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Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 3:28 am
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Melbourne, Jan 12 (ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting handed his baggy green cap which was with him for previous 117 tests to maker Albion so that it can undergo makeover and be with him on time for the Hobart Test.
The baggy green cap was falling apart at the seams, and required the urgent restoration.
The Australian [...]

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 3:26 am
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Sydney, Jan 12 (ANI): Australian opening batsman Simon Katich has been cleared to play in the third and final Test against Pakistan, starting on Thursday at the Bellerive Oval.
Katich, who missed the second Test victory with a badly bruised forearm, proved his fitness at a lengthy training session in Hobart on Tuesday morning.
NSW batsman Phillip [...]

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Sunday, December 27, 2009, 5:08 am
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Melbourne, Dec. 26 (ANI): Australia’’s star-studded domestic Twenty20 competition begins on Monday and big hitting West Indies captain Chris Gayle will lead the international charge.
Gayle has joined forces with Western Australia, while fellow international stars Shahid Afridi and Kieron Pollard (South Australia), Dwayne Bravo (Victoria), Daniel Vettori (Queensland), Sohail Tanvir (Victoria), Dwayne Smith (NSW) and [...]

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Sunday, December 27, 2009, 5:02 am
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Melbourne, Dec. 26 (ANI): Australian openers Shane Watson and Simon Katich fell agonisingly short of centuries, but their side was in a commanding position against Pakistan on the first day of the first Test of the series at the MCG here.
Australia were 3-305 at stumps on the first day after Watson and Katich posted a [...]

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Sunday, December 27, 2009, 4:58 am
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Melbourne, Dec. 26 (ANI): Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting urged Pakistan to bring on a bouncer war as he declared himself an almost certain starter for his 13th Boxing Day Test.
According to the Courier Mail, Ponting will wear an arm guard to protect his sore left elbow – but insists he has no fear about [...]

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Friday, December 25, 2009, 3:46 pm
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Australia vs Pakistan, 1st Test
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, December 26-30, 2009
Match starts at 23:30 GMT
Ground Reality and Pitch: Melbourne Cricket Ground or the MCG as it is more popularly known, is a premier cricket ground located in Yarra Park in inner Melbourne. The MCG, which is the largest stadium in Australia, is traditionally known to [...]

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Friday, December 25, 2009, 3:45 pm
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Melbourne, Dec. 25 (ANI): The Australian batting line up is expecting a flurry of short pitch deliveries from the Pakistani pacers in the wake of West Indian captain Chris Gayle’’s  disclosure that Aussie captain Ricky Ponting  is weak against short-pitched balls.
The Kangaroos are waiting for the final call on Ponting’s fitness, who was hit on [...]

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Friday, December 25, 2009, 3:42 pm
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Dubai, Dec. 25 (ANI): Australia will need to beat Pakistan comprehensively in the three-Test series starting in Melbourne on Saturday if it is to retain its third position in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship table.
Australia starts the series with a difference of 33 rating points relative to sixth-placed Pakistan and this gap means it [...]

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 3:12 am
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Perth, Dec 21(ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has said that he was not proud of his players” behaviour during the Frank Worrell Trophy series against the West Indies, and would address the group on the issue ahead of the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan.
“I”m not proud of the fact. I”m sure the players aren”t proud [...]

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 3:11 am
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Perth, Dec 21(ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting had his first experience of a hyperbaric chamber on Saturday, as part of the rehab to recover in time for the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan starting on Saturday in Melbourne.
The hyperbaric chamber is designed to accelerate the healing process by pumping extra oxygen into the body, but [...]

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 3:09 am
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Perth, Dec 21(ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting and his West Indies counterpart Chris Gayle have agreed that the use of the controversial umpire referral system by fast bowler Kemar Roach after his dismissal in third Test in Perth will set a precedent.
Roach was judged caught behind off Australian fast bowler Doug Bollinger by on-field umpire [...]

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 3:08 am
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Perth, Dec. 21 (ANI): New South Wales left-arm quick Doug Bollinger, who claimed eight wickets in the just concluded Perth Test against the West Indies, will lead the Australian pace attack against Pakistan in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), starting on Saturday.
Bollinger, 28, will be fullfilling a boyhood dream, reports [...]

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Monday, December 21, 2009, 2:30 am
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Perth (Australia), Dec. 20 (ANI): Australian all-rounder Shane Watson became the fourth player to be charged for poor behaviour during an ill-tempered third Test following his unsightly celebration of the wicket of West Indian captain Chris Gayle on day four yesterday.
Watson screamed maniacally and aggressively in Gayle’’s direction after dismissing him before lunch at the [...]

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Monday, December 21, 2009, 2:28 am
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Melbourne, Dec 20 (ANI): Shane Warne and his ex-wife Simone Callahan seem to be very much together again, and are hoping to celebrate Christmas by sealing the deal on a new family home, it has emerged.
The pair is set to buy a luxury home in Middle Brighton for 9 million dollars, reports the Age.
Despite repeated [...]

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Monday, December 21, 2009, 2:24 am
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erth, Dec. 20 (ANI): Australia won the Frank Worrell Trophy 2-0 after claiming the final West Indies scalp in Perth today in controversial circumstances.
Windies fast bowler Kemar Roach was ruled caught behind off Doug Bollinger by umpire Billy Bowden.
Despite hot-spot technology showing no mark on the edge of Roach’’s bat, and replays inconclusive, referral umpire [...]

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Saturday, December 19, 2009, 12:40 pm
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After the Benn/ Johnson/ Haddin triple WWE match , cricket terminologies used in commentaries have undergone a sea change. A few that spring to mind are Haddin let his bat do the talking Johnson pushes the bowler back to the ball Benn charges towards…(read more)

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Friday, December 18, 2009, 2:22 am
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Perth, Dec. 17 (ANI): A mid-pitch physical altercation between West Indies spinner Sulieman Benn and Australian batsmen, Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson, tuned so bad that umpire Billy Bowden had to literally separate the wrestling cricketers.
The drama began after Benn and Johnson collided as the batsman set off towards the wicketkeeper’’s end for a single [...]

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Friday, December 18, 2009, 2:20 am
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Perth, Dec 17(ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has said that he was embarrassed at having to retire hurt for the first time in his career during the third Test against West Indies at the WACA Ground in Perth.
Ponting was hit above his left elbow while trying to duck out of a fiery 146km/h delivery from [...]

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Thursday, December 17, 2009, 3:33 am
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Melbourne, Dec 16 (ANI): The identity of Australian cricketer Brett Lee’’s estranged wife Liz Kemp’s mystery boyfriend has been revealed.
Kemp has been dating a successful Sydney finance broker for the past six months.
He is UBS wealth management broker Steve Moon, “Mooney” to his many friends.
Rumours recently surfaced that the couple separated two weeks ago.
However, a [...]

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Thursday, December 17, 2009, 3:32 am
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Perth (Australia), Dec.16 (ANI): Australian captain Ricky Ponting was taken to hospital for x-rays after being hit on the elbow by a brutal Kemar Roach bouncer after lunch on day one in Perth.
Ponting, however, was cleared of a break, and has returned to the WACA and is expected to be able to bat over the [...]