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Fresh start for state as Jones favoured to get nod
Chris Barrett A new era at Cricket NSW begins on Friday, with James Sutherland's former right-hand man Andrew Jones tipped to become the state's chief executive.
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I'm sorry, but I had to defend myself: Warner
Chris Barrett Australian opener David Warner maintains he had to defend himself after his image was placed in a newspaper story but said on Thursday he regretted his choice of language.
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No muzzle on Clarke's men for Ashes
Chloe Saltau, Chris Barrett There is no danger Australia will follow England's lead and ban players from talking about the Ashes, after James Pattinson revealed the bowlers' plan to ''open up'' England by targeting their...
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Khawaja to turn over a new leaf in Ashes series
Chris Barrett Usman Khawaja says he is misunderstood by some in the Cricket Australia hierarchy, admitting that a casual exterior was often mistaken for a bad attitude by those that 'don't really know me well...
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Clarke happy to talk up Ashes
Chloe Saltau and Chris Barrett There is absolutely no danger that Australia will follow England's lead and ban its players from talking about the Ashes.
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Slur 'won't mar bid' on captaincy
Chris Barrett David Warner's outburst at journalists will not prevent him becoming captain.
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Warner is still captain material: Sutherland
Chris Barrett David Warner will not be scratched as a future captaincy candidate despite his extraordinary social media outburst at journalists, Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland says.
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Watson steps aside for new leaders
Chris Barrett Shane Watson says he quit the vice-captaincy post not only to focus on his own game.
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Watson reveals real reason for relinquishing vice-captaincy
Chris Barrett Shane Watson says he quit the vice-captaincy post not only to focus on his own game but to allow Australia to plan for the future beyond Michael Clarke.
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Clarke's duck sours bright start
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
Chris Barrett So untouchable has Michael Clarke been that a first-ball duck seemed, for him, impossible.
Cowan keeps his eye on the clock, not the scoreboard
Chris Barrett MOHALI: In his submission to Mickey Arthur last week Ed Cowan told the head coach that his focus was on the minutes column of the score-sheet, not the runs.
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Nappy days: fatherhood will ease pain for Watson's likely return
Chris Barrett IT WAS early afternoon on Monday when Shane Watson strode back into the hotel Australia are staying at in the city of Chandigarh, a 20-minute bus ride to the site of the third Test against India.
Hurt feelings easier to overcome than a dodgy calf
Chris Barrett Watson's departure from the tour of India became central in one of the most turbulent weeks in cricket history.
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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.
Top-scorer Starc content to stay down the order
Chris Barrett Mitchell Starc insists he will not be demanding a promotion up the batting order.
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Dhawan and only for India
Chris Barrett It appears that Australia did not do its homework on Shikhar Dhawan.
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Recalled Smith shifts attention to batting
Chris Barrett Recalled Steve Smith believes he his a vastly improved batsman to the one that was dropped after Australia's home Ashes defeat 26 months ago.
Shane Watson becomes a father
Chris Barrett MOHALI: Shane Watson's standing down from the third Test has turned out to be a blessing in disguise, with the Australian vice-captain home for the birth of his first child.
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Starc agony: Dhawan that got away
Chris Barrett Australia did not do their homework on Shikhar Dhawan.
