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  • Ross Taylor out of series with calf injury

    New Zealand news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:44 am
    Ross Taylor, the New Zealand captain, has been ruled out for three to four weeks after picking up a calf strain

  • Its not as bad as it looks…

    i3j3Cricket :: A blog for fans of Indian cricket...
    blogesh
    11 Jan 2012 | 1:53 am
    Did the Indian team take a beating in Sydney? Hell, yeah! Will India square the series? Most likely not. Is the Indian team as bad as the media and former players make it sound? I don’t think so. But it … Continue reading →

  • India tour of Aus. Report Card.

    i3j3Cricket :: A blog for fans of Indian cricket...
    bagrat15
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:03 pm
    It’s your call now. Filed under: Cricket Tagged: Australia, Cricket, India

  • Australia four wickets from a 4-0 whitewash

    India news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:44 am
    Whitewash, clean sweep, shutout. Whatever you like to call it, Australia were on track for a 4-0 series victory over India by stumps on the fourth day in Adelaide

  • Visitors in tatters after New Zealand declare

    Cricket news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:04 pm
    Zimbabwe face a mammoth first-innings deficit after losing five wickets for 20 in response to New Zealand's 495 for 7 declared on the third morning in Napier
 
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  • Cloud Cuckoo Land

    mohankaus
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:24 am
    Based on a conversation between @sdayanand and @achettup A ‘go-kart‘ once ‘flipped‘ over a cuckoo’s nest, And the frightened ‘bird‘ flew away. While the ‘fast go-kart drivers‘ were just ‘disappointed‘, The ‘bird’ was thoroughly ‘embarrassed‘. But then, the battle-hardened drivers … Continue reading →

  • India tour of Aus. Report Card.

    bagrat15
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:03 pm
    It’s your call now. Filed under: Cricket Tagged: Australia, Cricket, India

  • Catalyst for change

    blogesh
    24 Jan 2012 | 7:27 am
    Close to 5 years ago, India sent its “best” team to the West Indies to play the World cup. Expectations were high – the team had Dravid, Tendulkar, Ganguly, Sehwag, Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Dhoni, etc, etc. We had … Continue reading →

  • Its not as bad as it looks…

    blogesh
    11 Jan 2012 | 1:53 am
    Did the Indian team take a beating in Sydney? Hell, yeah! Will India square the series? Most likely not. Is the Indian team as bad as the media and former players make it sound? I don’t think so. But it … Continue reading →

  • Checking cricket.

    bagrat15
    27 Dec 2011 | 10:51 am
    <An imaginary, yet realistic possibility of text commentary for the 2nd test between India and Australia> Welcome to the live commentary of the 2nd test between India and Australia, live from the Sydney Cricket Ground, somewhere in Sydney, Sydney. The … Continue reading →
 
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    BBC - Test Match Special

  • A cool reception for England in Abu Dhabi

    Adam Mountford (BBC Sport)
    22 Jan 2012 | 1:57 pm
    England fans attending the second Test at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket stadium in Abu Dhabi are being asked to "keep their shirts on". But if the weather continues to be as chilly as when we arrived here today, they will not need to be told. The warning comes from the Chief Executive of the Abu Dhabi Cricket Club, Dilawar Mani, who I met in his office next to the ground. Mani is a very impressive character. Originally from Rawalpindi in Pakistan he has lived here for over 30 years and has real enthusiasm and clearly a great passion for his job. But even he had to admit that supporters arriving in…

  • Test Match Special suffers along with England in Dubai

    Adam Mountford (BBC Sport)
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:27 am
    Thursday 19 January will not go down as a great day for the England cricket team - and it wasn't the easiest in the Test Match Special commentary box. While England's batsman were struggling against the skills of Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal, we were battling to stay on the air. The TMS team are not always known for our technical prowess - it is true that Christopher Martin-Jenkins once tried to make a phone call with a television remote control - but on this day the programme was forced to be at the cutting edge of technology. As regular readers of my blog will know, producing Test Match Special…

  • England get to work... at construction site

    Adam Mountford (BBC Sport)
    13 Jan 2012 | 4:33 am
    Well Henry Blofeld may struggle to find many buses to talk about in Dubai, but he'll have no shortage of cranes to describe when the first Test gets under way here on Tuesday. This is my first visit to the most populated of the United Arab Emirates - and my first impressions are of a city dominated by imposing skyscrapers, but more recently by unfinished construction work. England will play their first ever Test on neutral soil in an area known as Dubai Sports City, a £4bn development on the outskirts of the city. The cricket stadium, nicknamed "The ring of fire", is an impressive…

  • Time for three divisions?

    Kevin Howells (BBC Sport)
    15 Nov 2011 | 5:30 am
    I have been persuaded that a radical shake-up of county cricket is needed. After talking to several people involved at ECB and county level, I have decided to write down what I think should happen to the County Championship. To accept this idea you do have to either agree that there are too many matches played at present or you are at least as fed up as I am about the number of times changes are discussed. I don't like the idea that the Championship should be reduced to create space in the schedule, but I do concede that whilst protecting the first-class game one…

  • The loss of innocence

    Adam Mountford (BBC Sport)
    3 Nov 2011 | 11:17 am
    "My message to the followers of cricket is keep following, keep loving this wonderful game." This was the rallying call from Sir Ronnie Flanagan, the head of the ICC's anti-corruption unit, despite the jailing of three Pakistan cricketers and the agent Mazhar Majeed. The message is great in theory - but in practice, just how easy is it going to be to convince cricket supporters that they are always watching sportsmen trying their very best? The judge at Southwark Crown Court, Mr Justice Cooke, expressed his fear that cricket could be forever tainted by the scandal. "Whenever in the future…
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  • Things To Consider In Purchasing At Online Auction Websites

