Australia can win Ashes in whitewash, says Ponting
ANDREW WU Ricky Ponting says Australia can belie its status as Ashes outsider by regaining the urn.
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India mow down Australia's big total
Joe Barton 5:33am In India, lightning can strike twice. For the second time in their one-day series with India, Australia have failed to defend a 350-run total.
Return pleases Clarke
CHRIS BARRETT It was just the start to the Ashes summer Michael Clarke needed.
India's domestic focus may upset Test rivals
CHLOE SALTAU Indian powerbrokers talking about staging more international games at home during domestic season.
States put on notice over pitches
CHLOE SALTAU Extreme measures such as forfeiting the toss to visiting team debated by Cricket Australia.
White's fine knock undone by late collapse
JESSE HOGAN Statistics have not always been kind to Cameron White, certainly not in the past two years.
Ponting hits back at Taylor
ANDREW WU Ricky Ponting believes he has mended bridges with Michael Clarke.
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Sam Rainbird claims six wickets against NSW Blues
Ben Horne 12:11pm Rookie Tasmanian fast bowler Sam Rainbird has finished with six wickets in just his second Sheffield Shield match, as NSW were bowled out for 288 on day two in Sydney.
All eyes on Michael Clarke but Sam Rainbird steals the show
CHRIS BARRETT It was not the end he would have liked but it was just the start to the Ashes summer that Michael Clarke needed.
Angry Ricky fires back at Taylor after settling his differences with Clarke
ANDREW WU Ricky Ponting believes he has mended bridges with Michael Clarke but there might be some work to do to patch up his relationship with his first national skipper, Mark Taylor.
Ponting tips England's days of dominance nearing end
ANDREW WU Ricky Ponting says Australia can belie their status as Ashes outsiders by regaining the urn this summer and is not discounting the prospect of the hosts inflicting a remarkable whitewash against an England team he believes is past its prime.
Fast bowlers face gruelling shield program, says Siddle
CHLOE SALTAU Four top pacemen in rehab and that's before six Shield games in seven weeks.
Ricky Ponting says there is no bad blood with Michael Clarke
ANDREW WU Ricky Ponting believes he has mended bridges with Michael Clarke but says he is "offended" by accusations from Mark Taylor that he did not respect the sanctity of the Australian dressing room.
Michael Clarke falls short of century in Sheffield Shield comeback
Australian captain Michael Clarke is spending valuable time in the middle for NSW in their Sheffield Shield opener against Tasmania at Blacktown.
Michael Clarke v Ricky Ponting: coming to a stage near you
PETER FITZSIMONS The set-up is perfect. Can't you just see it? Michael Clarke, centre stage, bidding farewell to Ricky Ponting.
Sheffield Shield: Michael Clarke passed fit, wins toss for NSW
Australian skipper Michael Clarke has won the toss for NSW after being given the final all clear to play in their opening Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania.
Ashes 2013: Chris Rogers keen to establish Test partnership with David Warner
Test opener Chris Rogers would welcome stability at the top of the Australian order.
Rubel Hossain claims ODI hat-trick in win over NZ
Rubel Hossain claimed six wickets including a hat-trick as Bangladesh beat New Zealand by 43 runs on Tuesday to take a one-nil lead in the three-match one-day international series.
George Bailey given Shield pass with Ashes spot likely
JESSE HOGAN George Bailey has already convinced selectors of his capacity to replicate his sparkling limited-over form in Tests, and has been cleared to skip his only chance to play a Sheffield Shield match before the Ashes squad is revealed.
Jetlagged Kevin Pietersen struggles to make grade in Perth
ANDREW WU If Peter Siddle, Ryan Harris and company want to shut down Kevin Pietersen this summer, then they had better get him into the middle as early as possible judging by the success several Perth grade bowlers had against the England run machine on Tuesday.
Bleary Pietersen serves up lesson
ANDREW WU Several Perth grade bowlers enjoy success against England run machine.
Bailey on track for Ashes pick
JESSE HOGAN Tasmanian cleared to skip only chance to play Shield match before Ashes squad revealed.
Ricky hasn't used that number
CHRIS BARRETT Ponting said to have broken sanctity of dressing room with revelations about Clarke.
Silencing Bell vital to Australian hopes
Chloe Saltau and Andrew Wu Peter Siddle promises to make Ian Bell's life much more difficult in Australia's bouncier backyard.
Marsh has more to prove
JESSE HOGAN Australia's Test batting enigma desperate to justify being back in contention for a Test berth by closing the chasm between his best and worst form stints.
Six burning questions for Queensland cricket fans
PHIL LUTTON Phil Lutton comes in off the long run to deliver six burning questions that Queensland cricket fans must ponder over the coming summer.
Proteas hopes quotas can unearth talent
Johannesburg South Africa still struggling to adjust complexion of teams in high-profile white-dominated sports.
Ed Cowan up for the fight to reclaim Test spot
CHRIS BARRETT The forgotten man of Australian batting, Ed Cowan, admits he feels hard done by after having been discarded from calculations for the first Test, but has set about proving selectors wrong in the Sheffield Shield.
Candidates line up for vacant Ashes batting spot
Ben Horne Candidates for the vacant No.6 batting spot will get a chance to impress in Hobart next week.
Mark Taylor takes Ricky Ponting to task over book row with Michael Clarke
CHRIS BARRETT Ricky Ponting broke the sanctity of the Australian cricket dressing room with his revelations about Michael Clarke in his autobiography, according to former Test captain Mark Taylor.
Xavier Doherty key to stopping Dhoni
Joe Barton Xavier Doherty is forging a reputation as being the key to curbing India's key batsman MS Dhoni's destructive powers.
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Michael Clarke v Ricky Ponting: coming to a stage near you
The set-up is perfect. Can't you just see it? Michael Clarke, centre stage, bidding farewell to Ricky Ponting.
Strong figures mean little to fans in stands
Winning back the Ashes is but one of a dozen objectives Cricket Australia has set itself.
Wisden's all-time XI
The Wisden Cricketer's Almanack has celebrated its 150th edition by naming the best XI of all time.
Michael Clarke fails true test of a captain
Funky field placings are one thing but, as Ponting points out, Australia's leader is not a team man writes Simon Briggs.
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