take India to a sensational win in a nerve-wrecking fifth cricket one-dayer against Australia but the hosts flaundered in the dying stages to succumb to a three-run defeat and give the visitors a 3-2 lead in the series.
Chasing Australia mammoth 350 for four, built mainly around [...]
Watson departs after prolific show
November 5th, 2009 |
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With the help of Shane Watson cracking half-century(93), Australia were 146 for one at the end of 26th over after skipper Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat on a batting paradise wicket against India in the crucial fifth cricket one-dayer at Rajiv Gandhi stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday.
India have made [...]