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Friday Mar 30 , 2012
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Kallis could only manage six runs in his sole innings in the second Test against New Zealand before missing the third match while Sangakkara scored a duck and 14 in his country's 75-run first-Test victory over England on Thursday.
As a result Kallis moved down to third and Sangakkara slipped to fourth position.
But their misfortune is Clarke's gain and he now joins Kallis' team-mate AB de Villiers atop the rankings.
De Villiers hit 189 runs at 63.00 in his last three inni...
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about 1 month ago
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Wednesday Mar 28 , 2012
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But England will need to make history to emerge victorious - only three times in Tests have they successfully chased down a score of more than 300 in the fourth innings to win, with their best effort a dig of 332 to beat Australia 84 years ago.
Sri Lanka began day three on 5-84 in their second innings, an overall lead of 209, with Dinesh Chandimal and Suraj Randiv at the crease, and the pair put on 30 before Chandimal (31) was caught by Kevin Pietersen off the bowling of Monty Panesar.
That...
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about 1 month ago
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Sunday Mar 25 , 2012
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Australia looked in command posting 9-281 after being sent in to bat, but again failed to close out the match convincingly despite the home side at one point being on the ropes at 7-118.
Watson, standing in for injured skipper Michael Clarke, paid tribute to the gallant hosts who were attempting to win their first ODI series against Australia since 1995.
Darren Sammy led a late barrage with 84 off 50 deliveries but the hosts fell short when he was the last man out with 17 balls remaining....
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2 months ago
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Saturday Mar 24 , 2012
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After four hours were lost at the start of the day due to rain, Alviro Petersen and JP Duminy remained in the middle until the umpires stopped play due to poor light.
Petersen finished on 96 not out at stumps, with Duminy also nearing his century on 76 not out.
The duo increased South Africa's total by 110 runs on Saturday.
New Zealand needs to win to level the three-match series but struggled with the ball as the wind gusted around Wellington.
Martin Guptill had two chances to catch Pete...
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2 months ago
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Friday Mar 23 , 2012
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CA General Manager Team Performance Pat Howard said:
“Cricket Australia fully supports Brad’s decision to remain in Australia and sends its best wishes to him and his family at this time.”
The National Selection Panel has also confirmed that Peter Nevill will stay with the squad for the remainder of the tour.
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2 months ago
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Thursday Mar 22 , 2012
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The former Australian captain had been linked with a return to Sommerset, where he played in 2004.
But the 37-year-old told cricket.com.au he was not considering a stint playing in England but was looking forward to pre-season training with the Tasmanian team and spending time with his family.
“I did it a long time ago playing with Sommerset and it seems at the start of every county season there is something coming out about how I might be back there again,” he said.
“But I...
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2 months ago
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Tuesday Mar 20 , 2012
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The host nation were struggling in their chase of a Duckworth-Lewis revised 212 off 40 overs for victory, after the Sri Lankans were all out for 232 from 49.5 overs.
But a 77-run sixth-wicket partnership from Nasir Hossain and Mahmudullah guided Bangladesh to a historic victory.
Earlier, the Bangladeshis slumped to 3-40 after top-order batsmen Nazimuddin (six), Jahurul Islam (two) and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim (one) fell cheaply.
Opener Tamim Iqbal (59) and Shakib Al Hasan (56) steadied the ...
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2 months ago
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Monday Mar 19 , 2012
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In a match that turned and twisted, Tasmania seemed a chance all the way until the nerve-wracking final exchanges, when Bulls pair Steve Magoffin and Chris Hartley came through to seal a three-wicket win after being 7-88 chasing 133.
The Tigers' performance was full of grit and determination, highlighted by grinding half centuries to Steve Cazzulino and Ed Cowan in innings one and two, respectively, and brilliant at-the-death bowling from James Faulkner and Luke Butterworth on the final day....
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2 months ago
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Sunday Mar 18 , 2012
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The 24-year-old all-rounder struck 47 not out off 61 balls - including four sixes - in the rain-affected game to level the five-match ODI series 1-1.
The hosts at Kingstown chased down their Duckworth/Lewis-calculated target of 158 with 10 balls to spare, with Dwayne Bravo chipping in with 30.
The victory was West Indies' first ODI victory over Australia at home since 2003.
Australia's innings started late due to rain and was held up again after five overs, with the rain halting play for 9...
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2 months ago
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Saturday Mar 17 , 2012
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Australia won by 64 runs at the Arnos Vale Ground in St Vincent on Friday, defeating a West Indies team featuring debutant Johnson Charles, relative newcomer Sunil Narine and the recalled Tino Best.
The teams meet twice more at the same venue in Kingstown, with three of the five ODIs to be staged in St Vincent.
And with that in mind, Doherty appreciated getting used to the surface quickly, while also studying the less familiar faces in the hosts' line-up.
"It was very important," he said w...
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2 months ago
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Friday Mar 16 , 2012
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Click HERE for the Scorecard from the first One-Day International
Listen to what Man of the Match and ODI debutant George Bailey had to say after the win
The hosts looked on track to chase down Australia's paltry total of 8-204 as Dwayne Bravo (32) and Marlon Samuels (35) had the hosts in a comfortable position at 3-97.
But some fine work by spinner Xavier Doherty, who claimed 4-49, saw the West Indies collapse to be eventually dismissed for just 140 in the 33rd over, with only so...
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2 months ago
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Sunday Mar 11 , 2012
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The Bulls progressed to the final on the back of a faultless bowling performance that saw South Australia dismissed for 162 and 103 in the space of three days.
Each of the Bulls' quicks took multiple wickets in each innings, leaving Queensland selectors with a huge headache should the 2011-12 destroyer Ben Cutting recover from the groin strain that ruled him out of the clash with the Redbacks.
Australia's best-performed Test bowler in recent years, Ryan Harris, will be an automatic select...
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3 months ago
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Saturday Mar 10 , 2012
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The Blues have produced more than their share of world class pacemen over the past two decades and while there's a long road ahead for Chris Tremain he promises to be a star of the future.
The 20-year-old made his domestic one-day debut for the Blues last month, taking 2-32 against Western Australia at the WACA.
He then claimed the claimed three wickets in each innings of the Blues' final-round Bupa Sheffield Shield loss to Victoria on Saturday.
The lanky right-armer was satisfied with his...
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3 months ago
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Friday Mar 09 , 2012
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The visitors reached 6-149 in their second innings at stumps on Friday after earlier rolling the Bushrangers for 185 to claim a 23-run advantage.
Peter Nevill is unbeaten on 24 and skipper Stephen O'Keefe is four not out.
"We are disappointed with how it has panned out. We thought we did a great job to keep the Vics under our score," Stuart said on Friday night.
"We'd still like to have six or seven wickets in the shed but we don't and we have to deal with that."
"There are still two full...
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3 months ago
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Friday Mar 09 , 2012
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Rahul Dravid said the decision to call time on his Test and first-class cricket career was tough but the time was right.
Dravid, who played 164 Tests in a 16-year, career, announced his retirement in Bangalore on Friday and said the decision was well-thought.
"It wasn't a Eureka moment for me," Dravid said.
"It had been on my mind since some time and I realised that this is the right time for me to go."
"The decision was not based on one series (the Australia tour where he failed with the...
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3 months ago
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