    Admin
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:30 am
    One of the ways to shop comfortably nowadays is through online shopping and that is through online auction. With online auction, one could possibly purchase an item while staying at home by which, you only need a computer and a working internet connection. And what’s even greater is that you can buy these items on a lower price.   Shopping in penny auction websites could be fun but there are things that you also have to take into consideration. The very first thing that you have to take note before registering in any penny auction websites is its legitimacy. Do verify if the penny…

  • Learning SEO – A Way To Success

    Admin
    25 Jan 2012 | 2:50 am
    Optimizing a website is simply to promote the products and services that the site offers. If you do a search engine optimization for a certain website, your main goal is actually to increase your website’s traffic and to increase your site’s Page Rank. That will make your site visible to prospect buyers. All of that can be possible if you learn SEO.   Learning SEO or Search Engine Optimization is one thing that any website owner should take into consideration. Learning SEO could lead your website to success and can bring you wealth.   When prospect buyers search for a certain…

  • A Guide To Find The Best Loan For Your Home

    Admin
    20 Jan 2012 | 2:21 am
    Like having your very first real estate investment property, having your first home could also be the happiest and the most exciting part of your life. That’s true indeed. However, buying a house for sale to be your home could also be the biggest financial challenge that you have to face since it involves money like any other real estate property. And thus, getting the right loan and soon getting the right lender to refinance your home loan is vital.   As much as you would want to get a loan the soonest possible time to be able to buy your dream house, it is a must to check all other…

  • Reasons Why Expired Domains Are Great As Business Names

    Admin
    16 Jan 2012 | 3:37 am
    Business names are essential part of any business. It’s one of the first things that you have to think about after you have enough knowledge on how to start a business. If there’s anything that potential customers will first notice, it’s your business name. So, it’s important that your business name looks simple, easy to remember and attractive.  Expired domains can definitely become creative company names that will surely drive more customers to your business.   Using your domain name as your business name can contribute a lot to the success of your online business. By…

  • Using Rank Checker To Optimize Your Website

    Admin
    4 Jan 2012 | 8:40 pm
    If you are an SEO professional or are simply involved in online business, you probably know the importance of keywords or key phrases in promoting your website or your business. Among available SEO tools that can help you in your quest to promote your website, Rank Checker is the tool that can verify your website’s position in search engines based on the keywords or key phrases that you are using. Such checking can be done easily and on a regular basis since it is done online. So, as long as you have an internet connection, you can simply sit back and relax and let rank checker do the work…
 
 
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  • Broad spurred on by taxi driver

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:37 am
    Stuart Broad is confident England can prove his taxi driver wrong by wrapping up a series-levelling victory over Pakistan in the second Test.

  • Aussies complete India whitewash

    28 Jan 2012 | 1:24 am
    Australia wrap up a 4-0 series whitewash over India, who suffer their eighth consecutive defeat, with a 298-run win in the final Test in Adelaide.

  • Panesar haul puts England on top

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:53 am
    Monty Panesar claims three wickets as England take a firm grip on the second Test against Pakistan on day three in Abu Dhabi.

  • Live - Pakistan v England

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:28 pm
    Collapsing England lose their fifth wicket, chasing 145 to win the second Test against Pakistan on the fourth day in Abu Dhabi.

  • Jonathan Agnew column

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:27 pm
    "People can see how hard Panesar is busting a gut for the cause and that he is desperate to succeed"
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  • Jets upset Roar at Suncorp

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:42 am
    Newcastle Jets bounce back from a midweek draw with an upset 1-0 victory over Brisbane Roar at Suncorp Stadium.

  • Azarenka steamrolls Sharapova

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:04 am
    Victoria Azarenka becomes a grand slam champion with a crushing straight-sets victory over Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final.

  • Souths go down to Warrington

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:31 am
    An understrength South Sydney go down to Warrington Wolves in their opening trial match of the 2012 NRL season on Saturday.

  • Aussie Saville wins boys' final

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:59 am
    Adelaide teenager Luke Saville wins his second junior grand slam title, taking out the Australian Open boys' final.

  • Black Caps rout woeful Zimbabwe

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:46 am
    New Zealand score their biggest win in Test cricket, bowling Zimbabwe out twice on day three of their one-off match in Napier.
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    Cricbuzz: Cricket Scores and News

  • Selectors should take a call on seniors: Shukla

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:52 am
    An under-pressure BCCI today promised "corrective measures" after the Indian cricket team was humbled 0-4 by Australia.

  • Pak v Eng, Day 4

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:31 am
    England 327, 60/5 (31.0 Ovs), need 85, Prior 11(31), Jonathan Trott 1(2), Partnership: 4(12). Pak 257, 214.

  • NZ v Zim, Only Test

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:31 am
    NZ won by an innings and 301 runs. MoM: Chris Martin. Zim 51, 143-all out (48.3 Ovs), NZ 495/7 decl. Ross Taylor 122(201), Watling 102(149).

  • Aus v Ind, 4th Test

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:31 am
    Aus won by 298 runs. MoM: Siddle. MoS: Michael Clarke. Ind 272, 201-all out (69.4 Ovs), Aus 604/7 decl, 167/5 decl. Ponting 221(404), Virat Kohli 116(213).

  • Pakistan dent England victory bid in second Test

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:17 am
    Pakistan picked up four early wickets after England were set 145 runs for a series-levelling win to set up an intriguing finish to the second Test at Abu Dhabi Stadium here on Saturday. Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar took 6-62 in his comeback Test to put his team within sight of a win only for Pakistan to hit back defiantly, dismissing four top order batsmen to leave England struggling at 39-4 at tea on the fourth day.
 
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    A Cricketing View

  • Is Australia this good? Or India that bad?

