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Bookies targeted three other IPL players: report

Chloe Saltau An Indian newspaper has reported that former Australian Test batsman Brad Hodge immediately refused an invitation to a party at which a bookie intended to rope him into the IPL spot-fixing scandal.

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Hodge's late Ashes bid comes to an end

Chloe Saltau Brad Hodge's late bid for an Ashes comeback has failed, with Victoria turning down the veteran batsman's offer to come out of retirement to play in the Sheffield Shield.

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Hodge's late Ashes bid comes to an end

Chloe Saltau Brad Hodge's late bid for an Ashes comeback is over before it began, after Victoria turned down the veteran batsman's offer to come out of retirement to play in the Sheffield Shield.

Hodge wants shot at Ashes dream

Chloe Saltau and Jesse Hogan Brad Hodge approachs Victoria's selectors about a comeback to first-class cricket.

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England's Ashes hopes on the rise

Chloe Saltau Retirements and selection intrigue in Australia have heightened England's optimism.

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England revel in Australia's 'failings'

Chloe Saltau RETIREMENTS and selection intrigue in Australia have heightened England's Ashes optimism.

Stars clash in Renegades win

Chloe Saltau Shane Warne almost comes to blows with Melbourne Renegades' import, Marlon Samuels.

Viv Richards weighs Big Bash mentor role

Chloe Saltau Sir Viv Richards, one of the most destructive batsmen the world has seen, is talking to the Melbourne Stars about joining the Big Bash side as a team mentor this summer.

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In Twenty20 world, Australia is the land way down under

Chloe Saltau Forget the Australians' lowly ranking in Twenty20, skipper George Bailey says his team is one of the title contenders at the World Cup.

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Defections rock Renegades

Chloe Saltau Brad Hodge and Glenn Maxwell leading an exodus from the Renegades to the Stars.

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Auctioned Aussies' futures uncertain as Pune owner declares

Chloe Saltau Indian cricket drama leaves its national team without a major sponsor and the Pune IPL team without an owner.

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IPL snaps up Johnson, Hogg

Chloe Saltau Mitchell Johnson has been thrown a lifeline and a $US300,000 ($A279,835) pay cheque.

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Players bid for World Cup cash

Chloe Saltau Windfall from hosting the 2015 World Cup emerges as a powerful bargaining tool in Cricket Australia's push for an incentive-based pay system for the nation's cricketers.