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Clarke could climb as high as No.3 as selectors aim for batting shake-up
Chris Barrett Michael Clarke's pending move up the batting order will stabilise Australia's fragile top four, according to opener David Warner.
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Blame game commences as selectors fail to find right spin
Chris Barrett Nathan Lyon stood by the rope at a wide third man on Monday morning, chatting to Xavier Doherty. M.S.
Selectors worried by low stocks
Chris Barrett National selector John Inverarity admits concern at the depth of spin bowling stocks before Australia's testing tour of India next month.
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Selectors punt on Hughes
Chris Barrett, Chloe Saltau AFTER a year in the international wilderness, Phillip Hughes is set to be given the opportunity to forge a long-term Test career with a recall for Australia's series opener against Sri Lanka next...
Siddle riddle: selectors muse over paceman
Chloe Saltau, Chris Barrett AUSTRALIA'S selectors have been told Peter Siddle is at much greater risk of injury than when he broke down in the West Indies earlier this year, but they are tempted to pick him for what is being...
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Blues given a stumper by selectors over Haddin
Chris Barrett TEST selectors have asked that Brad Haddin continue to be picked as the wicketkeeper for NSW but the gloveman could play his twilight years as a specialist batsman, with the Blues and Australian...
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Lyon must lift, say selectors
Chris Barrett National selector John Inverarity concerned at Nathan Lyon's form, 10 days from first Test.
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Warner's Ashes in tatters
Chris Barrett David Warner's immediate Test future is in serious jeopardy, despite being spared an early flight home from England.
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Warner's Ashes blow
Chris Barrett David Warner's immediate Test future is in serious jeopardy despite being spared an early flight home from England.
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His daughter's keeper: Haddin looks at game in a new light
Chris Barrett BRAD Haddin flies out of Sydney for London on Saturday, and he will not be back for a while - not until late August, in fact, when the Test leg of the Ashes tour finally ends.
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Emerging Ahmed puts heat on Lyon
Chris Barrett Michael Clarke is adamant Nathan Lyon need not look over his shoulder in England despite the looming presence of Pakistani-born leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed in the Australian team set-up.
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Ahmed 'no threat' to Lyon
Chris Barrett Michael Clarke adamant Nathan Lyon need not look over his shoulder in England.
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Lyon the mane man as Australia fires up
Chris Barrett Delhi: Carted around at Chennai and then dumped, Nathan Lyon's immediate future as Australia's No.1 spin bowler was up in the air.
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Top-order failures sum up failed tour
Chris Barrett, Delhi When the dust settles from Australia's tour de farce, one subject should stand out above all else.
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Start at top to find reason for series woes
Chris Barrett When the dust settles from Australia's tour de farce, one subject should stand out above all else.
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CA stands by team leaders
Chris Barrett Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland says national team management retains board's full support.
CA backs staff despite 'issues' with whitewash
Chris Barrett Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland says national team management, including Mickey Arthur, John Inverarity and Pat Howard, retain the board's full support but agrees the 4-0 loss in India was...
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Sweep learning curve: how the ball was dropped
Chris Barrett It is still Michael Clarke first and daylight second when it comes to Australia's batsmen.
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Australia survives no-Clarke test
Chris Barrett Where would Australia be without Michael Clarke? It is a question, generally of the rhetorical variety, that has been posed often lately.
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Warne on hand to give Lyon a boost
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.
