Posts Tagged "Australia"

Yesterday we looked at the forward pack for our special ANZAC combined Wallaby and All Black team of the modern era. Today in part two we piece together the back line.

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Can New Zealand finally register victory in the annual ANZAC Test or will Australia once again prove too strong at Canberra Stadium? Join us for live scores and commentary from 7.30pm AEST.

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This week, Roarer Tony Mellow made a list of his best 20 rugby league players in Australia since 1980.

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Australia’s fears about the resurgence of Sachin Tendulkar were realised on day two of the first Test against India as the veteran edged towards his first Test hundred since January 2011.

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Michael Clarke has been enjoying a phenomenal run of form lately. Opponents are being forced to accept the fact he is a difficult enigma to crack. Scoring centuries with disdain, and multiple ones at that, against one and all. The 31-year-old now garners much greater attention in the team meetings of hapless opponents scurrying for [...]

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There’s an increasing number of cricket scribes and fans who want to compare Sachin Tendulkar and Michael Clarke with Don Bradman. Forget it, it’s an exercise in futility. The Don is incomparable, unbeatable.

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The Aussies look surprisingly well placed for a strong performance in this series, starting with the first Test in Chennai.

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Cricket Australia has named a 17-man squad for next month’s four-Test tour of India.

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Ater 70 years in which the Australian Test team boasted so few left-handed batsmen, there’s been an explosion of them in the last three years.

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Population isn’t why Australia is failing at tennis and golf

By David Lord, 12 Dec 2012

 

It’s worthwhile expanding on yesterday’s reaction to the demise of Australian tennis and golf when it comes to winning the big ones that define a career.

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Phil Hughes is confident his attention to detail in improving his leg-side play will pay off as he makes his return to the big time in Friday’s opening Test against Sri Lanka at Bellerive.

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Shane Watson has made plenty of headlines lately with questions about his fitness, ability to bowl and best position in the batting order.

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Clinching the No.1 ranking and a series-winning send-off for Ricky Ponting appears little more than a distant dream for Australia after South Africa breathed fire on day two of the third Test.

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Peter Siddle bowled himself into the ground on day five of the Adelaide Test.

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Faf du Plessis’ incredible man of the match performance during the second Test in Adelaide confirmed more than just the 28 year old’s international credentials.

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Most of the talk around the Australian XI this week is regarding the composition of the bowling attack for the Perth Test.

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Francois ‘Faf’ Du Plessis has made one of the most impressive Test cricket debuts you could wish for. So much so that I’m inspired to pen a tribute.

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South Africa wedged another major spanner in the career of Ricky Ponting but will likely need a record fourth-innings chase at the Adelaide Oval to perform a miracle in the second Test.

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James Pattinson has become the third Australian, after Shane Watson and Pat Cummins, to break down with an injury this summer.

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Over the years, I’ve spent much breath, foolscap paper and keyboard time bagging the mercurial Rubik’s cube that is Mitchell Johnson.

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