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Ahmed cashes in as Vics quick to sign spinner

Jesse Hogan For Fawad Ahmed, receiving his first full-time playing contract is a significant milestone.

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Top ten Australian cricket performances

Jesse Hogan Jesse Hogan rates the elite performances in the Allan Border Medal voting period.

Bowlers hardly raise sweat

Jesse Hogan When Australia's selectors next meet, they will not be able to use Boxing Day Test as a crutch for their decision.

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Tricky business

Jesse Hogan Clint Mckay's new-found cunning and guile has made some top BBL batsman look inept.

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Questions remain on pace quartet

Jesse Hogan, Sydney Just as the rich are lampooned sometimes for having more money than they know what to do with, Australia captain Michael Clarke could be considered to have been over-endowed with pacemen.

Short and sharp: glut of quicks has Clarke slashing spells

Jesse Hogan JUST as some rich folk are lampooned as having so much money they do not know know what to do with it all, Australian captain Michael Clarke could be considered to have been over-laden with pacemen.

Young left-handers squander tons, but have hosts riding in right direction

Jesse Hogan PRAISE him for what he did or damn him for not doing it for long enough?

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Sri Lanka bats itself back into contention

Jesse Hogan Australia's unusually large bowling attack is again under scrutiny as Sri Lanka bats steadily, trailing Australia by just eight runs at tea.

Tails you lose for Sri Lanka

Jesse Hogan THE tale of two tails is an explanation of why Matthew Wade will leave Sydney with a maiden home Test century to his name and why Sri Lanka will, barring a Fanie de Villiers-type effort from one of...

Lower order's grit sways Test

Jesse Hogan Australia's tail proves to be the main difference between the two sides at the SCG.

Desperate skipper grabs a win

Jesse Hogan Australia pulls off a win almost at the death after gutsy resistance by Sri Lanka.

Been there, won this: Clarke's men learn from past fall

Jesse Hogan WHEN Michael Clarke elected to bring on Matthew Wade to bowl the last over before tea on Tuesday, his will to win appeared questionable.

Rest policy here to stay, says Clarke

Jesse Hogan Captain gives emphatic endorsement to contentious policy of preventive injury management.

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Australia snatches dramatic win

Jesse Hogan Australian bowlers have delivered a decisive final-session performance against Sri Lanka to secure its first Test win of the summer.

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Lankans brace for hostilities

Jesse Hogan Mahela Jayawardene relishes prospect of hostile MCG crowd seeking retribution against Sri Lanka for recent ball-tampering accusations against Victorian paceman Peter Siddle.

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Clarke supports rest for quicks

Jesse Hogan AUSTRALIAN pacemen seething at being withdrawn from key matches in case of injury must look beyond their captain if they want a sympathetic ear.

Pitch can swing it: Sri Lankans

Jesse Hogan Visitors believe Australia's pace advantage can be nullified by exploiting helpful bowling conditions.

Expensive Starc tests faith of selectors

Jesse Hogan MITCHELL STARC must regain his accuracy in time for Sri Lanka's fourth-innings chase in the Hobart Test after he finished as Australia's most expensive Test bowler for the second consecutive innings.

Siddle leads the way in an all-round disciplined display

Jesse Hogan IF AUSTRALIA emerge from Hobart with their first Test win of the summer it will be reward for doing the little things - rotating the strike with the bat, stifling scoring with the ball - better than...