| Tait to launch comeback via Australia A tour in India |
| Melbourne, Aug.29 (ANI): Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait will make his return to competitive cricket on Australia A's one-day tour of India next month after walking away from the game in January. It is the strongest indication yet that Tait will be in the mix for national selection th |
2008-08-29
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| Aussie `A' tour of India aimed at search for super spinner |
| Melbourne, Aug.29 (ANI): Cricket Australia is aiming to use its `A' tour to India to discover players with national potential, and the objective includes a search for a top-class spinner.A match-winning spinner will be a key in Australia's defence of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in four T |
2008-08-29
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| Oz fielding coach labels Symonds the 'Usain Bolt' of cricket |
| Melbourne, Aug.29 (ANI): Australia's dynamic cricketing all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been dubbed the "Usain Bolt" among cricket fieldsmen by specialist Australian coach Mike Young."When you talk about Andrew Symonds it's like talking about Bradman as a batsman or Ponting as a batsman. |
2008-08-29
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| ECB working to ensure ticket availability for Associates at ICC WT20 |
| Dubai, Aug 28 (ANI): The England and Wales Cricket Board today confirmed it is working with the Dutch, Scottish and Irish cricket authorities to ensure that as many tickets as possible for the ICC World Twenty20 2009 (ICC WT20 2009) get to the fans of the three Associate teams.Zimbabwe' |
2008-08-28
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| Footie style-punishments for Oz club cricket sledgers from this season |
| d on the pitch.The program was expected to curb sledging within the first few weeks of implementation, he said.However, the New South Wales Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association has criticized the process, saying that strong leadership from captains was the real answer to poor conduct |
2008-08-28
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| Imran says it'll be unfortunate for Pak to have Zardari as Prez |
| Lahore, Aug 28 (ANI): Pakistan will be an unfortunate country if a person like PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari became the next President, because he will be a "security risk" for the country, the country's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has said.Drawing a parallel between Zarda |
2008-08-28
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| Bradman stands alone, untouched in cricket's history: Ponting |
| London, Aug 27 (ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has said that of the 2519 batsmen who have taken the crease in 131 years of Test cricket, Bradman stands alone and untouched."He dominated cricket for 20 years from his debut in 1928 to his retirement 60 years ago this month and if |
2008-08-27
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| "Bradman would be disappointed with today's cricket" |
| Loxton is also unsure whether current Australian captain Ricky Ponting is the right choice to deliver Wednesday night's Bradman Oration at Cricket Australia's centenary dinner in Sydney, citing January's spiteful Sydney Test against India. "When I heard about Ricky Ponting delivering t |
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| ICC President pays tribute to Sir Donald Bradman |
| should also remember the way he gave back to the game after he finished playing, as a selector and as an administrator with the Australian Cricket Board and the Imperial Cricket Conference," he said. "Sir Donald's life was a lifetime of service to cricket and his legacy is that our str |
2008-08-27
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| Bradman would be twice as good as any other batsman today, says Hussey |
| Melbourne, Aug 27 (ANI): The greatest cricketer of the 20th century Sir Don Bradman would be twice as good as any other batsman if he played the game today, Australian Vice Captain Mike Hussey has said.As Australia prepares to celebrate the centenary of Bradman's birth today, debate has |
2008-08-27
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