    Kartikeya Date
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:44 pm
    Greg Baum asked this question just now, after Umesh Yadav was caught at the wicket off Nathan Lyon to end India's 2nd innings and give Australia a 298 run win in the 4th Test at the Adelaide Oval. The answer to both questions is a qualified Yes. Australia is good, in that they have a good pace attack - a pace attack that does very little wrong. A lot of people talk about the inexperience of Australia's attack, but Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus and Ryan Harris all have plenty of control and are fine basic Test fast bowlers. Each of them can bowl long spells, rarely bowl a bad ball,…

  • First Innings Lead Problems: Six Changes To The Ranji Trophy

    Kartikeya Date
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:45 pm
    I have written previously about the absurdity of having a 20 over contest with 10 batting wickets allotted to each team, with the same number of fielders and the same rules for dismissal as in a Test Match. My argument was that making the innings so severely short while leaving everything else as it is, skews the contest between bat and ball, and hence, does not sharpen skills and abilities that are necessary for actual Test cricket. In this post, I argue that the idea of granting a "win" based on first innings lead (as the Ranji Trophy allows) also skews the contest between bat and…

  • Some Cricket related diagnoses of Australia's success

    Kartikeya Date
    20 Jan 2012 | 2:31 pm
    Geoff Lawson, former Australian fast bowler, has offered this diagnosis of India's troubles in Australia. It comes as a pleasant surprise that someone has actually written about the cricket that has been played. The Indian capitulation, and I use the word advisedly, has come through the agency of seam bowlers who actually hit the seam - sometimes after it has swung, sometimes without. The greats of the Indian order have been undone by accuracy, movement, discipline and some decent pace. Eight dismissals in every ten have been off the front foot; the tail have mostly got out to short stuff…

  • One More Loss

    Kartikeya Date
    15 Jan 2012 | 8:29 pm
    It happened again. The batsmen were put in against an in form pace attack, got shot out on a bowler friendly pitch. The bowlers had no answer even though I heard comments to the effect that 10 wickets in 2 sessions was a good effort. Then, the batsmen, saddled with a hopeless 200 run deficit (which is nearly insurmountable on a wicket where every single batsman on both sides was beaten once an over if the over was bowled reasonably well), were bowled out again. Read more »

  • Warner, "Intent" and Perth

    Kartikeya Date
    13 Jan 2012 | 7:18 pm
    India were blown away at the WACA on Day 1 of the Perth Test. Dave Warner score a blistering century off just 69 balls in reply to India's 161 all out. This has been India's problem all along. The batting has been below par, and has typically been 50-100 runs shy of where they ought to be in a given set of conditions. After being put in to bat on a WACA pitch with plenty of juice, India's openers were separated early for the umpteenth time in recent overseas Tests and the middle order, while it showed glimpses of its old ability to produce periods of calm batting, kept making…
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  • The sands of time

    Will
    12 Jan 2012 | 4:35 pm
    It’s been fun, this blog. It even got me a job, nearly six years ago, but I’ve barely been able to maintain it the last two or three years. This will be the last post here, and most of the words will flitter into the ether at some point. Thanks for the entertaining vitriol and comments over the years. It was a right giggle.

  • Alastair Cook as a choirboy

    Jonathan Calder
    12 Jan 2012 | 1:38 pm
    Take a look at the video below at around 1:11. Yes, it’s Alastair Cook in his days as a chorister at St Paul’s. One point of correction: whoever posted the video to Youtube believes it comes from a 1997 Christmas concert at the cathedral. In fact, it comes from a national service of supplication I organised there to pray for the Lord’s help in ending our dreadful run of results against the Australians. It worked, though perhaps not quite as I expected. Like Muralitharan, God moves in a mysterious way. Jonathan Calder blogs at Liberal England.

  • Who shot Ashley Harvey-Walker?

    Jonathan Calder
    10 Jan 2012 | 4:08 pm
    In the 1970s summer Sunday afternoons meant live cricket on BBC2 and the rheumy pairing of John Arlott and Jim Laker visiting a county ground. Somehow it always seemed to be Ashley Harvey-Walker who was batting. Until the other day I remembered him for two things beside this apparent ubiquity. Batting against Peter Lever and Peter Lee on a snow-affected wicket at Buxton in 1975, he handed Dickie Bird his false teeth in a handkerchief to look after because, he reasoned, he would not be out there long. And Peter Tinniswood’s Brigadier once referred to the celebrated Ashley Harvey…

  • Peter Roebuck and Basil D’Oliveira

    Jonathan Calder
    8 Jan 2012 | 12:25 pm
    Thank you for asking: Christmas was suprisingly enjoyable. I listened to the Queen’s Speech, read my 1973 Wisden and the mother of the boy who used to come in to help with the scoreboard brought me a hot meal. So I think I’ll be here a while yet. I have calculated that, with my rifle, I could pin down a whole company from the Last Man window if it came to that. In the mean time, here are some links paying tribute to two players we lost towards the end of last year. Peter Roebuck Vic Marks, Roebuck’s old Somerset team mate, wrote in the Guardian: Peter Roebuck’s suicide…

  • Down at Third Man on the corruption of cricket

    Jonathan Calder
    2 Nov 2011 | 2:32 pm
    Hello? Coughs. It ain’t half dusty in here. The heavy roller is festooned with cobwebs and mice are nesting in the second XI captain’s box. But the scoreboard seems to be working and there is still that lovely smell of linseed oil. I have dropped by because I wanted to share a post with you. Down at Third Man has written one today entitled Dirty Dollars – The Utter and Unchecked Corruption at the Heart of Cricket. I get the impression he feels strongly about it: Let’s face it, the ex-cricketers who are part of the multimillion dollar entertainment industry which cricket has…
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  • Numbers of Mass Distraction: Part 2

    JP
    19 Jan 2012 | 1:40 pm
    Some years ago, incensed by the jiggery-pokery of the “copyright industries”, I wrote a post seeking to expose the way they went about making the most outrageous claims when it came to the volume of illegal downloads prevalent. I described them as Numbers of Mass Distraction. It is clear that recent events surrounding SOPA do not represent the end of the war waged by the copyright industries; at most it’s a skirmish they will concede, albeit very grudgingly, as lost. Judging from the experiences we faced in the UK with The Digital Economy Bill (I covered some of those…

