Posts Tagged "second Test"

Australia’s slim hopes of escaping Adelaide Oval with a draw have been reduced even further by captain Ricky Ponting’s revelation that opener Simon Katich has an Achilles tendon problem.

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Australia’s players seem convinced the heavens offer their only hope of salvation even as their captain Ricky Ponting was imploring his men to conjure an escape from the dreadfully mismatched second Ashes Test.

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Star batsman Kevin Pietersen is confident his teammate Graeme Swann will spin England to a second Test triumph against Australia. And former Australian captain Ian Chappell says Swann could end the Test career of Marcus North while doing so.

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This Ashes series just goes from bad to worse for Australians, with Kevin Pietersen back to his dominating, arrogant best on Day 3 here at the Adelaide Oval.

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Optimistic spinner Nathan Hauritz believes Australia can still win the second Ashes Test at Lord’s despite England marching to a seemingly impregnable position.

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Matt Prior believes England’s ruthless edge has them poised to win the second Ashes Test at Lord’s.

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Kevin Pietersen first threatened to resign as England captain in India before Christmas, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) vice-chairman Dennis Amiss has said.

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They may not be a dead force as some have claimed. We may muse over the best method to restore the greatness, or indeed embrace the changing of the guard and welcome a new hegemony. But we must remember one of the greatest sporting reigns of all time.

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Peter Siddle has emerged as a beacon of hope for Australia’s inexperienced pace attack following his stunning five-wicket haul against South Africa in Sydney.

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South Africa has vowed to maintain the standard that earned an historic series win when they resume hostilities against Australia in the third Test at the SCG starting on Saturday.

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If cricket captaincy was all about batting, Ricky Ponting would have Mark Taylor, Mike Brearley and Ian Chappell all comfortably covered.

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Australian captain Ricky Ponting has refused to guarantee struggling opener Matthew Hayden a place in the final cricket Test of the summer.

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Jason Krejza declared himself fit and ready to take on South Africa in next week’s first Test at the WACA after returning figures of 1-45 as Tasmania slid to a six-wicket limited overs defeat to South Australia at Adelaide Oval.

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South African pace spearhead Dale Steyn says the hype won’t affect him and he’ll just keep doing what he’s doing, which has so far yielded 60 wickets at an average of 19 in Test cricket in 2008.

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On a perfect batting strip where first-innings totals of 500 are common, New Zealand self-destructed for 270 and never recovered in the second Test against Australia at Adelaide Oval.

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Australia’s Mike Hussey averages 203 in his four Test matches at Adelaide Oval so it’s no surprise he loves the place.

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It’s every spinner’s nightmare when a batsman comes after you and Nathan Hauritz never knew quite what to do. But he showed on Friday with his 2-63 in New Zealand’s 6-262 on day one of the second Test at Adelaide Oval that he has learned enough to be a factor at the top level.

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It’s the one area where New Zealand feels they have the edge on Australia as they await their first look at spinner Jason Krejza in the second Test in Adelaide.

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The pressure has built on Matthew Hayden and Brad Haddin in a first home Test of the summer where they were expected to show their true colours.

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Japan beat the United States Eagles 29-19 at Nagoya’s Mizuho Stadium on Sunday, a tremendous result for coach John Kirwan. Dealt an injury ravaged squad (seventeen, to be exact), Kirwan fielded a side containing four new caps, a new captain, and three uncapped players on the bench.

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