View Article  Ponting in dilemma over Hauritz's inclusion in third Test

Australian captain Ricky Ponting is in a dilemma on whether to play spinner Nathan Hauritz on the soggy Edgbaston pitch for the third Test beginning Thursday.

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View Article  Pakistani players approached by bookies in Colombo: report

The menace of match-fixing reared its ugly head again Wednesday with a media report claiming that Pakistani cricketers were approached by bookmakers in Colombo during the recently-concluded Test series against Sri Lanka.

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View Article  Ponting has no Edgbaston hang-ups

Australia captain Ricky Ponting insisted returning to Edgbaston, where the third Ashes Test starts on Thursday, held no bad memories for him after England's dramatic win here in 2005.

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View Article  Australia lack 'aura', says Strauss

England captain Andrew Strauss insisted the present Australia side lacked the aura of the one that thrashed his country 5-0 in the 2006/07 Ashes.

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View Article  Strauss backs Bell to follow his example

England captain Andrew Strauss believes Ian Bell can do what he did by returning to Test cricket a better player after being dropped from the side.

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View Article  Ponting looks beyond Border record

Australia captain Ricky Ponting may be on the verge of overtaking Allan Border as his country's leading Test run-scorer but the Tasmanian is adamant he has "bigger fish to fry".

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View Article  Australia set to stick with Johnson

Australia are likely to keep faith with struggling fast bowler Mitchell Johnson for the third Ashes Test against England, starting here at Edgbaston on Thursday.

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View Article  England put faith in Flintoff

England head into the third Ashes Test here at Edgbaston confident of all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's participation but without Kevin Pietersen against an Australia side looking to level the series at 1-1.

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View Article  Tigers earn their stripes, win ODI series

Half-centuries from Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Ashraful trumped a maiden One-day International hundred from Travis Dowlin, and inspired Bangladesh to a series-clinching three-wicket victory over West Indies here on Tuesday.

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View Article  Bell vows to stay true to himself

Ian Bell has promised to do things his way after being given the tricky task of replacing England star batsman Kevin Pietersen for the third Ashes Test against Australia.

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