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/ 24 December 2010
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting said on Friday he was confident of playing in the fourth Test against England as he recovers from a fractured finger.
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/ 23 December 2010
The head of the ground staff at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) says there is no conspiracy in his switch of drop-in pitches for the fourth Test.
England’s Kevin Pietersen said on Wednesday that Australia’s current team could not out-sledge Test greats Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath.
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/ 21 December 2010
England opener Alastair Cook played down a growing row over Australia’s move to change pitches for the vital Melbourne Ashes Test.
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/ 20 December 2010
England on Monday warned all was not "rosy" for Australia despite their crushing Ashes win.
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/ 19 December 2010
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting hopes to fit to play in the fourt Ashes Test match in Melbourne despite fracturing a finger.
Shane Watson again fell agonisingly short of a Test century as Australia built a commanding lead on the third day of the third Test of the Ashes.
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/ 17 December 2010
Australia might be back in the Ashes after superb bowling by Mitchell Johnson, but they have shown little to ease concerns about their top order.
We are all a bit obsessed by legacies and there has been much talk in recent weeks of Ricky Ponting’s legacy.
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/ 17 December 2010
This really is a massive game of cricket. Win it and England have the Ashes job done with.
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/ 16 December 2010
England’s seamers obliterated Australia’s top order early in the third Test in Perth on Thursday to leave the hosts reeling at 65 for four at lunch.
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/ 16 December 2010
The death of 28 asylum seekers has renewed pressure on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to soften Australia’s asylum policy.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting has vowed a return to the team’s trademark aggression in the third Test against England.
Dozens of asylum seekers drowned and a number were rescued after their boat ran onto rocks near Australia’s Christmas Island.
England coach Andy Flower Monday laughed off suggestions champion leg-spinner Shane Warne could make a shock Ashes comeback.
Shane Warne on Monday confirmed he had split from his ex-wife, amid reports of an alleged "affair" with British actress Liz Hurley.
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/ 11 December 2010
Ricky Ponting may be close to becoming the first Australian captain in 120 years to lose three Ashes series but he is not considering retirement.
Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday said the US, not WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, was to blame for the leak of secret cables.
Dismayed Australian cricket fans have launched a campaign to bring back spin-bowling master Shane Warne after the team’s thrashing by England.
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/ 7 December 2010
Test greats Ian Botham and Ian Chappell had to be pulled apart after a confrontation at the second Ashes Test, reports said on Tuesday.
England won the second Ashes Test on Tuesday by an innings and 71 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
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/ 6 December 2010
England’s Kevin Pietersen took the key wicket of Michael Clarke with the last ball of the fourth day of the second Ashes Test on Monday.
Australia said it would urgently send fire-fighting experts to Israel to help it combat a massive blaze that has raged for three days.
England tightened their grip on the second Ashes test against Australia with another match-turning stand between Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott.
The WikiLeaks website was fighting to stay online on Saturday after Sweden issued a new arrest warrant for its elusive chief.
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/ 3 December 2010
An Australian man has surprised friends by getting married — to his pet dog of five years, a golden labrador called Honey.
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/ 3 December 2010
Paceman James Anderson gave England a stunning start to the second Ashes Test on Friday.
Qantas stepped up pressure on Thursday on engine-maker Rolls-Royce to settle damages related to an engine failure on one of its Airbus A380 aircraft.
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/ 2 December 2010
England skipper Andrew Strauss presented a straight bat to questions about batsman Kevin Pietersen’s undiplomatic tweeting on Thursday.
England want to capitalise on the lingering fatigue of Australia’s bowlers in this week’s second Ashes Test, coach Andy Flower said on Tuesday.
Australia called up two more quick bowlers to their squad for the second Ashes Test as they continue to search for the killer touch.
Alastair Cook became only the fourth Englishman to score a test double-century in Australia as the first Ashes Test headed for a draw on Monday.