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| Ponting ponders split captaincy option
Even as the Australian fans wonder what went wrong at the Ashes, and some
others bay for Ricky Ponting blood, the captain has come out and said that
he would be perfectly understanding if the Cricket Australia (CA) decided
to split the captaincy of the three formats of the game between him and
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Shane Warne walks into the sunset
Shane Warne, the legendary Australian leg spinner, has announced
his retirement from all forms of cricket. The spinner, who had retired from
one day international cricket in 2003 and from test matches in early
2007, announced his retirement from first class cricket yesterday. Shane
W
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| Cricket Australia plan to light up Test cricket after 130 years
Cricket Australia is well on course of introducing a revolutionary and
untouched idea of day and night Tests.
White lights and coloured clothings have illuminated one-day cricket and the most
recent Twenty20 format, but the traditional five-day game with a history
of 130-years have been spa
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Cricket Australia urges fans to respect Muttiah Muralitharan
Cricket Australia has urged home fans to treat Muttiah Muralitharan
with respect when the Sri Lankan off-spinner tours Down Under in his bid to become
the highest wicket-taker in the longer version of the game.
Muralitharan, who needs 25 wickets to equal Aussie legend Shane Warne's record
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| Percy Sonn did his best to make cricket a better game
Cricket Australia Chairman Creagh O Connor today mourned
the death of International Cricket Council President Percy Sonn
and said the South African did his best to make cricket a better game.
O'Connor said Australian cricket was saddened by the death of 57-year-old Sonn,
who died yeste
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SA offers neutral host of Australia Zimbabwe cricket series
Cricket South Africa (CSA) said it's ready to be the "neutral host"
in case Australia and Zimbabwe agree to go ahead with their controversial
one day series.
The three-match ODI series runs the risk of being scrapped altogether after
the Australian government banned its cricketer
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| John Howard to take every legal action to stop Zimbabwe tour
A staunch critic of the Robert Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe, Australian
Prime Minister John Howard said his government would take whatever legitimate
action it takes to scrap the national cricket team's tour of the trouble-torn
African nation.
Howard said the government was exploring legal wa
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Australia ready to indemnify CA for pull out of zimbabwe Cricket tour
Even as the Australian government stepped up pressure on Cricket Australia
to boycott its tour of Zimbabwe in September, captain Ricky Ponting
said every player should be allowed to make an independent decision on the issue.
"There are some issues there and every individual player will
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| Denying Simon Katich a contract prompts New South Wales outrage
Simon Katich's surprise omission from the Cricket Australia's list of 25
contracted players has prompted outrage from his state with a senior New South
Wales official questioning the credibility of the selection process.
"Simon Katich continues to be one of the best performed
batsmen
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Gilchrist Cup boost for Australia
Vice-captain Adam Gilchrist will be available for Australia's entire World
Cup campaign following the birth of his third child, Archie, on Saturday.
He missed the recent Chappell Hadlee Trophy series defeat to New Zealand,
to be with his wife, Melinda.
But he is now expected to arrive befor
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| Australian paceman Lee out of World Cup: Official
Australian pace spearhead Brett Lee was Friday ruled out of next month`s
World Cup in Caribbean with an ankle injury, Cricket Australia said.
It is a shattering blow for the Australians, whose World Cup-strength
bowling attack was flayed by New Zealand in last weekend`s 3-0 Chappell
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Now, Greg Chappell is among 30 probables
Australia may have slipped from the top of ODI team rankings, but that
has not stopped them from picking their best ever one day team.
On the occasion of 20th anniversary of its maiden World Cup
triumph, Cricket Australia announced an `initial 30-member squad`, which
features Indian coa
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| CA slams Gilly for ‘disrespectful’ remarks
Defending the staging of Chappell Hadlee trophy series, Cricket Australia
has lambasted Adam Gilchrist for suggesting that the tournament was a waste
of time and harmful to Australia`s World Cup preparations.
CA Chief James Sutherland said CA was committed to the series which started
in 2
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