Stephen Harmison believes Australia are short on confidence with the first Ashes Test in Cardiff just a week away.

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If Michael Hussey's Test place was in any lingering doubt, he surely cemented his spot in the Australia side for next week's Ashes opener by making an unbeaten 143 against the England Lions.

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Mike Hussey came back to form with his first century in nine months on a day when several Australia top-order batsmen failed in their final warm-up game before the Ashes.

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Melbourne, July 1 (IANS) Former Australian pacer Jeff Thomson pulled a barbed shaft at compatriot Ricky Ponting, calling him a "crap" skipper with few supporters in the country.

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Alastair Cook warmed up for next week's first Ashes Test with a hundred against Warwickshire here on Wednesday.

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Alastair Cook made an unbeaten fifty as England got off to a sound start in their Ashes warm-up match against Warwickshire here at Edgbaston on Wednesday.

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Melbourne, July 1 (IANS) England's star batsman Kevin Pietersen Wednesday asked Australians to be wary of their reverse-swinging bowlers who scripted the baggy green's downfall in the 2005 Ashes.

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Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) The Indian cricket board Wednesday finalised the seven venues for the one-day series against Australia in October-November.

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Stephen Harmison, bidding to regain his Test place, helped peg back Australia after a 141-run stand from the tourists threatened to undo the England Lions here at New Road on Wednesday.

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India will be looking to edge closer to a rare One-day International series victory against the West Indies in the Caribbean before embarking on a well-earned break from the game.

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Karachi, July 1 (IANS) Pakistan's Sports Minister Pir Aftab Shah Jilani blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for losing the 2011 World Cup hosting rights.

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England's all-powerful women's cricket team eased to a 55 run win at Chelmsford on Tuesday to go 2-0 up over Australia in their five-match one day international series.

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan said that he was convinced that it was time to quit cricket when his three-year-old son, Archie, uprooted his off-stump during a backyard match.

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Former Pakistan fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has said Shoaib Akhtar must prove his hundred percent fitness if he wants to secure a berth in the national team.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairperson Ijaz Butt is under attack from all spheres

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England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has said that he has no problem with all-rounder Andrew Flintoff boozing, as long as he knows that he is required to be fit to fire at his opponents on the cricket field.

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The Pakistan government has blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the International Cricket Council’ s (ICC) decision to shift 2011 World Cup matches from the country.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat in the tour match against the England Lions at New Road here on Wednesday.For the final warm-up match ahead of next Wednesday's Ashes opener in Cardiff, Australia showed faith in Nathan Hauritz despite the off-spinner returning match figures of 1-158 in the drawn match with Sussex at Hove.

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Gros Islet (St. Lucia), Ahead of the third one-day international against the West Indies Friday, Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his batsmen need to be cautious in handling new-ball bowlers Ravi Rampaul and Jerome Taylor who scripted

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As Australia prepares to battle England for the Ashes, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd revealed Wednesday that his sporting hero did not hail from Down Under and had put Australia to the sword in the 1970s.

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India's cricket board Wednesday announced the venues for the seven-match one-day international series between India and Australia in October-November.

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Sri Lanka has stepped up security for the visiting Pakistan team and slapped new restrictions at match venues, officials said Wednesday.

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan bowed out of cricket saying the current team could match the efforts of the side he led to Ashes glory in 2005.

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Jeff Thomson believes Australia will win the upcoming Ashes series against England by a single Test despite slating the captaincy skills of Ricky Ponting.

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Former England skipper Nasser Hussain praised Michael Vaughan as "one of the very best England captains" Wednesday, the day after he announced he was retiring from the sport.

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Michael Atherton said the fact England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was in the news for missing the team bus during a squad weekend away was an unwanted "distraction" ahead of the Ashes.

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West Indies captain Chris Gayle has signed up for Western Australia's Retravision Warriors for this year's domestic Twenty20 competition, officials said on Wednesday, hailing a major coup.

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