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Ponting signs deal to join Surrey
Chris Barrett Ricky Ponting is going to England after all after signing a short-term county deal with Surrey.
Ponting can still shine at The Oval
Chris Barrett Ricky Ponting is going to England after all. The former Australian captain's Test career could not stretch as far as this year's Ashes tour but he will be a lot closer to Michael Clarke's squad than...
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Mickey takes it all in his stride
Chris Barrett In coastal Durban in the late 1970s and 1980s, life was good for a wide-eyed youth.
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Out of Africa
Chris Barrett IN coastal Durban in the late 1970s and '80s, life was good for a wide-eyed youth with a cricket bat in his hand and the world at his feet. As long as the colour of his skin was right.
Bouncing bomb: pace attack targets soft spot
Chris Barrett MITCHELL JOHNSON has hurt opposition batsmen before. Just ask Graeme Smith or Jacques Kallis, who have felt the full force of the Australian left-armer when he turns predator.
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Victory in sight for Aussies in second Test
Chris Barrett, Adelaide When Nathan Lyon boarded a flight to Colombo via Singapore in late August 2011 he was a virtual unknown.
Bowling gamble pays off
Chris Barrett Australia's farewelling of Ricky Ponting could hardly have begun better.
New-look attack lets loose on Proteas
Chris Barrett THE tears wiped from their cheeks, Australia's farewelling of Ricky Ponting is off to a start they will happily take.
South Africans check Australian ambition
Chris Barrett THE sleeping giant of this Test series has finally woken and Australia have been left flat on their backs.
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New look attack lets loose on Proteas
Chris Barrett The tears wiped from their cheeks, Australia's farewelling of Ricky Ponting is off to a start they will happily take.
The giant awakens
Chris Barrett Dale Steyn, the sleeping giant of this Test series, has woken from his slumber.
Clarke's men must get mind right to regain Ashes, says Smith
Chris Barrett, Chloe Saltau GRAEME SMITH believes England will start deserved favourites against Australia in next winter's Ashes, having led his team to series wins in both countries in the past three months and undisputed No.
Modest Steyn just one good spell away from turning series decider into a rout
Chris Barrett ''MAYBE I'm just not good enough,'' Dale Steyn uttered, looking in no particular direction as he answered questions at the WACA Ground about his performance in this series.
Team first is Steyn focus, not accolades
Chris Barrett Not only is Dale Steyn the world's top-rated fast bowler, he is arguably its most fascinating.
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Siddle and Hilfenhaus rotated out for Perth
Chris Barrett Michael Clarke likely to put his faith in two debutants to win back the world No.1 ranking.
Rotation policy puts pace stalwarts on ice
Chris Barrett AUSTRALIA'S much-discussed fast bowling rotation policy has finally sprung into action, with Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus rested for the deciding Test against South Africa, despite the world No.
Starc kept in cotton wool as skipper defends attack
Chris Barrett THE consolation for Mitchell Starc is that he is all but guaranteed to feature in the final and possibly deciding Test of this series in Perth next week.
One-man wrecking crew is just full of precious mettle
Chris Barrett BEFORE scaffolding, slabs of concrete and cranes, a masterly Michael Clarke has led an extraordinary demolition job for Australia to bludgeon the second Test - and the quest for the world No.
Demolition man puts Proteas to the sword
Chris Barrett Michael Clarke bludgeons second Test indisputably in the host's favour.
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Bowled Warner: slugger turns tweaker
Chris Barrett THE blond hair, the zinc cream, the pre-slimming physique and even the delivery stride are strangely reminiscent of the greatest leg-spinner to tread this turf or any other.
