Hauritz says he has plenty of fuel to help NSW Blues' take Champions League titleOctober 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz, Australia's No. 1 tweaker, has declared that he has plenty of fuel in the tank to help the NSW Blues chase down the three million dollar Champions League title in India.
Oval Test: Three-way battle for final bowling spotAugust 19th, 2009 LONDON - There are at least three contenders for the final bowling spot in the Australian line up for the fifth and final Ashes Test to be played at The Oval from Thursday. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Brett Lee, Stuart Clark and spinner Nathan Hauritz are all vying for the final berth, but the team management is still maintaining that the pitch on offer will determine who gets in.
Ashes decider: Type of wicket will decide whether I will play: HauritzAugust 18th, 2009 LONDON - Australian off-spinner Nathan Hauritz has said that his selection in the team for the fifth and final Ashes Test to be played at The Oval from Thursday will depend entirely on the pitch that the game will be played on. "Selection will come down to how the wicket is and what they think the best mix is.
Australia ropes in Saqlain to hone Hauritz's spinning skills ahead of Ashes deciderAugust 18th, 2009 LONDON - Australia has roped in former Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq to work with Nathan Hauritz ahead of the fifth and final Ashes Test at the Oval. Saqlain was seen giving some important tips and advice on slow bowling in local conditions to Hauritz on Monday, The News reports.
Clark, Hauritz battle it out for Ashes finale bowling spotAugust 17th, 2009 CANTERBURY - Australia cantered to victory over the England Lions here on Sunday, but the focus was on the battle between pace bowler Stuart Clark and off-spinner Nathan Hauritz for the final bowling spot for the fifth Ashes Test. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian selectors will be taxed about whom to finally chose, as both put in above average performances in the side match.
"Ground conditions to decide on Clark, Hauritz", Ponting saysAugust 15th, 2009 SURREY - Australian captain Ricky Ponting has said that ground conditions will decide whether pacer Stuart Clark or spinner Nathan Hauritz start for the fifth and final Ashes Test match at The Oval, starting on Thursday. "There are no favourites for that bowling spot at the moment," The Daily Telegraph quoted Ponting, as saying.
Bad weather could be a dampner in third Ashes TestJuly 29th, 2009 LONDON - Bad weather threatens to play a spoilsport in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston starting Thursday. The weather forecast in Birmingham for the day before the clash is for heavy showers with chances of showers on the opening day.
Ponting in dilemma over Hauritz's inclusion in third TestJuly 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - 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. Though Ponting always prefers a frontline spinner, bad weather and local statistics have combined to force the Australians into a rethink.
Ponting on guard against Edgbaston pitchJuly 25th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said he won't be fooled like in the last Ashes tour after it was reported that pitch preparations for the third Test at Edgbaston next week had been ruined by rain. Ponting was strongly criticised four years ago for bowling first without injured spearhead Glenn McGrath after concerns that heavy rain would make the pitch a minefield.
Strauss may reshape England's pace attack with Harmison in mindJuly 25th, 2009 LONDON - England captain Andrew Strauss will have the option to reshape the bowling attack for the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston, despite the fact that the pitch could be woefully under-prepared. Many believe Steve Harmison should be in the team anyway, the cannon ball to Andrew Flintoff's medieval mace.
Hauritz insists he cleanly took contentious disallowed catchJuly 19th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian spinner Nathan Hauritz insists that he cleanly grasped a contentious catch, which became a major talking point of the ongoing Lord's Test. The Australian spinner was at the centre of controversy when he lunged at mid-on to claim a low, diving catch off Ravi Bopara who stood his ground.
Warne says 'defensive' Hauritz can be attacking bowler if shown faith inJuly 8th, 2009 BRISBANE - Former Australian star leg-spinner Shane Warne has urged Australian skipper Ricky Ponting to include off-spinner Nathan Hauritz in the squad for the first Ashes test match, and show faith in the inexperienced bowler by using him in an attacking way. Australia's greatest spinner said that while Hauritz has a "defensive-type" role in tests, altering it to an attacking mode, would make him more effective.
Hauritz's career in the balance after poor form against SussexJune 29th, 2009 LONDON - The international career of Australian off spinner Nathan Hauritz is hanging in the balance after taking one wicket for 158 runs in a tour match against Sussex. According to Fox Sports, the Australian team management has conceded that they are seriously thinking of leaving Hauritz on the sidelines in Cardiff, on a pitch that was tipped to take spin for the match, beginning on July 8.
Hauritz relishing attacking a dancing Pietersen on a spinning trackJune 20th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australia's only specialist spinner for Ashes series, Nathan Hauritz, is thinking of England's batsmen, and how they might treat him. He ponders what Kevin Pietersen and other England players could have in store for him, and is a bit excited about it.
Moody confident Hauritz will play in first Ashes TestJune 11th, 2009 PERTH - Former Sri Lanka and currently Western Australia coach Tom Moody is confident that off-spinner Nathan Hauritz will play the first Ashes Test next month. The New South Wales spinner has taken 14 wickets in four Tests, but is still regarded as a containing bowler rather than a big wicket-taking threat.
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