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Whatmore Front Runner For Pakistan Job 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-25

AUSTRALIAN Dav Whatmore is the front runner to be appointed Pakistan coach, a senior PCB official said yesterday. Whatmore, who led Sri Lanka to victory at the 1996 World Cup, is currently in charge of the Kolkata...

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Captains promise to stay off row 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-25

WITH an Australian cricket team in upheaval, India might have its best chance in decades to end an unwelcome streak Down Under - it has never won a test series since it began touring here 64 years ago. And regardless...

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Cowan's Distracted Ahead Of Test Debut 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-24

A day after breaking into the Australian test side, Ed Cowan had his preparations for the Boxing Day test against India disturbed when a man broke into his parents' Sydney home and refused to leave when police arrived...

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Ponting still awaiting his Indian summer 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-24

IN a defiant captain's swansong, Ricky Ponting hit a fighting century in a losing cause as Australia bowed out of the World Cup earlier this year and then spoke of his hopes for a "Tendulkar-like" re-birth. Nine...

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Pakistan completes series sweep in Dhaka 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-22

LEFT-ARM spinner Abdur Rehman broke through Bangladesh's resistance before Pakistan raced against fading light to complete a seven-wicket win on the final day of the second test in Dhaka yesterday. Set a winning...

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Australia hands Cowan debut, Hughes dropped 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-22

ED Cowan will open the batting on his debut for Australia in next week's first test against India after being included in an extended 13-strong squad announced yesterday. Australia blooded three new caps in this...

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Ponting comes under scanner 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-21

RICKY Ponting's international future could be in doubt if he fails to make runs, regardless of the former captain's standing in the game, Australia coach Mickey Arthur said. Australia plays the first of a four-test...

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Pakistan on top despite Shakib heroics 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-21

SHAKIB Al Hasan became the first Bangladeshi to hit a century and take five wickets in an innings in the same test but his efforts look like being in a losing cause after Pakistan seized control of the second test...

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Proteas win inside 3 days 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-18

ROOKIE seam bowler Vernon Philander fired South Africa to an innings victory against Sri Lanka yesterday to finish the first test with a 10-wicket haul in Centurion. Philander took five wickets as Sri Lanka folded...

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Infighting blamed for crisis in Sri Lanka 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-16

SQUAD politics, bickering and undue influence by player agents are to blame for the Sri Lanka cricket team's plummeting form, according to the country's sports minister. Mahindananda Aluthgamage told parliament...

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Batting boot-camp for Australians 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-15

AUSTRALIA will hold a training camp for its struggling batsmen before naming the side for the opening test against India on December 26, team performance manager Pat Howard said yesterday. Australia's test team,...

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Australia Ditches Text Vote 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-15

CRICKET Australia will revert to a panel of experts to decide man of the match awards after Doug Bracewell failed to win a public vote despite bowling New Zealand to victory in a test match in Hobart on Monday. Bracewell's...

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Aussies take a beating in print after Kiwi defeat 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-14

AUSTRALIA reacted with a wave of panic yesterday after falling to a first home test defeat to New Zealand in more than a quarter of a century with a series against India just two weeks away. "Aussie cricket crisis",...

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Clarke rues dramatic collapse 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-13

AUSTRALIA captain Michael Clarke rued his side's inconsistency after it blew an advantageous position to lose a home test to New Zealand for the first time in more than a quarter of a century yesterday. The Australians...

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New Zealand has edge as wickets tumble in Hobart test 

Sports | Cricket
2011-12-11

NEW Zealand's hopes of claiming a first test win on Australian soil since 1985 soared yesterday as the tourists grabbed a 153-run lead at the end of a dramatic second day's play in the second test in Hobart, Tasmania....