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Stalwart Sticks to her guns

Jesse Hogan Victoria stalwart Sarah Elliott is referred to as 'Sticks' by her teammates due to her physique.

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Stars' chance to shine

Jesse Hogan The Melbourne Stars are bracing for the biggest test of their lofty reputation.

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No stumping this man

Jesse Hogan Peter Nevill once predicted the emergence of a 20-year-old rival named Matthew Wade.

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Warne: Flip Bird a Boxing Day debut

Jesse Hogan Jackson Bird should make his Test debut on Boxing Day because Australia cannot afford to select both Mitch Starc and Mitch Johnson in a three-man pace attack, Test great Shane Warne believes.

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Renegades blow away Hurricanes

Jesse Hogan Nothing can curb Aaron Finch and his Melbourne Renegades except absurd rules.

Desperate skipper grabs a win

Jesse Hogan Australia pulls off a win almost at the death after gutsy resistance by Sri Lanka.

Been there, won this: Clarke's men learn from past fall

Jesse Hogan WHEN Michael Clarke elected to bring on Matthew Wade to bowl the last over before tea on Tuesday, his will to win appeared questionable.

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Australia snatches dramatic win

Jesse Hogan Australian bowlers have delivered a decisive final-session performance against Sri Lanka to secure its first Test win of the summer.

Hosts ravaged by injury, but tourists still face tough ask

Jesse Hogan SRI LANKA must chase a target more than 10 times greater than their record outside the subcontinent to consign Australia to Test defeat in Hobart for a second year in a row.

Clarke limps, Australia chases win

Jesse Hogan Australia needs eight final-day wickets in Hobart to record its first Test win of the summer against Sri Lanka, but will have to do it with Ben Hilfenhaus and Michael Clarke both shackled by injury.

Slowly but surely the wheel turns

Jesse Hogan If Australia emerges from Hobart with its first Test win of the summer, it will be a reward for doing the little things.

Starc has to hit the target

Jesse Hogan Pressure on left-armer after he finishes as most expensive for second consecutive innings.

Siddle leads the way in an all-round disciplined display

Jesse Hogan IF AUSTRALIA emerge from Hobart with their first Test win of the summer it will be reward for doing the little things - rotating the strike with the bat, stifling scoring with the ball - better than...

Expensive Starc tests faith of selectors

Jesse Hogan MITCHELL STARC must regain his accuracy in time for Sri Lanka's fourth-innings chase in the Hobart Test after he finished as Australia's most expensive Test bowler for the second consecutive innings.

Even top order has Australians on top

Jesse Hogan Most even Test batting performance for a while puts team in dominant position.

Batsmen come to party at last

Jesse Hogan Australia's most even Test batting performance in almost three years has put them in a dominant position in the series-opening Test against Sri Lanka.

Risk pays off for Clarke

Jesse Hogan, Hobart Going by the scorecards, Michael Clarke was taking a risk when he chose to bat first at Bellerive Oval, given the three first-class matches that preceded the series-opening Test against Sri Lanka...

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First-day honours to Australia as Lankan pacemen miss the mark

Jesse Hogan GOING by the scorecards, Michael Clarke was taking a risk when he chose to bat first at Bellerive, given the three first-class matches that preceded the opening Test against Sri Lanka produced an...

Lankan bowlers urged to work in tandem

Jesse Hogan, Hobart Sri Lanka's only day-one wicket-taker, Chanaka Welegedara, says he and his teammates must start bowling well in partnerships, rather than just in isolation, to prevent Australia's batsmen extending...

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Star Faulkner aiming high

Jesse Hogan James Faulkner's international experience, a sole Twenty20 International last summer where he bowled only two overs and didn't bat, was trifling compared the majority of the Melbourne Stars squad of...