  • The joy of writing about things that don’t matter

    JP
    17 Jan 2012 | 5:32 pm
    ….because sometimes they do matter. I’ve been fascinated by what people share, when they share it and how they share it for some time now. And for even longer, I’ve been thinking about why we share what we share. [Those of you who’re interested may want to read some of my earlier posts. Why We Share: A sideways look at privacy and Musing About Sharing And Privacy are two that come immediately to mind. Take this post. The trigger for my writing it was StumbleUpon (I’m a fan!), who wrote to me saying they thought I’d like a particular set of sites. One of…

  • Thinking about learning. And SOPA and PIPA and stuff like that

    JP
    14 Jan 2012 | 10:15 am
    I love being human. And I love human beings. I’m constantly amazed by human ingenuity. How our brains appear to work. How we construct mental models of things. How we observe, imitate, learn. How we repeat that cycle to augment learning. How, once we learn something, we show the capability to extend that learning in new ways. How we share what we do, how we use feedback loops from the people around us to adjust, to improve, to refine. To learn. I read somewhere that human children spend the most dependent on their parents and guardians, when compared to the offspring of other creatures.

  • More on know-how and know-why versus know-what

    JP
    9 Jan 2012 | 5:48 pm
    Thanks for all your comments and tweets re my earlier post. Some of you solved the “unGoogleAble” question. Others commented on what they’d been doing with the Prime Numbers in Arithmetical Progression question. And a number of you engaged in conversation with me across a variety of platforms. It helps me think. And learn. For which I’m grateful. I hope it’s been of some use to some of you. I want to touch upon a few of the answers and comments, to see if that helps me articulate where I was going more effectively.   First, Nicole Simon’s question.

  • Musing gently about filter bubbles and trends

    JP
    9 Jan 2012 | 12:55 pm
    Here’s what’s trending on Twitter right now: And here are the top stories on Google News: Here’s what the BBC News site has at top billing: I tried to even the field. So the twitter trends were set to “Global”, I finally overrode Google’s very irritating attempts to point me towards google.co.uk rather than google.com, and I left the BBC News homepage untouched. Zero connection between Twitter and Google, even though technically soccer stories made in on to both. One story in common between Google and BBC News. Just something to bear in mind. There’s…
 
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  • Broad anticipates key first session

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:55 am
    Stuart Broad led England's charge with the bat on Friday and looked forward to his role with the ball come day four of the second Test.

  • Musing The Week's Media

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:02 am
    Shane Warne loses the number crunch to Brad Hogg, Sam Wells struggles to convince his girlfriend of his New Zealand call up and Sri Lanka's next generation are bordering on geriatric.

  • Lyon enjoying home comforts

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:40 am
    Nathan Lyon picked up three big wickets at the Adelaide Oval on Friday to help Australia move toward a whitewash over India - a situation he is amazed to be a part of.

  • Ashwin disappointed by failure

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:37 am
    Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin says his team-mates are disappointed to find themselves on the verge of a 4-0 whitewash against Australia, but refused to single out any blame to individual players.

  • England edge ahead in Abu Dhabi

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:20 am
    A pedestrian unbeaten stand of 71 between Azhar Ali and Asad Shafiq helped Pakistan inch out of a tricky situation, but England were still on top at stumps on day three of the second Test in Abu Dhabi.
 
 
 
 
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    ECB Latest News

  • England in a spin

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:23 am
    England, chasing 145 to level the three-match series after Monty Panesar's 6-62, lost five wickets to spin as Pakistan sensed victory in Abu Dhabi.

  • Rampant Australia whitewash India

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:29 am
    Australia wasted little time in claiming the four wickets they needed to secure a 4-0 whitewash of sorry India in the final Test at the Adelaide Oval.

  • Writing on the wall for India

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:05 am
    Australia were four tail-end wickets from a whitewash of India, who required an improbable further 334 for a Test record total to win and to avoid a second straight 4-0 sweep on the road.

  • Taylor and rain woe for New Zealand

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:16 am
    New Zealand captain Ross Taylor suffered a calf injury, on a severely truncated second day at Napier in which only 15.2 overs were possible, that is set to rule him out of the series with Zimbabwe.

  • Nip and tuck Test too close for Broad

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:31 am
    Stuart Broad hopes he has helped plunder enough leeway for England to sneak victory over Pakistan in a “nipper”. Broad said: “This has been an amazing Test match so far - one for the purists."
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  • Cricket-Pakistan v England - second test scoreboard

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:55 am
    ABU DHABI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scoreboard at tea on day four of the second test between Pakistan and England at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Saturday.

  • Cricket-England 327 & 39-4 v Pakistan 257 & 214 - fourth day, tea

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:48 am
    ABU DHABI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - England were 39 for four in their second innings at tea on the fourth day of the second test on Saturday, 105 runs behind Pakistan. Scores: England 39-4 (Strauss 23; Abdur Rehman 2-3) & 327 (Alastair Cook 94, Jonathan Trott 74; Saeed Ajmal 4-108, Mohammad Hafeez 3-54) v Pakistan 214 (Asad Shafiq 43, Azhar Ali 68; Monty Panesar 6-62) & 257 (Misbah-ul-Haq 84, Asad Shafiq 58; S. Broad 4-47) (Reporting by Matt Smith; Editing by Clare Fallon)

  • WRAPUP 2-Cricket-Australia crush India to sweep series

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:03 am
    ADELAIDE, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Resurgent Australia ruthlessly ripped through the last flagging remnants of Indian resistance in less than an hour at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday to record a fourth crushing test win and sweep the series.

