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BANGLADESH put on one of their best batting performances before suffering a 107-run defeat in the opening Test against Sri Lanka in Dhaka.

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TWENTY20 looms as the path back to Test cricket for Australia fast bowler Brett Lee, who has ruled himself out of next year’s tour of South Africa.

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AUSTRALIA’S “exhausted” pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson will meet medical staff next week to discuss being rested from part of the upcoming one-day series.

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SHANE Watson will return to the bowling crease at the bash-and-crash of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in a major boost for his Ashes selection hopes.

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The past year has been a steep learning curve for Mitchell Johnson, who hopes the injection of youth into Australia’s squad for the Sydney Test will lift the team

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BANGLADESH skipper Mohammad Ashraful hit an impressive 101 and Shakib Al Hasan a career-best 82 not out to frustrate Sri Lanka on the final day of the first Test in Dhaka.

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Ashwell Prince has rated himself a 60% chance of being fit for the Sydney Test, where South Africa will aim for a clean sweep having secured their first series win in Australia on Tuesday

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RAIN has forced the abandonment of the first one-day cricket international between New Zealand and the West Indies at the Queenstown Events Centre.

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SOUTH African stars Graeme Smith and Dale Steyn will soon focus on overtaking Australia as the world’s No.1 Test cricket side, but they can also reflect on 2008 as a stand-out year individually.

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Australia’s newest allrounder Andrew McDonald was organising a new-year surfing holiday when he got a phone-call that immediately changed his plans

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NEW Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and sent the West Indies into bat in the opening one-day cricket international against the West Indies.

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Marcus North led from the front to guide Western Australia to a five-wicket win over New South Wales in their Twenty20 Big Bash encounter in Sydney.

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THE bigger they are, the harder they fall. The saying fits Australia like a cricket boot after the series loss to South Africa rubber-stamped the end of a sustained period of world domination.

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DOUG Bollinger believes he could be ailing Australia’s bowling saviour when the third Test against South Africa begins at his favourite venue on Saturday.

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DOUG Bollinger believes he could be ailing Australia’s bowling saviour when the third Test against South Africa begins at his favourite venue on Saturday.

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IT takes a phone call of some magnitude to shock the system out of slumber quicker than an icy morning dip along Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula.

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SUCH was the enormity of their history-making win at the MCG, those pivotal to South Africa’s success struggled to find words to describe their jubilation.

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MUTTIAH Muralidaran took three wickets to strengthen Sri Lanka’s chances of winning the opening Test against Bangladesh despite a fighting 70 not out by skipper Mohammad Ashraful.

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A PERFECTLY paced innings from Western Australia veterans Adam Voges and Marcus North helped the Warriors squeeze out a five-wicket win over NSW in their Twenty20 cricket clash at ANZ Stadium.

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A PERFECTLY paced innings from Western Australia veterans Adam Voges and Marcus North helped the Warriors squeeze out a five-wicket win over NSW in their Twenty20 cricket clash at ANZ Stadium.

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