June 30, 2010
Australia steady after losing openers
Australia’s batting struggles continued at The Oval before Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke steadied the innings and built a solid platform by the halfway mark
Australia’s batting struggles continued at The Oval before Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke steadied the innings and built a solid platform by the halfway mark
Jack Clarke, Cricket Australia’s chairman, will be more cautious in his dealings with India following its role in dismissing John Howard as the ICC’s vice-presidential candidate in Singapore
The Australian and New Zealand chairmen are united in their anger at not being given a reason for John Howard’s scratching as ICC vice-president
England will use their favoured method of chasing down a target as they aim for a 4-0 series lead, after Andrew Strauss won the toss and sent Australia in at The Oval
World cricket’s governing body has insulted Australia by rejecting John Howard’s bid for vice presidency in move which has “gutted” Cricket Australia (CA).
African and Asian nations have blocked former Australia prime minister John Howard’s bid to become vice president of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Steve O’Keefe’s dramatic rise from New South Wales fringe player has continued with him replacing Nathan Hauritz in Australia’s Test squad for the two games against Pakistan
Relatively-unknown spinner Stephen O’Keefe will replace the injured Nathan Hauritz for the upcoming Twenty20 internationals and Test matches against Pakistan in England.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting is taking a ’softly, softly’ approach with his players despite their worrying run of form in the NatWest series against England.
An ugly confrontation between Jacques Kallis and Kemar Roach overshadowed a convincing seven-wicket victory for South Africa in the third and final Test against West Indies.
For the first time in a long time, Australia are being threatened with the prospect of a 5-0 whitewash, and must rely on their inner mongrel to salvage some dignity from a series in which they have been comfortably outplayed
Michael Yardy is confident England can regain their focus to take a 4-0 lead over Australia
Australia have never been whitewashed 5-0 in any format, but Shane Watson insists there have been no crisis meetings as the prospect of being held winless by England looms.
Skipper Ricky Ponting this week read a newspaper article that described his bowling attack as Australia’s worst in 20 years.
The 2010 Champions League Twenty20 will see two groups of five teams each competing in a round robin format
Exclusive: The answer to Australia’s sudden one-day slide, and their campaign to regain the Ashes, lies squarely with Ricky Ponting, Fox Sports commentator Brendon Julian says.
Andrew Flintoff has warned his countrymen not to get carried away with their recent dominance of Australia, claiming the retention of the Ashes will be a much harder task.
Glenn McGrath has been able to achieve something with fast bowlers that Shane Warne couldn’t with legspinners
Graeme Swann has credited the coach Andy Flower as the architect of England’s rise over the past 18 months, after they earned bragging rights over Australia in all three formats