Sri Lanka's tour doomed as quick joins burgeoning casualty ward
Andrew Wu SRI LANKA have suffered enough injuries playing cricket this summer, and now another player has broken down, this time playing football, as their nightmare tour of Australia continued on Wednesday.
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Unpaid Sri Lanka playing for love
Andrew Wu This summer's tri-series will be played against the backdrop of a worrying pay dispute.
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Blackwell out to strike it rich in cup final
Andrew Wu Alex Blackwell is used to pressure. For her, life and death situations are not merely a figure of speech saved for sporting contests.
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Lyon is leaving no stone unturned in his bid for Indian success
Andrew Wu Australia's incumbent Test spinner is facing a challenge from Xavier Doherty.
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Windies and ODIs no longer big crowd-pullers
Andrew Wu The West Indies have entered the fray at the end of the Australian summer.
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Lyon gets in early for Indian scouting mission
Andrew Wu AUSTRALIA'S incumbent Test spinner Nathan Lyon says he does not know what is required to succeed in India but has sought the counsel of Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting as he tries to unlock the...
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Collapso kings routed for 70
Andrew Wu Australian paceman Mitchell Starc claimed 5-20 to help skittle the West Indies for 70. It took Australia less than 10 overs to reel in the modest target.
England stint a leg-up for Khawaja
Andrew Wu Usman Khawaja's decision to play county cricket in England could reap an unexpected spinoff.
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Maxwell puts a spin on batting
Andrew Wu Glenn Maxwell wants to prove to his critics he has the substance to complement his flair.
Watson back as first wave heads to India
Andrew Wu Shane Watson is set to make his comeback to international cricket later this week.
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Watson back for Manuka as squad off to India
Andrew Wu Shane Watson will make his comeback to international cricket in Canberra this week as Cricket Australia aims to juggle competing interests at home and overseas.
Warne's manifesto would leave Test regulars out on limb
Andrew Wu SHAUN MARSH, Nathan Coulter-Nile and James Faulkner stand to be the massive winners if Shane Warne is successful with his revolution of Australian cricket but Ed Cowan and Phillip Hughes would find...
Bravado returns as sweep looms
Andrew Wu Australia have their eyes set on a second whitewash of the summer when they tackle West Indies in game four of their one-day international series in Sydney on Friday.
Hughes up to speed, now for spin
Andrew Wu PHILLIP HUGHES overcame his demons against pace bowling this summer to become ''Mr Dependable'' for Australia, but Dean Jones says a similar challenge awaits the batsman against spin in India.
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Clarke says he'll be right for first Test
Andrew Wu Michael Clarke has declared he will be fit for the first Test but remains in doubt to play in a key warm-up match starting this weekend.
Clarke up for the challenge
Andrew Wu Uncertainty over team that must defy recent history to regain Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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Mallett backs Maxwell to spin some magic on India Test debut
Andrew Wu ASHLEY MALLETT, the last man to bowl Australia to Test victory in Chennai, has endorsed Glenn Maxwell to make his debut next week in the series opener against India.
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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...
Bowled over by love for a very special man
Andrew Wu TONY GREIG was once ostracised by the establishment, but such has been his mark on the game he loved that a bastion of cricket conservatism, the SCG Members Pavilion, played host to his memorial...
Washout leaves all unhappy bar crowd
Andrew Wu The controversial decision was good fortune for Australia as the Sri Lankans were set to benefit from any revision of the target through the Duckworth-Lewis system after the rain delay.
