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Tendulkar tipped to dominate

Andrew Wu Ravi Shastri backs ageing great to produce one last virtuoso series against Australia.

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Captain's scare takes shine off easy win

Andrew Wu AUSTRALIA will have to complete their whitewash over the West Indies without their captain after Michael Clarke suffered a recurring hamstring injury in the hosts' five-wicket victory over the West...

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Surprise as Smith chosen for India tour

Andrew Wu Smith's own shock was mild compared to that of many others around the country.

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Lyon is leaving no stone unturned in his bid for Indian success

Andrew Wu Australia's incumbent Test spinner is facing a challenge from Xavier Doherty.

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Lyon gets in early for Indian scouting mission

Andrew Wu AUSTRALIA'S incumbent Test spinner Nathan Lyon says he does not know what is required to succeed in India but has sought the counsel of Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting as he tries to unlock the...

Warne's manifesto would leave Test regulars out on limb

Andrew Wu SHAUN MARSH, Nathan Coulter-Nile and James Faulkner stand to be the massive winners if Shane Warne is successful with his revolution of Australian cricket but Ed Cowan and Phillip Hughes would find...

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Windies increase spin intrigue

Andrew Wu AUSTRALIA'S Test squad continues its exodus to India on Saturday but it's the men left behind who could be gaining the most valuable insight into the challenges that lie ahead on the subcontinent.

Hughes up to speed, now for spin

Andrew Wu PHILLIP HUGHES overcame his demons against pace bowling this summer to become ''Mr Dependable'' for Australia, but Dean Jones says a similar challenge awaits the batsman against spin in India.

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Mallett backs Maxwell to spin some magic on India Test debut

Andrew Wu ASHLEY MALLETT, the last man to bowl Australia to Test victory in Chennai, has endorsed Glenn Maxwell to make his debut next week in the series opener against India.

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Steady Smith throws his bat in the ring for India tour selection

Andrew Wu THE transformation of Steve Smith continues and when word gets out to national selectors of his latest deeds he could be joining fellow Renaissance man Phillip Hughes on the plane to India next month.

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Injury scare for Warner

Andrew Wu David Warner has been ruled out of the first two one-dayers against the West Indies.

Tweets at 10 paces as mates take off gloves

Andrew Wu Darren Berry and Shane Warne had razor sharp tongues during their playing days, most famously in an incident during a Shield game in the '90s that upset Adam Gilchrist.

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Come in spinner

Andrew Wu, Sydney Former chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns urges a punt on unheralded leg-spinners Adam Zampa and Cameron Boyce.

Who? Selectors have option of unknown spin duo

Andrew Wu FORMER chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns has urged Australia to take a punt on unheralded leg-spinners Adam Zampa and Cameron Boyce for the Test tour of India with a view to developing them for the...

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SCG gives up spin bias

Andrew Wu There was a time when Test cricket in Sydney was not far removed from the subcontinent.

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Testing year starts on key but requires fine-tuning

Andrew Wu MICHAEL CLARKE says Australia will head to the subcontinent as a work in progress after starting their most important year of Test cricket in recent memory with a series whitewash of Sri Lanka.

'Worst' pace attack won't test batsmen, says Hogg

Chris Barrett, Andrew Wu SRI LANKA'S fast bowling attack is the worst to come to Australia and will not give the home team any clarity about its top order by the summer's end, says former Test paceman Rodney Hogg.

Herath short in stature, not in class

Andrew Wu Few will be able to name spinner on whom Sri Lanka has pinned its hopes.

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Yardley puts his spin on fast track: Let Lyon play

Andrew Wu BRUCE YARDLEY, a man who showed it was possible to carve a successful career bowling off-spin at the WACA Ground, has urged Australia to resist the temptation to play an all-pace attack in Perth by...