  • Cricket-List of largest test cricket victories

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:44 pm
    Jan 28 (Reuters) - List of largest victories in test cricket after New Zealand beat Zimbabwe by an innings and 301 runs in their one-off test in Napier, New Zealand on Saturday:

  • Cricket-New Zealand win test after bowling Zimbabwe out twice in one day

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:32 pm
    Jan 28 (Reuters) - New Zealand highlighted the gulf in international cricket when they bowled Zimbabwe out twice on Saturday to win the only test match of their tour at McLean Park in Napier by an innings and 301 runs.
 
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    Tour Diaries

  • Matty or Trotty?

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:42 am
    South African-born bald cricketers - hard to differentiate © Getty Images The last few days summed up why I watch the England side abroad. Not only has the cricket picked up from an English point of view, but perhaps more importantly there is also a feeling in the air that the tour has finally started. After the disappointment of Dubai and its fairly soulless surrounds, the Sheikh Zayed Stadium has provided three brilliant days of spectator happiness. The stadium, albeit in the middle of a desert (like everything here), is close enough to a major highway to make it reasonably accessible…

  • Abu Dhabi: plenty to do

    25 Jan 2012 | 1:06 am
    When in Abu Dhabi, take your cycle to the F1 race track © Getty Images It’s the eve of the second Test and I cannot wait for it to start. We’ve tried our best to get the most out of this extended break between matches but after five days of non-cricket related activities, I’m ready to spend my time in the UAE on the grass banks of the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium hopefully watching a famous English victory. This feeling is reflected among my fellow supporters – slightly twitchy from the lack of cricket, and ever so slightly uninspired by our surrounds. It’s not that we aren’t…

  • The upside of a three-day finish

    21 Jan 2012 | 3:21 am
    Cricket matches being played out in Palm Diera © Richard Kemp If I am honest with myself I secretly hoped the Dubai Test would be wrapped up inside four days. With just a day’s build-up in Dubai before the Test started and a short taxi ride booked down to Abu Dhabi the day after what was scheduled to be day five, I considered the chance to have time to explore the sprawling metropolis a bonus. However, what I did not wish for was the toothless, formless batting display from England on the third day that reminded me of being at Sabina Park, Jamaica, back in 2009. We will always support…

  • A tribute to a cricket lover

    18 Jan 2012 | 12:34 am
    England supporters in UAE raise a toast to George "the Podge" Summerside © Richard Kemp Day one of a Test series is always an exciting time. In Dubai the feeling among the several dozen stalwart England supporters was slightly different to the usual “let’s act like a child on Christmas day morning because we are watching Test cricket abroad again” syndrome that I’ve become accustom to over the years. I wrote in my first update about the recent passing of one of our own, George “The Podge” Summerside. The first time I met Podge was back in 2007 on the outfield of the SSC…

  • Watch out Dubai

    16 Jan 2012 | 11:15 pm
    The author with Jonathan Agnew in Dubai © Richard Kemp We’ve finally arrived. After months of anticipation, research and hype, the England cricket fans have checked into our Dubai hotels – many of us a few dirhams worse off thanks to the lure of cheap alcohol in the airport’s duty-free. The best news from the first 24 hours in Test cricket’s newest destination has been the successful deal struck between a few of the Barmy Army lads and our hotel manager to lower the beer prices in the bar. Twenty-five dirhams a beer might not be the cheapest tipple on the international circuit,…
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  • Eng 39/4 in 22 Overs, Pak vs Eng

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:54 am
    England 39/4 in 22 Overs, Pakistan vs England

  • Aus vs Ind - Australia won by 298 runs

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:54 am
    Australia vs India - Australia won by 298 runs

  • Bowling partnerships was our main plan: Siddle

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:44 am
    Adelaide, Jan 28: Australian bowlers hunted in a pack all throughout the Test series to demolish the famed Indian batting line up and pace spearhead Peter Siddle said the home team reaped rich dividends by sticking to its plan of "bowling

  • Former players blame India's batting for whitewash

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:58 am
    New Delhi, Jan 28: Stunned by India's Test slump abroad after the 0-4 rout in the series against Australia, former stalwarts blamed it on the star-studded batting line-up's flopshow, saying heads have to roll following a second successive whitewash overseas.India were

  • Sehwag denies lack of effort for 4-0 loss

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:27 am
    Adelaide, Jan 28: India's Virender Sehwag denies lack of effort for the humiliating loss against Australia which also marked the team's second whitewash in nine months after the disastrous tour of England in July 2011.After losing the first three tests in
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    Pen The Game

  • Sad demise of Indian Cricket?

    4 Jan 2012 | 7:54 am
    We are the Champions?The World Champions?Also, one of the best Test Teams in the world?Is it? Obviously Yes! We are. But is it true only for our soil?Do we fail anywhere outside? Do we fail miserably in our 'tests' on foreign soil?It hasn't really been the case to this extreme until the recent past.I was very disappointed when my team, which made me and every Indian proud by lifting The World Cup last year after 28 yrs, was thrashed and could do nothing but submit in England. There is anyways some not-so-soft-corner somewhere inside me for the English, for they ruled us and did what not…

  • Arsenal in 2011

    1 Jan 2012 | 4:08 pm
    1) Arshavin's winner against Barcelona. When Nasri cut back, the Russian caressed the ball into the bottom corner to send the Emirates into ruptures. Lately, Arshavin has been blamed for being "disinterested" by a lot of Arsenal fans. To me he has always been a player who has given you that impression but capable of moments of brilliance. Yes, the frequency of those moments of brilliance is getting lesser. But, a fully confident Arshavin still has a lot to offer to Arsenal. Wenger has said many times that he is a player who "takes a lot of risks". So obviously Arshavin is looking for more…

  • The Carlos Tevez saga continues

    13 Nov 2011 | 5:34 pm
    John Carlin, a New York Times writer said he was “shocked” at Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez’s refusal to come onto the football pitch against Bayern Munich in their Champions league match at the Allianz Arena, Munich. Tevez has been unhappy with life in Manchester had publicly stated in the summer that he wanted to leave Manchester City to be closer to his family. Manchester City was trailing Bayern Munich 0-2 when manager Roberto Mancini asked the Argentinian striker Carlos Tevez to warm-up to get onto the pitch around the 59th minute of the match. Tevez refused to obey the…

  • Did Serena get away?

