Katich says its tough, but adds that Oz will fightAugust 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Australian opener Simon Katich, who top scored for his side in the first innings of the Oval Test (50) and is batting in the second innings with 42, admitted on Saturday that the visitors have an uphill task before them, but added that the will to fight to the end is still there. ''You never know, you just have to keep believing and keep fighting.
Cricket legends upset over 'overcooked' Oval pitchAugust 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Former cricketers have criticized the curator of the pitch at The Oval for creating a surface solely for the purpose of ensuring a result in the fifth and final Ashes Test. By the close of play on day two, 23 wickets had fallen and Australia trailed by 230 runs.
Oval Test might not be Ponting's last Test on English soilAugust 21st, 2009 LONDON - Australian captain Ricky Ponting has said that he hasn't thought about the final Ashes Test match at The Oval being his final Test match against England on their soil. Ponting is unlikely to play in the next Ashes series on English soil, which would be held in 2013, but he avoided declaring The Oval Test as the last.
Ashes dreams still alive, says BellAugust 21st, 2009 LONDON - England batsman Ian Bell has said that there is no need to panic, and pleaded with England fans to cling on to their Ashes dreams in the fifth and final Test match at The Oval. "I don't think we have thrown it away.
Clarke backs Ponting to show his class at The OvalAugust 20th, 2009 SURREY - Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke has warned England that they should fear the Australian captain Ricky Ponting as he plays the fifth and final Ashes Test match at The Oval that will determine his legacy. "You see Punter in World Cup finals or huge matches and he always stands up,'" The Daily Telegraph quoted Clarke, as saying.
Australia will not settle for a draw in Oval Test, says ClarkeAugust 19th, 2009 LONDON - Australian vice captain Michael Clarke has said that his side has no intention of chasing a draw in the decisive Ashes Test that starts tomorrow at The Oval. "I don't think we should start that way, no," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Clarke, as saying.
Ponting's legacy as Oz captain on the line at The OvalAugust 19th, 2009 LONDON - The fifth Ashes Test, which begins at The Oval from tomorrow, will be a defining one for Australia captain Ricky Ponting. Victory at The Oval will hand Ponting something that is demanded of any Australia captain worth his salt, a series victory over England, in England, reports Fox Sports.
My retirement won't be a distraction in Ashes decider: FlintoffAugust 18th, 2009 LONDON - England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff says his retirement from Test cricket will not be a distraction for the team in the last Ashes Test at the Brit Oval. FLintoff expects to be fit for the fifth Test against Australia that starts Thursday as he continues to battle with the knee injury that forced him to call time on his Test career.
Debutant Trott ready for his brand of KP heroics at The OvalAugust 17th, 2009 SURREY - England batsman Jonathan Trott, who makes his debut in the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval, is convinced that he can withstand the crushing pressure of the series decider. Trott further said that he will take inspiration from Kevin Pietersen, his one-time teenage rival in South Africa.
England's battle plan for Ashes decider uncoveredAugust 17th, 2009 LONDON - England's battle plan for the Ashes finale at The Oval was allegedly uncovered when it was retrieved from a waste paper bin, reports The Mirror. Australia sources claim screwed-up paper discarded in a conference room at Trent Bridge on Friday contained the 14 names unveiled yesterday by national selector Geoff Miller.
England batters hoping Stuart Clark is not selectedAugust 13th, 2009 LONDON - As the debate rages over whether Australian pace bowler Stuart Clark should be picked for the Ashes-deciding Test at The Oval, England opener Cook and blue-collar battler Collingwood are praying he is overlooked. Clark has the wood on the duo to such an extent that he has dismissed each man five times in the six Tests he has played against England, including sending them both back to the dressing room in the fourth Test at Headingley.
'It would be fantastic if I was called up for Oval Test,' says TrescothickAugust 12th, 2009 LONDON - Former England opener Marcus Trescothick has said that it would be fantastic if he was called up to do duty in the final Ashes Test at The Oval. "It's something you dream about doing, coming in for one game and potentially trying to win the Ashes.
England flops told to play county cricket before Oval finaleAugust 11th, 2009 LONDON - England's cricket selectors have sent five of their under performing players back to play for their counties in an attempt to find some form ahead of next week's decisive fifth Ashes Test at The Oval. Batsmen Alastair Cook, Ravi Bopara, Ian Bell, and bowlers Graeme Swann and Graham Onions will all turn out for their counties this week.
Discarded Joyce wants another crack at the AussiesJuly 26th, 2009 LONDON - Discarded by the England set up more than two years ago, Irish-born Ed Joyce, who now plays for Sussex, is one of a select group of England batsmen to have scored a century against the Australians. And now, he is keen to resurrect his international career by taking another crack at the Kangaroos.
Flintoff asks teammates to recall Ashes 2005 spiritJuly 10th, 2009 CARDIFF - All-rounder Andrew Flintoff has called on his teammates to recall the Ashes spirit of 2005 and lift themselves to combat the Australians more aggressively in the ongoing first Test here. Flintoff's call came as the Australians came up with a score of 249 for the loss of Phillip Hughes's wicket in reply to England's 436 all out.
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