Adam Gilchrist

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Australians unwittingly caught up in spot-fixing scandal

Ben Doherty Australian cricketers Adam Gilchrist, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, and Aaron Finch have found themselves — unwittingly and innocently — involved in the periphery of the spot-fixing scandal that has...

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Spot-fixing scandal a kick in the teeth for cricket: Warne

Shane Warne.

Shane Warne says the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal feels like a kick in the teeth for cricket.

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Saddened Gilchrist demands life bans for cheats

Police escort bookies and cricketers after they were produced in a court in New Delhi on Thursday.

Chloe Saltau Former wicketkeeper says ignorance and naivete can no longer be used as an excuse.

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Watson steps aside for new leaders

I haven't felt pressure from the Cricket Australia hierarchy or anything like that at all.

Chris Barrett Shane Watson says he quit the vice-captaincy post not only to focus on his own game.

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Watson reveals real reason for relinquishing vice-captaincy

Shane Watson.

Chris Barrett Shane Watson says he quit the vice-captaincy post not only to focus on his own game but to allow Australia to plan for the future beyond Michael Clarke.

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For the love of Boof

Greg-Baum-sport-dinks

Greg Baum Coach Boof. Supercoach Boof. Linguistically, it doesn't work. The syntax is all wrong. But Darren Lehmann never did quite fit into a category.

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The evidence is in, time to sift through Ashes to find a squad

Richard Hinds dinkus

Richard Hinds The ignominious tour of India has drawn to an appropriately calamitous conclusion. The Sheffield Shield - the anachronistic bugbear that complicates the scheduling of Big Bash League games and...

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Australians are sitting ducks, says Shastri

Harsh but fair: Indian critic Ravi Shastri has long experience of Australian cricket. He made a double century at the SCGin 1992 in Shane Warne's first Test.

Chris Barrett Former Indian captain describes tourists' experience in this series as a ''nightmare''.

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Winning Indians axe Sehwag for remaining Tests

Sehwag

Chris Barrett Mohali: At his exhilarating best he has been as destructive as any batsmen in the history of the game, but Virender Sehwag may well have blazed his last boundary in Test cricket.

Pontings reveal Ricky's road to self-mastery

.Ricky Ponting and wife Rianna.

Faith Aird Ricky Ponting's family has spoken for the first time together about the alcohol-fuelled altercation that publicly humiliated the famed cricketer.

Getaway can help 'clear the head'

Clean break: Adam Gilchrist says the time away mid-tour revitalised the team in 2004.

Chris Barrett Eight-day break between Tests could have been better used to escape from cricket.

Dean Jones

All change in Wade's world

Dean Jones.

Dean Jones You can understand why Matthew Wade is scratching his head at the moment.

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Clarke's call is for action, not words

Michael Clarke.

Greg Buckle, Chennai Australian skipper won't be encouraging his men to stir the pot in the media.

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Swingers, not spinners, needed in India: Buchanan

John Buchanan

Chris Barrett The architect of Australia's era-defining win in 2004 cautions against an abundance of spin on the sub-continent.

Malcolm Knox

Warne spin not that hard to pick

Malcolm-Knox-sport-dinks

Malcolm Knox Shane Warne has delivered manifestos before. In his pre-social media playing days, they came on scraps of hotel notepaper, written with a thumbnail dipped in tar, to the ghost writer of his newspaper...

Conflict of interest never too far from Shane's pen

Malcolm Knox

Malcolm Knox Shane Warne has delivered manifestos before. In his pre-social media playing days, they came on scraps of hotel notepaper, written with a thumbnail dipped in tar, to the ghost-writer of his newspaper...

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Pace attack can conquer in India: Siddle

Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle .

Chloe Saltau Three-quarters of the wickets during England's historic series win in India recently fell to spin, but Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle is predicting a pace-led quest for the Border-Gavaskar...

Chloe Saltau

India must face pace: Siddle

Peter Siddle

Chloe Saltau Three quarters of the wickets during England's historic series win in India recently fell to spin, but Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle is predicting a pace-led quest for the Border-Gavaskar...

Dean Jones

A theory on how to beat India in India

Dean Jones.

Dean Jones The tour to India this month will be a great examination on where this Australian team is at.

Hit and niggle: Wade

Matthew Wade

Greg Buckle, Chennai Wicketkeeper expects both sides to show plenty of passion when first Test starts.