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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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Don't gauge the Ashes on the India debacle: Starc

Mitchell Starc

Daniel Lane, Sydney Paceman says critics reading too much into challenges team faced in India.

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Ponting dives back in time

Ricky Ponting's stunning catch.

London Captain Ricky Ponting was dismissed for a duck but then pulled off a spectacular catch when his Mumbai Indians took on Delhi Daredevils at home in the Indian Premier League on Tuesday.

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Clarke's duck sours bright start

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Chris Barrett So untouchable has Michael Clarke been with the bat over the past 18 months that a first-ball duck seemed, for him, about as likely as Shane Watson and Pat Howard having a laugh on Friday over a...

Clarke duck sours bright start

Michael Clarke.

Chris Barrett So untouchable has Michael Clarke been that a first-ball duck seemed, for him, impossible.

Live cricket commentary: India v Australia, 1st Test, day four

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Richard Shute Follow our real-time coverage of the fourth day of the first Test between India and Australia in Chennai. Our live text commentary, live scores and live statistics start again at 3pm on Monday.

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Spinning out of control

Nathan Lyon.

Ashley Mallett Is there something wrong with spin bowling Down Under? You betcha. Cricket Australia should be investigating the standard of spin bowling coaching in this country.

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Warne on hand to give Lyon a boost

Shane Warne during Australia's 2004 tour of India.

Chris Barrett Michael Clarke hopes the wisdom of Shane Warne will help Nathan Lyon bounce back from his first Test shellacking when the second instalment of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy begins on Saturday.

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Australia in big trouble at 4-83 at lunch

HOBART, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 18:  Nathan Lyon of Australia looks frustrated after bowling during day five of the First Test match between Australia and Sri Lanka at Blundstone Arena on December 18, 2012 in Hobart, Australia.  (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

Skipper Michael Clarke will likely require another century for Australia to avoid being knocked over on day one of the second Test against India on Saturday.

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Holy declaration, batsmen!

Now hear this: An Indian Naga Sadhu, or naked Hindu holy man, performs evening rituals after a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and the Saraswati River, during the Maha Kumbh festival in Allahabad on Friday.

Chris Barrett, Hyderabad India in command of the second Test despite the best efforts of Michael Clarke.

Live cricket commentary: India v Australia, 2nd Test, day three

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Richard Shute Follow our real-time coverage of the third day of the second Test between India and Australia in Hyderabad.

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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.

Australia fights on into day five in Chennai

Moises Henriques

Debutant Moises Henriques has played a brave hand of 75 not out in Australia's second innings of 9-232 to give the tourists an overall lead of 40 after day four of the first Test against India.

Spinners turn tourists to rubble

Michael Clarke

Chris Barrett CHENNAI: Australia's ambitious mission in India has gone off the rails after only four days. A demoralising defeat in the first Test at the M.A.

Live cricket commentary: India v Australia, 1st Test, day three

Michael Clarke.

Follow our real-time coverage of the third day of the first Test between India and Australia in Chennai. Our live text commentary, live scores and live statistics start from 3pm on Sunday.

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Hopes turn to dust as spin takes turn

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Chris Barrett Australia's ambitious mission in India has gone off the rails after only four days. A demoralising defeat in the first Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium was all but confirmed late on Monday...

Tendulkar puts exclamation mark on India's big victory

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar belted two sixes from his first two deliveries to help deliver a quick kill as India thumped Australia by eight wickets in the first Test in Chennai.

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No breaking bad in Hyderabad: Indians

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Chris Barrett After being buried in the unforgiving red clay of Chennai there is good news for Australia. The surface at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, the venue for Saturday's second Test, will at least...

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Australia banks on swing strategy

Nathan Lyon

Australia are determined to keep the sweat off the ball as they bank on a reverse-swing strategy to win the first Test against India, starting today in hot and humid Chennai.

Attack is no gamble: Clarke

Michael Clarke.

Chris Barrett Michael Clarke denies Australia has gambled by picking four seamers and one spinner for Friday's first Test.

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