England tour one of most enjoyable ever despite Ashes loss : PontingSeptember 22nd, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has said he enjoyed the England tour despite it being a tough one. Ponting described the tour as one of the most enjoyable visit for him despite suffering a shocking defeat in the Ashes.
Ponting backs captain ClarkeSeptember 13th, 2009 LONDON - Australian captain Ricky Ponting has endorsed Michael Clarke as his successor to captain Australia's Twenty20 side. Cricket Australia is yet to announce who will lead the team following Ponting's decision to retire from Twenty20 internationals to concentrate on his Test and one-day career, but Ponting believes the 28-year-old Clarke, who was skipper for Australia's first three one-day internationals against England, has earned his stripes.
'Special to take final Australian wicket to clinch Ashes' says SwannAugust 25th, 2009 LONDON - England cricketer Graeme Swann, who took the last Australian wicket to clinch the Ashes, has said that he has never experienced anything like the surge of emotion and happiness he felt after winning the Ashes. Swann said that he would cherish the day and the experience for rest of his life, as he has seen all the phases in his career and the experience on the final day at The Oval beats it all.
Warne staggered by Hauritz's omission from Oval TestAugust 24th, 2009 LONDON - Former Australian leg spinner Shane Warne has said that the decision to leave off spinner Nathan Hauritz out of the fifth Ashes Test was "staggering" and someone will have to take the blame. "There is bound to be a lot more talk about why Australia did not choose Nathan Hauritz.
Oval Test will be remembered as Flintoff's farewell Test: SwannAugust 20th, 2009 LONDON - England off-spinner Graeme Swann believes the fifth and final Ashes Test starting today at The Oval will be awesome, sensational, brilliant, and a match that will be remembered as Andrew Flintoff's farewell Test. "You name it, it will have everything.
Ponting believes Johnson is a new threat without the new ballAugust 5th, 2009 BIRMINGHAM - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting believes he has unlocked the secret to pace bowler Mitchell Johnson - keep him away from the new ball. There are encouraging signs that Johnson is starting to turn his horror Ashes tour around.
Ponting aims to bowl Watson more in Ashes seriesAugust 4th, 2009 BIRMINGHAM - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting is aiming to bowl all-rounder Shane Watson more in the remaining two Ashes tests at the Headingly and The Oval. Watson passed his bruising initiation at the top of the order with flying colours as he followed up his 62 in the first innings with 53 to set up Australia's match-saving performance in the third Test at Edgbaston.
Anderson praises bowling coach Gibson for Edgbaston onslaughtAugust 2nd, 2009 LONDON - England swing bowler Jimmy Anderson has given the credit to bowling coach Ottis Gibson for preparing the swing onslaught that undermined Australia in the third Test at Edgbaston. "I said at Lord's that Ottis had done a fantastic job, looking at the footage of their guys and we've looked at ourselves.
Ponting feels "bittersweet" about going past Border's Test run recordAugust 1st, 2009 WARWICKSHIRE - "I've got a bittersweet taste in my mouth today (Friday) after getting past the (Allan Border) record," said Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting after being dismissed for 38 on the second day of the third Ashes Test. At the start of play, Ponting, on 17, needed eight more runs to overtake Border's Test run record of 11, 174.
Swann sorry KP not there for Ashes, but says Freddie will do the jobJuly 23rd, 2009 LONDON - England off-spinner Graeme Swann has described the exit of star batsman Kevin Pietersen from the remaining three Tests of the ongoing Ashes series as a major blow for the hosts, but believes that having all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will be enough to win back the Ashes. In article for The Sun, Swann recalls his over two-decade-long association with Flintoff, and says that he still retains the power and skill of yore to tear through the Australian batting line up.
Swann: We won't panic in second Ashes Test on final dayJuly 20th, 2009 LONDON - England off-spinner Graeme Swann is insisting that his team will not panic on the final day of the second Ashes Test being played at Lord's. The Aussies need another 209 with five wickets remaining to complete a historic world record run chase.
Swann says England won Ashes match fair and squareJuly 14th, 2009 LONDON - Off-spinner Graham Swann has said that England saved the first Ashes Test fair and square, and the Australians can talk all they like about delaying tactics. In an article for The Sun, Swann said: " We will go to Lord's on Thursday with the series locked at 0-0 because of a brilliant rearguard and an amazing partnership between Jimmy Anderson and Monty Panesar."
He admitted that the match was tough, but absolutely straight.
Siddle will be more lethal at Lord's, says PontingJuly 14th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian captain Ricky Ponting insists pace bowler Peter Siddle will be even more threatening at Lord's in the second cricket Test against England starting Thursday. A fired-up Siddle bowled his heart out in drawn first Test in Cardiff and struck scared tailender Graeme Swann on the body three times in four balls in a pace onslaught.
Ponting Into Politics rather than Cricket Before Ashes OpenerJuly 8th, 2009 CARDIFF - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has urged Welsh fans to support his team as the Ashes series starts in Cardiff today. Ponting believes that old hostilities between the Welsh and the English could cause Cardiff locals to support Australia.
"Our slow bowlers can beat the Aussies", says SwannJune 28th, 2009 LONDON - England's right-arm offbreak bowler Graeme Swann has expressed confidence on England's spinners abilities to tangle Australians in a web to regain the historic Ashes series, which begins on Thursday. Swann highlighted the magic web that spin genius Shane Warne used to create around English batsmen, however, this time he is hopeful that the likes of left-armer Monty Panesar and Adil Rashid would turn the table on Australians.
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