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AP suspends coverage of Australian cricket, again

The Associated Press will suspend coverage of cricket in Australia for the second consecutive international season because of a dispute over conditions for accreditation imposed by Cricket Australia. The AP was joined by Reuters and Agence [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Australia and T20's

The Australian cricket hierarchy still appear unable to take T20 cricket seriously. The topic has been discussed here before and it, on the face of it, progress from that point is still some time away. The recent appointment of Michael Cla [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

India vs Australia 3rd ODI live and India vs Australia 2009 ...

India vs Australia 3rd ODI live and India vs Australia 2009 3rd ODI. India vs Australia third One Day International (ODI) is set to begin within a few hours from now. Queues are already formed outside Ferozshah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi, [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Losing to Australia can help us, says Younus

Pakistan captain Younus Khan was unfazed by his side's loss to Australia in their final Champions Trophy round-robin match Wednesday, which he felt was probably a good thing as they head into the knockout stage. Australia's two-wicket win [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Australia loses quick wickets in chase

RICKY Ponting was the victim of an umpiring controversy that marred the frenetic second morning of the Ashes Test at Lord's. England paceman Jimmy Anderson frustrated Australia with the bat before rocking the top order with the ball, grab [...]

Posted On : Jul, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Pakistan to play Australia in cricket series in England next...

Pakistan will play two Tests and two Twenty20 internationals against Australia in England in July 2010. Pakistan has been declared unsafe to host international cricket since gunmen attacked Sri Lanka's team bus at Lahore on March 3, killin [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

Sri Lanka Eliminates Australia in World Twenty20 Cricket

Sri Lanka sent Australia, one of cricket’s perennial powers, crashing out of the World Twenty20 on Monday at Trent Bridge. The Australians, who have led the world rankings in five-day test matches for several years and have won the [...]

Posted On : Jun, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Cricket Australia are considering revamping their selection ...

Hilditch came under fire last season when he was photographed walking his dog on an Adelaide beach as Matthew Hayden was fighting to save his career against South Africa at the SCG. Hilditch, who earns a hefty retainer for his part-time rol [...]

Posted On : May, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Pakistan beat Australia by seven wickets in fifth ODI

Pakistan beat Australia by seven wickets in the fifth and final one-day international at the Sheikh Zayed stadium in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Australia won the series 3-2. Scores: Australia 250-4 off 50 overs (S. Watson 116 not out) v Pakistan [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Playing for Australia far from priceless

Forget the credit crunch, being called up to the Australian cricket team is about to prove a financial disaster for Andrew Symonds and Brett Lee. Between them, the stars are set to miss out on about $A1.75 million of IPL loot to play for th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Akhtar finds a place in Pak ODI squad against Australia

Rawalpindi Express’ Shoaib Akhtar has been included in Pakistan’s squad for the one-day series against Australia in the UAE. Selection committee chairman Abdul Qadir announced the squad at a press conference here on Monday. A fi [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

Rise Of The Punter: Cricket Australia

After the thrashing the Proteas offered to the Ausssies on their home turf back in January, I had written an article making an assessment of Ricky Ponting’s future as the captain and the future of the Australian dominance in Test cr [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Cricket-South Africa rock Australia early in first test

A superb new-ball spell by South Africa's Dale Steyn and a magnificent catch by Neil McKenzie had Australia rocking at 78 for three at lunch on the first day of the first test on Thursday.Australia won the toss and elected to bat firs [...]

Posted On : Feb, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Haddin ton sets up Australia win

Promoted to open the batting, Haddin made 109 off 114 balls before being run out as the home side totalled 301-9. They then reduced New Zealand to 183-7 but all-rounder Grant Elliott kept them in the hunt with a superb 115. He was caught i [...]