July 31, 2009

Onions and Anderson rip through Australia

Filed under: News — @ 10:49 pm

The morning well and truly belonged to Graham Onions and James Anderson, who thrust England into the ascendancy with seven wickets

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Watson shines as make-shift opener

Filed under: News — @ 10:15 pm

Australia’s batsmen refused to suffer further from the team’s Edgbaston curse as they raced to 126 for 1 on a first day significantly curtailed by rain

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Flintoff, splint-off, not a toff

Filed under: News — @ 9:31 pm

The results of our Andrew Flintoff limerick competition

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Ponting takes place in history

Filed under: News — @ 8:45 pm

Border down, Lara and Tendulkar to go! Ricky Ponting - Australia’s second-best batsman of all time - has cemented his place in Test history by becoming the nation’s leading run-scorer.

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Ponting passes Border as Australia’s top run-scorer

Filed under: News — @ 8:26 pm

Ricky Ponting has become Australia’s leading Test run-scorer after passing Allan Border’s mark of 11,174 during the third Test at Edgbaston

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Third Test, Day 2

Filed under: News — @ 7:38 pm

Featuring Cricinfo’s deputy editor Alex Brown, UK editor Andrew Miller and Australasia editor Peter English

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LIVE: England v Australia - T3, D2

Filed under: News — @ 7:23 pm

Ricky Ponting is on the verge of Australian history as day two of the third Test at Edgbaston gets underway. Join us for our LIVE Blog of all the action.

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Twittering cricketers

Filed under: News — @ 7:25 am

Phillip Hughes became the first player to “tweet” his own axing from the team

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Hughes needs to work at his game - Nielsen

Filed under: News — @ 7:17 am

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England aim to regroup overnight

Filed under: News — @ 7:03 am

A day that began with the threat of a total washout finished with England wishing the rain had continued to fall

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Australia salute keeper gesture

Filed under: News — @ 6:28 am

Australia coach Tim Nielsen has hailed England’s sportsmanship in allowing them to bring in reserve wicketkeeper Graham Manou for his Test debut at Edgbaston.

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The Watson gamble pays off

Filed under: News — @ 6:12 am

Shane Watson entered the Edgbaston Test having never batted higher than No. 6, and with single-digit totals in each of his last four innings

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Muralitharan announces Test retirement

Filed under: News — @ 4:57 am

Sri Lanka’s world bowling record holder Muttiah Muralitharan has said he will quit Test cricket next year, but continue to play limited-overs cricket.

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Watson fires opening argument

Filed under: News — @ 4:45 am

Shane Watson came good at the top of the order as Australia skipper Ricky Ponting put himself on the verge of history at the end of an abridged day one at Edgbaston.

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An 11th hour injury

Filed under: News — @ 4:13 am

Plays of the day from the first day of the Edgbaston Test between England and Australia

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Haddin out with broken finger

Filed under: News — @ 3:08 am

Australia were dealt a major blow just prior to the coin toss with Brad Haddin forced from the side with a suspected broken finger and Graham Manou called in for his Test debut

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Australia bat after calling up Watson and Manou

Filed under: News — @ 2:14 am

Ricky Ponting resisted the temptation to bowl in friendly conditions caused by a six-hour rain delay as Australia attempt to fight back from a 1-0 Ashes deficit in the third Test

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Australia bat after calling up Watson

Filed under: News — @ 1:56 am

Ricky Ponting resisted the temptation to bowl in friendly conditions caused by a six-hour rain delay as Australia attempt to fight back from a 1-0 Ashes deficit in the third Test

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Selectors panicked with Hughes

Filed under: News — @ 12:00 am

Test great Doug Walters has led a chorus of critics blasting Australia selectors for pushing the panic button too early by sacking rookie opener Phillip Hughes.

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Boot camp pays dividends

Filed under: News — @ 12:00 am

Former Australia coach John Buchanan’s much-maligned boot camp could finally have paid a dividend.

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