    29 Sep 2011 | 11:06 pm
    “It is a joke” said tennis referee Charles Granville referring to the $2000 fine imposed on Serena Williams for lashing out at a chair umpire in the recently concluded US Open. Mr. Granville, father of American professional tennis player Laura Granville, said that suspending players rather than fining them would make the tennis players behave themselves on court. French newspaper journalist, Cecile Soler said that unless a player goes physical or swears at the officials, he or she should not be suspended. Soler said: “Taking the point away is the biggest thing and that was what the…

  • Arsenal 0 -2 Liverpool. But there is still hope!

    20 Aug 2011 | 3:30 pm
    After a summer of unrest, Cesc finally leaving for Barca, Nasri on the verge of going to Man City, the Gunners had a lot of questions to answer. Over the summer, the struggling Denilson and the effervescent, versatile Eboue had also departed. Wilshere, Rosicky, Gibbs were out injured. Song and new signing, Gervinho were serving suspensions. As if that was not enough, the improved Koscielny injured his back 10 minutes in the game. There was no lack of effort from Arsenal. Theo Walcott, Arshavin tried to make runs, but could not quite penetrate. Nasri starting the game was surprising to me.
 
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    Brajeshwar

  • Android Apps – Innovative Trend in HDR Photography

    Deeptaman Mukherjee
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:30 am
    Today, most Android Devices have the best of cameras possible. In fact, your default Android device may not have a good app to take photos and share them. However, with a little help from some of the latest apps, you can transform it into a useful photographic escort. It can handle a wide range of photography related tasks. Android is the hottest mobile innovation by Google that is taking the mobile market by storm. This mobile platform is totally unlocked, allowing application developers a free rein to display their creativity; at the same time it gives the users the advantage to experience…

  • Spirit Enlightened Film Festival

    Brajeshwar
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:47 am
    Culture Unplugged Studios’ ‘Spirit Enlightened’ aspires to trace the spirit that has led the humanity and evolutionary consciousness to present form and is in the midst of creating our future. The festival hopes to explore with you, ‘That’ which envelops to infuse & evolve the individual as well as collective being, expands our vision of time as well as place, enlivens our hearts, and enlightens our species to transcend the present state of being for the mystical new – the next state of supra-mental self. Lets observe & feel this divine/enlightening…

  • Raspberry Pi – Size doesn’t Matter

    Deeptaman Mukherjee
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:21 am
    Raspberry Pi, a newly launched credit-card sized computer, weighing about 45g, can be plugged into your TV and a keyboard. The main purpose of this innovation, by the Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charitable one; by building the cheapest computer at $25, can provide an assured fundamental level of functionality. This little PC has almost all the features of a desktop PC. It is equipped with spreadsheets, word processing and games. It also plays HD videos, has a SD card slot and connectors, that project over the edges. Mike, keyboards, network adapters and external storage will all connect, via…

  • PropertyFeast – An Innovative Real Estate Platform

    Deeptaman Mukherjee
    24 Jan 2012 | 10:54 am
    Real estate is a lucrative niche market, even in the current market straits. A real estate transaction is much more detailed than any other asset purchases. However, technology provides the solution to simplify the search for the perfect mortgage asset. Property portals offer sellers to display their mortgage properties in the best light. All-important information, concerning the deal, is easily accessible with real time developments tracked for current updates. You can get to the seller or contact a property agent to help you in your search to find the best mortgage deal for you. Recently…

  • National Defense Authorization Act 2012 gives Americans a taste of their own Medicine

    Robin Wilding
    23 Jan 2012 | 8:30 am
    The initial cloud of smoke has cleared on 2012′s National Defense Authorization Act and we are still no better informed about the extent of its newly formed ambiguous power than we were when it was passed two weeks ago. The NDAA of 2012 broke with its traditionally monotonous roots when its scope spread far beyond the traditional yearly Department of Defense budgeting. In a seemingly dodgy move the government slipped in the now highly controversial Section 1021 and 1022—constitution-raping pieces of legislation akin the Patriot Act on steroids. The two sly sections allow for the…
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    Bare Thoughts

  • A possible reason for the dismal performance by Inida ~ Sehwag and Gambhir not on the same page

    25 Jan 2012 | 9:07 am
    "I begin with the name of Allah, the most merciful". Yesterday I was thinking about how poorly the Indians have performed in the Test Series against Australia. I put in quite a thought towards deciphering the mystery of such a downfall. I mean not very long ago people would not believe me when I said that the Indian team lacked the metal to be the world's best but now everyone is seeing the cracks. I looked into the recent happenings and comments by players and tried to figure out where the weakness lied apart from an utterly impotent bowling attack that has often been saved the embarrassment…

  • India gets only a single wicket in 836 runs: Gambhir says "Every bowler is a threat on such wickets".

    24 Jan 2012 | 6:53 am
    "I begin with the name of Allah, the most merciful". Well, Gautam Gambhir commented on the thrashing that the Indian team got at the hands of the Aussies by saying that such pitches make ordinary bowling look good and that every bowler looks menacing in such assisting conditions. He also challenged the Aussies to come to India and claimed that the Indians would deliver the same embarrassment they faced at the hands of the Australians. First of all, I certainly would love to ask Gambhir to explain how the Aussies managed to put a mammoth 836 runs on the board for just the loss of one wicket…

  • ICC Cricket Ranking England and India: The Shaky Top Two

    19 Jan 2012 | 3:12 pm
    "I begin with the name of Allah, the most merciful". Ever since India came to the top of the rankings in both ODIs and Tests I for one was waiting for the cookie to crumble, With England also, I knew that the bubble would burst and consistency would lack. The fact that the ICC Cricket Rankings generally and especially for test matches do not seem to take into consideration the venues that the matches are being played at and the overall balance of a side's performance causes a team to become the world's number one team when it actually is not the best team in the world.  What do I mean?

