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| Rahul Dravid may not open in Boxing Day Test against australia next week
The choice of Rahul Dravid as opener for India's opening cricket Test against
Australia on Boxing Day next week is not cast in iron yet.
Apparently, a rethink is on within the Indian ranks if it would be wise to
put their trusted man in the middle order at the top of the ranks.
A few thi....
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| Ricky Ponting at top of ICC rankings with career best rating points
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's two unbeaten centuries in
the Chappell-Hadlee Series gave him his career best rating points of 832 even
as he continued his domination at the top of the ICC rankings for the
ODI batsmen, released today.
Ponting not only ensured his team's 2-0 vi....
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| Michael Hussey has different plans for different Indian bowler
In a veiled warning to Anil Kumble and his teammates, Australia's middle
order bulwark Michael Hussey said every home batsman will be armed with
separate strategy for each Indian bowler when they walk out to bat in the forthcoming
Test series.
Hussey said the hosts had not left any stone u....
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| Brad Hogg will do well in the ind vs aus series says Shane Warne
Throwing his weight behind Brad Hogg, spin legend Shane Warne said
the chinaman bowler has done well against India in the one dayers and there
is no reason why he can't do it against them in the forthcoming Test series as
well.
Warne admitted supple wrists and nimble footwork of the In....
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| India needed more practice before 1st Test says Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Indian vice-captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has admitted that the side goes
into the Boxing Day Test against Australia short of match practice as just one
warm-up game before the four-Test series was not enough to get acclimatised with
the conditions here.
"It's always better to have....
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| Brad Hogg ready for the India vs australia test and odi seies
Unperturbed at being identified by Indian skipper Anil Kumble as a weak
link in the Australian team, spinner Brad Hogg is confident of his success
in the Test series.
Hogg hopes Melbourne's drop-in pitch will help earn him a Test recall after
a four-year absence. The condition of the....
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| Skipper Mohammad Kaif scores 91 in Ranji Trophy against Bengal
Skipper Mohammad Kaif struck a determined 91 as Uttar Pradesh opened
up a vital first innings lead over Bengal on the second day of their Ranji
Trophy Elite Group B outing here today.
At stumps, the visitors were 437 for seven with Praveen Kumar (50) and
Amir Khan (30) unbeaten in the middl....
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| India ready for Australian cricket tour says Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Australia have warned India of a hostile series Down Under but vice-captain
Mahendra Singh Dhoni said they will not shy away from maintaining that
aggressive tempo which unnerved the World Champions during their visit here for
the ODI series.
"It will be interesting. They are famo....
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| Pakistan Cricket Board stands by Mohammad Yousuf in ICL vs IPL dispute
Pakistan Cricket Board has vowed to provide all possible legal help to senior
batsman Mohammad Yousuf after an Indian arbitration panel barred him from
playing in next year's Indian Premier League.
"Legal experts will be consulted to finalise a strategy to help Yousuf,"
who....
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| Brad Hogg makes the cut in 12 man Australian cricket squad
Left-arm spinner Brad Hogg was today included in the 12-man Australian
squad, announced by Cricket Australia for the first three Tests of the
four-match series against India.
Hogg, who last played a Test for Australia in October 2003, replaced injured spinner
Stuart Macgill.
Express bowl....
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| Pakistan Cricket Board not to encourage county cricket for players
The Pakistan cricket Board has made it clear it would not give a free hand to
players to sign county contracts in the near future.
A senior board official said that recently the board had not permitted pacer Rao
Iftikhar to accept a contract offered by Gloucestershire for 2008.
"We kno....
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| Indian Cricket team fly to Australia in urge to create history
Skipper Anil Kumble and his teammates today left for Australia bidding
to create history by becoming the first Indian team to conquer the Aussies in
their own backyard.
Kumble and his men left by a morning flight to Singapore en-route to Melbourne,
firm in their belief that they had ....
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| Indian batsmen will make merry against Brad Hogg says Spinner Harbhajan Singh
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh today claimed Australia
is short on spin bowling options and Indian batsmen would feast on Brad Hogg's
bowling should the left-arm chinaman bowler be selected for the first Test in
Melbourne.
The Punjab bowler declared Hogg was not close to the illustr....
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| Sachin Tendulkar among Sanath Jayasuriya favourite cricketers list
Gung-ho after the triumph over Pakistan, India captain Anil Kumble
today put the onus on the star-studded batting line-up to deliver the goods and
notch up a rare series win against formidable Australia.
Addressing a press conference on the eve of the team's departure for a four-match
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| Pick Shaun Tait as Indians would be scared of himsays Shoaib Akhtar to Australians
Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar has urged the Australians
to pick Shaun Tait for the upcoming Test series against India
as the slinger would be a scary proposition for Anil Kumble's men on the quick
tracks here.
"The Australians must pick Shaun Tait. I'm telling you, the I....
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