Posts Tagged "Andrew Symonds"

It is fair to say that the recent Australia India Test series failed to live up to the hype. India’s big name batting line-up failed miserably, aside from Zaheer Khan the bowling was poor, and they fielded like a team from the ‘90s.

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Players’ union chief Tim May and former Australian Test all-rounder Andrew Symonds have warned world cricket that its corruption problems are far from over.

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In recent years, the position of number six in Australia’s batting line-up has been a contentious issue, with many players not being able to hold down that position.

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Call me a fuddy-duddy but IPL leaves me cold. And this is despite my favourites, Sachin Tendulkar, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, and Virender Sehwag, among others playing.

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The world’s premier batsman Sachin Tendulkar has the toughest assignment of the 10 IPL skippers, trying to keep the peace between long-time protagonists – Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh. Nobody will ever forget the all-time blow-up between the two during the Australia-India third Test at the SCG, in January 2008, that very nearly ended the [...]

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When I was writing my book, Cricket’s Great All-rounders in 2008, I consulted Alan Davidson on whether I should include Andrew Symonds and Shane Watson in the book.

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There is no doubt that the task humans have not found a way to make any easier is that of letting go of something once held dear. From today’s mullet growers to ‘Heartbeat’ watchers, moving on to greener pastures and keeping with the times is a frivolous task fraught with tears, denial and embarrassment.

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The only bulls Andrew Symonds will be near this season will be the ones he brings to his north Queensland farm after pulling the pin on his Twenty20 Big Bash commitments.

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In times of crisis, Australian cricket’s preferred reaction has always been to look towards youth.

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Another injury setback for Andrew Flintoff has not derailed the Queensland Bulls’ bold plan to team up the English star with fellow all-rounder Andrew Symonds this summer.

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Former Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds scored 45 runs and took two wickets for his Indian Premier League side the Deccan Chargers, but it wasn’t enough to prevent them going down by 24 runs to the Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata on Thursday.

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Andrew Symonds is one Australian cricketer set to honour his IPL contract with little fear after revealing he felt far safer in India than South Africa.

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Mitchell Johnson recently attributed his lack of form during Australia’s recent Ashes defeat to personal issues involving his bitter mother. Will his be another whose life is destroyed in the public domain?

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Australian Cricketers’ Association boss Paul Marsh believes more players could follow Andrew Flintoff’s lead into freelance status unless boards offer less restrictive contracts.

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Sacked Test all-rounder Andrew Symonds is fighting fit mentally and physically as he prepares for the next phase of his career as a Twenty20 cricket globetrotter.

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While understandably keen to avoid propping up the Sheffield Shield table for back-to-back seasons, NSW have three million reasons to work on their Twenty20 game.

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Brad Hodge’s hopes of ever returning to the national side appear all-but over after he was left out of a 30-man preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy.

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Andrew Flintoff, Chris Gayle and Andrew Symonds all have different reasons for forsaking Test cricket. However, the common denominator is money.

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Roger Federer became immortal; Casey Stoner showed amazing guts; while Geelong and St Kilda produced an unforgettable classic.

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If Mitchell Johnson wasn’t spearheading Australia’s pace attack in the Ashes, chances are he could be standing on the mound as a Major League Baseball pitcher.

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