  • Pakistan v England, 1st Test, Dubai, 3rd day ~ England Suffer their fifth worst defeat ever since the second world war

    19 Jan 2012 | 2:46 pm
    "I begin with the name of Allah, the most merciful". Finally the misery ends for the poor English team. They were completely out played by the Pakistan cricket team as they had no answer to the spin of Ajmal and the pace of Gul. Leaving only 15 runs for the men in green to chase the Brits suffered a 10 wicket loss at the hands of Pakistan. The match ended with England's 192 and 160 failing to match Pakistan's 338 and hence leaving only 15 to get for a win. This was England's first test loss in almost 2 years. Moreover, this loss was the Fifth worst loss for England since the second world…

  • Pakistan v England, 1st Test, Dubai, 2nd day ~ Pakistan fails to hurt England as much as it could have

    18 Jan 2012 | 8:50 am
    "I begin with the name of Allah, the most merciful". With England down and struggling and Pakistan 176/2 (Hafeez 88)  it looked as if the English will dearly rue their failure in the first innings. It all went a little wrong for Pakistan due to some good bowling by the Brits aided by some very ordinary cricket by the Pakistani batsmen. However with Misbah yet again making a half century Pakistan closed the day 96 runs ahead with 3 wickets in hand. Although the 350 looks allusive, we can certainly hope for around a 125 run lead which would certainly burden the already under-pressure…
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    ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

  • 8 Jan 2012 | 12:10 pm

    8 Jan 2012 | 12:10 pm
    The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup(the tenth Cricket World Cup) will be hosted by: India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.Host(s) India Sri Lanka BangladeshThe World Cup will take place between 19 February 2011 to 2 April 2011.FIRST MATCH on 19 February 2011 between India  and Bangladesh.Participants : 14 Nations(from 104 entrants)    

  • ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Schedule

    7 Jan 2012 | 12:03 pm
    ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 Schedule has been announced. World Best 14 Teams are divided into two groups: Group A and Group B. A total of 49 matches will be played. The tournament will occur in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh from Feb 19, 2011Group AGroup BAustraliaIndiaPakistanSouth AfricaNew ZealandEnglandZimbabweBangladeshCanadaIrelandKenyaThe NetherlandsSrilanka West Indies Match ScheduleDATETIMEMatch DetailsVenueFeb 19,201114:30Bangladesh vs India D/NMirpurFeb 20,201109:30New Zealand vs KenyaChennaiFeb 20,201114:30Sri Lanka vs Canada D/NHambantotaFeb 21,201114:30Australia vs Zimbabwe…

  • India Versus Netherlands

    9 Mar 2011 | 12:26 am
    India takes on Netherlands at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi today on 9th of March 2011 at 02:30 PM IST. It is the 25th Match of the tournament. India standing at the top of the points table in Group B with 5 points and a NRR of +0.768. Lets see where they can reach from here.

  • England versus Netherlands ICC Cricket Worldcup 2011

    21 Feb 2011 | 12:17 pm
    England vs Netherlands will be played tomorrow at 14.30 Indian Standard Time at Nagpur. It is schedule to be a Day-Night Match. Full Schedule. 

  • India Australia Warm Up Match

    13 Feb 2011 | 1:07 am
    Today India takes on Australia in a warm up match at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. The match will start at 14:30 (Local Time). The match is scheduled to be a Day-Night. This is the 6th Warm Up match in the ICC World Cup 2011 event and with that only 6 more days to go for the main event to begin.
 
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    Nihar's World

  • Download Picture Collage Maker Pro v3.24 for FREE

    Nihar
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:26 pm
    Picture Collage Maker Pro utility software can be downloaded for absolutely FREE!. This is piece of tool is all-in-one photo collage software that turns your ordinary photos and pictures lying in your PC into stunning Photo collages and digital scrapbooks to share with your family and friends. Picture Collage Maker is very powerful tool which [...]Download Picture Collage Maker Pro v3.24 for FREE is a post from: Nihar's World

  • New Zealand v Zimbabwe 2012 Test Series Cricket Schedule – Match Timings – Channels Telecasting

    Nihar
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:00 pm
    New Zealand v Zimbabwe Test 2012 Series will be held in New Zealand from Jan 26th, 2012 to Jan 30th, 2012. New Zealand will play 3 Test matches against Zimbabwe. Click here for New Zealand v Zimbabwe Test Series Team Squad Going by current form, Zimbabwe will start as favorites to win the Test series. [...]New Zealand v Zimbabwe 2012 Test Series Cricket Schedule – Match Timings – Channels Telecasting is a post from: Nihar's World

  • New Zealand v Zimbabwe 2012 Test Series Team Squad

    Nihar
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:07 am
    Zimbabwe Tour of New Zealand 2012 Series will be played in New Zealand. They will be playing 1 Test match from Jan 26th, 2012 to Jan 30th, 2012. Below, I will be providing New Zealand Test Team Squad and Zimbabwe Test Team Squad. Click here for New Zealand v Zimbabwe 2012 Test Series Cricket Schedule [...]New Zealand v Zimbabwe 2012 Test Series Team Squad is a post from: Nihar's World

