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Bring it on, Warner tells South Africa trio
Chris Barrett Test opener David Warner has brazenly issued a challenge to South Africa's much-feted fast bowling trio, inviting them to take him on verbally as well as with the ball in Friday's first Test at the...
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.
Arthur would consider Hussey
Chris Barrett The carrot has been dangled in front of Mike Hussey’s face, albeit from halfway around the world.
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Neck on the line: Arthur
Chris Barrett Australian head coach admits taking a risk with standing down four players.
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Ashes SOS: Coach leaves the door ajar for Hussey
Chris Barrett Carrot dangled in front of Mike Hussey's face, albeit from halfway around the world.
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Top-order failures sum up failed tour
Chris Barrett, Delhi When the dust settles from Australia's tour de farce, one subject should stand out above all else.
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Start at top to find reason for series woes
Chris Barrett When the dust settles from Australia's tour de farce, one subject should stand out above all else.
Haddin on standby as Wade trips up
Chris Barrett Australian wicketkeeper sustains a freak injury between Tests for the second time.
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Spin defects turn focus to future
Chris Barrett Australia will reconsider how best to mentor its spin bowlers after the series in India.
Coach role set for review unless bowlers spin things around under Rixon
Chris Barrett Australia will reconsider how to coach their spin bowlers after the series in India, unless their performances improve in the remaining two Tests.
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Haddin on standby after Wade rolls ankle
Chris Barrett Matthew Wade is in the wars. The black eye he carried through the second Test last week had only just subsided when he was left writhing in pain, this time not in a practice net but on a basketball...
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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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Test on for young and old
Chris Barrett James Pattinson was not even born when Sachin Tendulkar made his Test debut. Yet it is this wildly contrasting pair – almost two decades apart in age – that have taken centre stage in an increasingly...
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Tendulkar rescues India
Chris Barrett Young express quick and old craftsman dominate the second day's play.
Pattinson looking at sideline again
Chris Barrett CHENNAI: Australia's lone danger man in the first Test, James Pattinson, could be rested from the second leg of the series in Hyderabad, with team hierarchy desperate not to risk the fast bowler...
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Pattinson could be put in cotton wool for next Test
Chris Barrett Australia's lone danger man in the first Test, James Pattinson, could be rested from the second leg of the series in Hyderabad, with team hierarchy desperate not to risk the fast bowler breaking down...
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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...
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CA shoots down talk of Clarke, Hussey row
CHRIS BARRETT, ANDREW WU Mike Hussey is at the centre of a rumour doing the rounds by email, and published in of all places a financial gossip column on Thursday, that he and Michael Clarke had a spectacular falling out...
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Give it a rest: skipper goes in to bat for rotation policy
Chris Barrett TEST and one-day captain Michael Clarke has issued a considered defence of the much-maligned rest and rotation policy of selectors, saying Australia was no longer the team it once was and could not...
