Monty Panesar has already shown himself to be a mentally strong cricketer during the early stages of his career. But he is making sure he'll be fully prepared for the tough challenge of playing in front of hostile Australian crowds this winter by talking to a psychologist.

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Though the permutations suggest that India can afford to lose to West Indies and still make Sunday's final, Greg Chappell wasn't prepared to rely on them in the build-up to Wednesday's game. Not having won since the opening match of the Caribbean tour, Chappell reckoned that the remaining two matches represented a great opportunity to get back to the winning ways of last season, when the team had brushed aside the likes of Sri Lanka, Pakistan and England.

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India head into Wednesday's game against West Indies seeking their first one-day win since May 18. It's been a depressing turnaround for a side that played such superb one-day cricket for most of last season, and it will need two very good performances, or some assistance from the weather gods, if they're to avoid an early flight home.

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Captain Brian Lara has voiced confidence in his underperforming West Indies team, who he says are determined to claw their way back up the world rankings. The once-dominant West Indians have faded over the past decade and plunged to eighth in the official rankings.

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Michael Hussey has brushed off talk of wanting to succeed Ricky Ponting as Australian captain, saying he is happy just to be playing in the same side.

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Still aspiring to make a comeback, former Australian ODI specialist Michael Bevan says he is continuing to play domestic cricket in the hope that the selectors will recall him for next year's World Cup.

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England's veteran spinner Ashley Giles will be fully recovered from his hip problem and fit for this winter's Ashes series with the Australians the team's spin bowling coach David Parsons told the BBC on Monday.

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Virender Sehwag has said that he has no problems batting down the order in one-day matches as long as it serves the interest of the team. "I started opening the batting because Sachin Tendulkar was not part of the team," Sehwag told the Times of India. "Now the team management has worked out a new strategy and I am sure we will gain from it.

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South Africa all rounder Jacques Kallis became the first cricketer to reach 8,000 runs and 200 wickets in test and one-day internationals on Monday. In the second ODI against Zimbabwe, Kallis scored 26 and took 2-22 in South Africa's six-wicket win at Buffalo Park.

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West Indies' three-wicket win against Australia means that they have assured themselves of a place in the final of the DLF Cup. With two matches to go, the battle is between Australia and India to nail the second spot. Here's a look at what India and Australia need to do to join West Indies.

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A shock West Indies win over Australia tonight put India in a do-or-die situation, requiring it to win both its remaining matches against these two teams to make it to the final of the cricket tri-series.

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Australian bowling sensation Mitchell Johnson on Monday said taking the coveted wickets of cricket greats Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara had raised his hopes of taking part in this year's Ashes series.

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A Pakistani judge who held a long inquiry into match-fixing allegations against the Pakistan team has expressed surprise at the appointment of leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed as assistant coach for the Champions Trophy.

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