Spinners
Spinners turn tourists to rubble
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.
Tiwary taunts tourists after spinners expose batting frailties
Greg Buckle CHENNAI: India A batsman Manoj Tiwary has taunted Australia's batsmen, saying they will be found wanting in the four-Test series starting on Friday.
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Swingers, not spinners, needed in India: Buchanan
Chris Barrett The architect of Australia's era-defining win in 2004 cautions against an abundance of spin on the sub-continent.
Just let spinners be: Warne
Chloe Saltau Former Test leggie describes Jon Holland's shoulder injury as savage blow to Australian cricket.
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System dulls our spinners' magic: Murali
Chloe Saltau, Colombo Legendary Sri Lankan spinner says 'proper' Australian coaching blocks creativity.
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Obscure recent Aussie Test spinners
Some of the tweakers tried by Australia in Test cricket recent years, as Shane Warne's career came to a close.
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England crashes to defeat to Pakistan spinners
Left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman took a career best 6-25 to help Pakistan humble England by 72 runs in the second Test in Abu Dhabi, giving Pakistan unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Spinners key for India with bat and ball
By Adam Cooper Spinners Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh will have to bowl even better than they batted as India seek a series-squaring win over Australia in the fourth Test.
India likely to play two spinners at MCG
By Adam Cooper India are set to play to their strengths of batting big and spinning the ball in tandem against Australia in the first cricket Test at the MCG.
MCG pitch 'unlikely to help spinners'
Sam Lienert Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz's hopes of earning a recall to the Australian side would not have been buoyed by the words of MCG curator Cameron Hodgkins.
Sri Lankan spinners rip apart Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka cruised to a crushing six-wicket defeat of Zimbabwe in the first of five one-day internationals.
Keep faith with young spinners: Benaud
Samantha Broun Richie Benaud says Australian cricket fans hanging out for the next Shane Warne need to keep the faith with Australia's young band of emerging leg-spinners.
Lee back, spinners a worry for Australia
Adam Cooper Brett Lee's looming return to bowl for Australia in India has been tarnished by injuries to the cricket side's two main spinning options.
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Devoy set to become all-round winner
Lee Gaskin ACT Comets player of the year Shane Devoy could be perfectly suited to the Big Bash League.
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Agar the probable spin twin
Chloe Saltau Teen spinner Ashton Agar is closing in on the second spinner's berth for the Ashes tour.
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Agar looms large for spinner's role
Chloe Saltau Ashton Agar is closing in on the second spinner's berth for the Ashes tour.
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Even Gayle lost for words after fastest century in cricket
Nick Hoult Explosive West Indies opener Chris Gayle smashed a century off 30 balls in an Indian Premier League match today and finished on 175 not out, the highest Twenty20 innings.
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Phone call that brought nothing but bad news for Wade
David Sygall Matthew Wade saw the name come up on his phone and his heart sank.
MacGill, Mallett put fresh spin on CA coaching ranks
Chloe Saltau Stuart MacGill was bamboozled by so many coaches during his career that he has become one. Ashley Mallett was so critical of Cricket Australia's spin program that he has been invited to join it.
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MacGill, Mallett to spin Australia in a new direction
Chloe Saltau Stuart MacGill was bamboozled by so many coaches during his career that he has become one. Ashley Mallett was so critical of Cricket Australia's spin program that he has been invited to join it.
