Australian cricket coach Tim Nielsen has lauded skipper Ricky Ponting for maintaining such a high standard with the bat in a period ... 8217;s favour and we haven’t been able to fight out of those games which has cost us but that is international cricket. “I think that is why we have seen the players keep developing as they have tasted the lows and kept developing and that has ...

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... international season because of a dispute over conditions for accreditation imposed by Cricket Australia. The AP was joined by Reuters and Agence ... test match between Australia and Sri Lanka. Cricket Australia and news agencies have been discussing the latest accreditation terms for several months. Cricket Australia has demanded the right to see the agencies' lists of clients and to veto any ...

Melbourne, Nov.22 (ANI): Former star players have questioned Michael Clarke’s capacity to ascend to the Test captaincy and believe Ricky Ponting must lead Australia to England for Ashes revenge in 2013. Former Australian vice-captain Ian Healy said the 28-year-old had yet to prove he was durable enough to succeed Ponting. Clarke’s worrying back problem, coupled with

Melbourne (Australia), Nov. 20 : Former Australian cricket captain and coach Greg Chappell has warned that 50-over cricket would be the best way to measure all cricketing nations, but Twenty20 is the best format for ensuring the growth of the game.  Read more »

... a number of fronts with this side to play in the first test. You open Test matches with opening batsmen. Young Phillip Hughes, is the future of Australian cricket and he should be opening the batting at the Gabba. You don't go into a home test series with a make shift opening batsmen. I think Watto may well get found out at the ...