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/ 14 December 2006
Monty Panesar captured five wickets on his Ashes debut to help England bowl out Australia for 244 before struggling to 51-2 on the opening day of the third Test on Thursday. The left-arm spinner claimed the scalps of Justin Langer, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne and Brett Lee to finish with figures of 5-92.
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/ 5 December 2006
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 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
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
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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/ 24 November 2006
England lost three wickets in the last hour before stumps to crash to 53-3 in reply to Australia’s commanding 602-9 declared on the second day of the first Ashes Test on Friday. Glenn McGrath dismissed England openers Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook in successive balls before Stuart Clark removed Paul Collingwood to leave the tourists reeling.
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/ 23 November 2006
Ricky Ponting completed his 32nd Test hundred as Australia dominated the opening day of the first Ashes Test against England at the Gabba on Thursday. The Australian skipper batted magnificently to reach the close unbeaten on 137 with Mike Hussey on 63 and the world champions in cruise control at 346-3.
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/ 22 November 2006
England received a welcome boost on the eve of the first Ashes Test when injured batsman Ian Bell completed a net session to boost his chances of selection. The in-form Bell, who scored a century in England’s last warm-up match against South Australia at the weekend, had been in danger of missing the opening Test after he was struck on the wrist by teammate James Anderson.
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/ 7 November 2006
England’s cricketers are confident they will wake from their post-Ashes slumber in time to reproduce their best form against Australia this summer. While Australia have gone from strength to strength since losing the Ashes last year, England have failed to scale those same dizzy heights.
The Ashes are still almost three months away but Shane Warne is already busy plotting Australia’s revenge. Warne has spent the off-season playing county cricket in England to get a closer look at their top batsmen and the master leg-spinner likes what he has seen.