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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.
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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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Hughes holds the cards as Clarke's back troubles flare
Chris Barrett The last thing Australia needed, on this tour never to be spoken of again, was for Michael Clarke to break down.
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Clarke's back adds to tourists' woes
Chris Barrett The last thing Australia needed on this tour was for Michael Clarke to break down.
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New skipper but same old collapse
Chris Barrett Shane Watson's first day as captain came unstuck when he figured in another batting collapse that left Australia in danger of a first 4-0 defeat in a Test series in 43 years.
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Australia battles India's fever pitch
Chris Barrett It is little wonder the Australian camp entered the final Test doubting it would last four days, let alone five.
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Siddle's career-best effort helps dig Australians out of fourth Test hole
Chris Barrett DELHI: Australia's tail has once again shown up the top order to revive the visitors' hopes in the fourth and final Test against India on Friday.
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Tourists crumble again
Chris Barrett HYDERABAD: Australia's hail-mary selection of spinners Xavier Doherty and Glenn Maxwell will be put immediately to the test on Sunday, with India in command of the second Test despite the best...
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Third strike could spell doom for Hughes
Chris Barrett Phillip Hughes is on the verge of being dropped for a third time in his young Test career.
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Hughes hung out to dry
Chris Barrett Australian management have been accused of failing to properly equip Phillip Hughes for the rigours of India, after his batting coach said they ''prepared him to fail'' by blocking the left-hander...
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Hughes coach blames hierarchy
Chris Barrett Australian management accused of failing to properly equip Phillip Hughes for rigours of India.
Clarke's rise to stabilise bats: Warner
Chris Barrett Captain has considered promoting himself as high as No. 3 for Thursday's third Test.
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Clarke could climb as high as No.3 as selectors aim for batting shake-up
Chris Barrett Michael Clarke's pending move up the batting order will stabilise Australia's fragile top four, according to opener David Warner.
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Watson a team man 'sometimes'
Chris Barrett Australia's misfiring squad in India has been guilty of a litany of minor indiscretions.
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'Homework' saga just the tipping point
Chris Barrett From missing appointments with the team physiotherapist to wearing the wrong uniforms, Australia's misfiring squad in India have been guilty of a litany of minor indiscretions that ultimately led to...
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Quick route to victory is no gamble, says Clarke
Chris Barrett Michael Clarke denies Australia have gambled by picking four seamers and a solitary spinner for Friday's first Test.
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Watson's desire to open once more could cause dilemma
Chris Barrett WHAT TO DO WITH SHANE WATSON? The elephant in the foyer of Australia's five-star hotel in Chennai could potentially be a source of consternation for the entire journey, over some 50 days, from...
Finger injury throws Henriques in doubt for all-rounder's spot
Chris Barrett THE ambitions of Moises Henriques to make a play for the potentially vacant Australian all-rounder's spot have hit a roadblock in the form of finger injury that is likely to rule him out of Friday...
