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/ 6 April 2008

SA upset Kiwis in sevens final

Fabian Juries was the two-try hero as South Africa ended New Zealand’s unbeaten 47-match streak by winning the final of the Adelaide World Series Sevens 15-7 on Sunday. The South Africans, beaten 26-12 by New Zealand in last weekend’s Hong Kong Sevens, turned the tables with the flying Juries scoring two of his team’s three tries to topple the runaway series leaders.

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/ 19 February 2008

India win thriller against Sri Lanka

The enigmatic Yuvraj Singh finally returned to form to lead India to a thrilling and crucial two-wicket win over Sri Lanka in their vital tri-series match in Adelaide on Tuesday. The left-hander burst out of his tour-long slump to make a polished 76 as the Indians successfully chased down Sri Lanka’s 238 for six.

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/ 19 February 2008

Sangakkara century lifts Sri Lanka

The class of Kumar Sangakkara once again revived Sri Lanka after a dismal start with the bat in their crucial tri-series clash with India in Adelaide on Tuesday. The Sri Lankan cause wasn’t helped by three runs outs, two dreadfully unlucky, but Sangakkara’s polished 128 helped them recover from a disastrous six for two to make 238 for six.

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/ 28 January 2008

Australia seal series win

Australia earned a 2-1 series victory over India on Monday after the fourth and final Test ended in a draw at Adelaide Oval. With neither side in any position to push for a result, India opted to bat out the last day before their captains agreed to an early finish.

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/ 25 January 2008

India’s tail wags to post imposing score

Captain Anil Kumble fell short of a second Test century as India’s tail wagged strongly to help the tourists post a big score in the fourth Test against Australia on Friday. After winning the toss and electing to bat, India were dismissed for an imposing 526 just after tea on the second day, Sachin Tendulkar top-scoring with a majestic 153.

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/ 25 January 2008

Tailenders take India past 500 runs

Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh completed half-centuries as India’s tailenders piled on the runs in the fourth and final against Australia on Friday. Kumble crafted an unbeaten 86 over more than four hours while Harbhajan blasted a quick 63 as India reached 525 for nine in their first innings when tea was taken.

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/ 24 January 2008

Tendulkar ton lifts Indians

Indian superstar Sachin Tendulkar posted a fairy-tale century to lift his side towards a challenging total on the first day of the fourth and final Test against Australia on Thursday. In what seems certain to be his last Test on Australian soil, Tendulkar shook off a personal hoodoo at Adelaide Oval to score his 39th Test hundred.

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/ 23 January 2008

Ponting tries to break Harbhajan jinx

Australia captain Ricky Ponting has done some extra homework on Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh ahead of the fourth Test at the Adelaide Oval, starting on Thursday. Harbhajan was dropped by India for their third Test win, but expectations of a spin-friendly wicket are likely to see him return to resume his duel with Ponting.

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/ 22 January 2008

Dhoni dismisses talk of Ganguly rift

Indian wicketkeeper and one-day captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni dismissed talk on Tuesday of a dressing-room rift over former skipper Sourav Ganguly’s omission from the upcoming triangular one-day series against Australia and Sri Lanka. Dhoni became a hero when he led India to their first major trophy in 24 years at the Twenty20 World Cup in September.

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/ 29 December 2007

‘Aussie Taliban’ released from jail

Former Guantánamo Bay inmate David Hicks walked free from an Australian jail after completing a sentence for supporting terrorism on Saturday, vowing not to let down those who got him home. More than six years after he was captured in Afghanistan, the so-called "Aussie Taliban" was escorted from Adelaide’s maximum security Yalata jail.

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/ 14 December 2007

Ponting, Gilchrist steer Aussies to victory

Ricky Ponting scored his 24th one-day 100 and Adam Gilchrist clubbed a ferocious half-century to steer Australia to a convincing seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the opening Chappell Hadlee Trophy series game in Adelaide on Friday. Skipper Ponting cruised to an unbeaten 107 off 108 balls with 13 boundaries to glide Australia home to victory.

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/ 23 January 2007

Black Caps crush England

Pace bowler James Franklin went from villain to hero as New Zealand kept their triangular series hopes alive with a 90-run win over England at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. The Black Caps did not look to have enough on the board when dismissed for 210 after winning the toss and electing to bat, but they bowled and fielded exceptionally well to restrict England to just 120 in reply.

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/ 5 December 2006

Australia complete dramatic victory

Australia beat England by six wickets with 19 balls to spare on an extraordinary final day to win the second Test and take a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series on Tuesday. Australia needed 168 for victory off 36 overs after England’s batting inexplicably crumbled, the touring side losing their last nine wickets for 60 runs to be all out for just 129.

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/ 5 December 2006

England collapse, Australia need 168 to win

England collapsed to 129 all out, handing Australia the chance to steal an unexpected victory in the second Ashes test at Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. England lost their last nine wickets for just 60 runs to leave Australia chasing 168 from a minimum of 36 overs to win the match and take a 2-0 lead in the series.

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/ 4 December 2006

Clarke century dashes England hopes

A stylish century by youngest team member Michael Clarke defused the prospect of a series-levelling victory by England in the second Ashes cricket Test at the Adelaide Oval on Monday. Clarke claimed his third Test century and first in Ashes cricket with 124 as Australia whittled England’s innings lead down to just 38 runs.

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/ 4 December 2006

Australia inch closer to England total

Michael Clarke scored his first Test century in two years as Australia inched their way towards England’s total in the second Ashes Test on Monday. Clarke followed up his 50 from last week’s first Test in Brisbane with an unbeaten 121 as Australia crawled to 502 for seven at tea on the fourth day at the Adelaide Oval.

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/ 3 December 2006

Ponting and Hussey lead Australian fightback

Ricky Ponting passed Steve Waugh as Australia’s most prolific century maker when he chalked up his 33rd hundred in the second Ashes test against England on Sunday. Ponting survived a dropped catch on 35 and a missed run out to reach 101 not out at tea on the third day at Adelaide Oval with Australia 185 for three in reply to England’s 551 for six declared.

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/ 2 December 2006

Double-century puts England in charge

Paul Collingwood became the first Englishman to score a Test double-century in Australia in 70 years on a record-breaking day for England in the second Ashes Test at Adelaide Oval on Saturday. Collingwood and Kevin Pietersen shared in England’s highest fourth-wicket partnership in Ashes Tests as they pushed the tourists towards an unbeatable target on a benign pitch.

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/ 2 December 2006

Aussie media lash boring Poms

England’s slow and cautious batting game plan invokes memories of the attritional era of the 1960s Ashes cricket as they try to set a platform to level the series, Australian media said on Saturday. England, one-nil down in the series, went to stumps on Friday’s opening day at 266 for three with Paul Collingwood poised for a century on 98 and Kevin Pietersen not out 60.

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/ 1 December 2006

Pietersen wins Warne battle

Kevin Pietersen won his battle with Shane Warne as England escaped from Australia’s clutches into a sound position on the opening day of the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval on Friday. Paul Collingwood was poised for a century and Pietersen hoisted a lusty six over long-on off Warne in a hustling century stand for the tourists.