  • India v Australia 2012 T20 Series Team Squad

    Nihar
    15 Jan 2012 | 5:18 pm
    India v Australia 2012 T20 Series will be played in Australia. They will be playing 2 T20 matches on February 1st, 2012 and February 3rd, 2012. Below, I will be providing India T20 Team Squad and Australia T20 Team Squad Click here for India v Australia 2012 T20 Series Cricket Schedule – Match Timings – [...]India v Australia 2012 T20 Series Team Squad is a post from: Nihar's World

  • India v Australia 2012 T20 Series Cricket Schedule – Match Timings – Channels Telecasting

    Nihar
    15 Jan 2012 | 5:13 pm
    India v Australia T20 2012 Series will be held in Australia on February 1st, 2012 to February 3rd, 2012. India will play 2 T20 matches against Australia. Click here for India v Australia T20 Series Team Squad India failed to win the Test Series. They will hope to win the T20 series. Australia will be [...]India v Australia 2012 T20 Series Cricket Schedule – Match Timings – Channels Telecasting is a post from: Nihar's World
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    Cricket Religion

  • “No, Greg, no, you can’t do that”

    Vivekanand Joshi
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:39 pm
    Often labelled as one of the most disgraceful events ever happened on the cricket field, The Underarm Bowling Incident of 1981, still invokes the nauseating emotions in the minds of millions of cricket lovers all across the world. Cricket has copped torrent of controversies ever since this incident happened 30 years before still it is deemed [...]

  • Australia on the verge of victory, 4 wickets away from 4-0 whitewash

    Cricket Religion Staff
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:20 am
    Australia is on the way to win another test match against India, after leading the series 3-0 and the final test having just four wickets for India to defend the team for the 90 overs tomorrow, and India still needs 334 runs. Australia declared their innings for 167/5 when they were 499 runs ahead, and [...]

  • New Zealand in a commanding position; Ross Taylor out of action for 3-4 weeks.

    Cricket Religion Staff
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:51 am
    New Zealand captain Ross Taylor will be out of competitive cricket for around 3-4 weeks after tearing his right calf today. Leading the side in his place would be Brendon McCullum who will be taking charge from the ongoing one off Test against Zimbabwe. The swashbuckling middle order batsman did the damage on the second [...]

  • Ricky Ponting conferred the highest civilian honour

    Cricket Religion Staff
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:19 pm
    Sachin Tendulkar’s batting records might just be out of his reach but, off the field, Ricky Ponting has scored a big point over the Little Master. Australia’s batting legend has been appointed an officer(AO) in the general division of the Order of Australia for his illustrious services to the game of cricket and also to [...]

  • Sourav Ganguly lashes out at India’s batting display at the Adelaide Oval

    Cricket Religion Staff
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:10 pm
    India’s most successful Test captain Sourav Ganguly has come down heavily on the team for surrendering meekly with the bat against the Australian’s on the third day of the Adelaide Test where they folded out for just 272 on a track which was,to put it mildly, pretty flat. Ganguly finds it tough to digest that [...]
 
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    Live Cricket News

  • Australia four wickets from a 4-0 whitewash :

    Umang Patel
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    India 272 and 6 for 166 (Sehwag 62, Lyon 3-57) need another 334 runs to beat Australia 7 for 604 dec and 5 for 167 dec (Ponting 60*). Whitewash, clean sweep, shutout. Whatever you like to call it, Australia were on track for a 4-0 series victory over India by stumps on the fourth day in Adelaide. Four wickets stood between Michael Clarke's men and the completion of a remarkable feat. India finished the day needing a further 334 for victory, but a comeback from Kapil Dev is more likely than one from India in this match. At stumps India were 6 for 166, having been set a target of 500.

  • England cautious after Pakistan make 257 :

    Umang Patel
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:15 am
    Stuart Broad Lunch England 48 for 1 (Cook 27*, Trott 5*) trail Pakistan 257 (Misbah 84, Shafiq 58, Broad 4-47) by 209 runs .Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss have experienced much during the 100 occasions they have stood together as England's opening pair, but rarely anything like this - a trial by spin in the desert, an examination against Pakistan's slow bowlers on the world's driest Test ground. It was all too much for Strauss. He made 11 and was then stuck on the crease, propping half forward suspiciously, when Mohammad Hafeez had him caught off bat and pad at short leg.

  • Yuvraj Singh - Ruled Out Of IPL

    Umang Patel
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:09 am
    Yuvraj Singhthe India batsman, could be ruled out of cricket for as many as six months due to the ongoing treatment of his non-malignant lung tumour. This means he will at least miss the Asia Cup and the IPL, where he captained the Pune Warriors last year.The last time Yuvraj played competitive cricket was the Tests against West Indies last November, and he was originally hoping to return as early as next month's ODI tri-series in Australia. According to PTI, quoting an unnamed source from the IPL, Yuvraj is currently overseas. He has travelled to the United States in order to undergo…

  • Australia in control despite of Kohli ton :

    Umang Patel
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:07 am
     Australia 7 for 604 dec and 3 for 50 (Clarke 9*, Ponting 1*) lead India 272 (Kohli 116, Siddle 5-49, Hilfenhaus 3-62) by 382 runs.It took until the third-last day of the series, but India finally found a Test centurion on this tour after Virat Kohli showed the fight that his colleagues have lacked. But on the national holiday of both India and Australia, there was more for the hosts to celebrate, as Peter Siddle finished with five wickets and Australia ended up with a lead of 382. By stumps, India still faced a major challenge to save the Adelaide Test and avoid a whitewash. If they do…

  • Ashwin says No embarrassment for India

    Umang Patel
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:42 am
    India are not embarrassed by their showing on the tour of Australia despite being soundly beaten in the first three tests and taking another hammering on the first day of the fourth, bowler Ravi Ashwin said on Tuesday. Off-spinner Ashwin took two of his country's three wickets before lunch at the Adelaide Oval but Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke ran rampant in the afternoon to push the hosts to 335 for three at the close of play."I think it was really good batting by Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke, they really took the game away from us in the second session," the 25-year-old told…
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