Siddle joins Australia’s band-aid brigade out of India

November 2nd, 2009 more images more imagesMOHALI - The following is the scoreboard of Australia's innings in the fourth One-Day International against India at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium here Monday: Australia: Shane Watson c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 49 Shaun Marsh lbw b Nehra 5 Ricky Ponting run out (Jadeja) 52 Cameron White run out (Nehra) 62 Mike Hussey c Sharma b Yuvraj Singh 40 Moises Henriques st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 6 Mitchell Johnson b Nehra 8 Graham Manou run out (Kumar) 7 Nathan Hauritz not out 9 Peter Siddle c Jadeja b Nehra 1 Doug Bollinger run out (Yuvraj Singh/Kumar) 0 Extras: (lb 1, w 9, nb 1) 11 Total: (all out in 49.2 overs) 250 Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Marsh, 7.4 overs), 2-88 (Watson, 18.1), 3-123 (Ponting, 26.5), 4-196 (Hussey, 38.1), 5-217 (Henriques, 42.4), 6-226 (White, 44.5), 7-236 (Johnson, 46.1), 8-241 (Manou, 47.1), 9-247 (Siddle, 48.4), 10-250 (Bollinger, 49.2) Bowling: Praveen Kumar 9.2 0 41 0 (4w) Ashish Nehra 8 0 37 3 (1nb, 1w) Ishant Sharma 5 0 42 0 (1w) Ravindra Jadeja 7 0 27 0 Harbhajan Singh 10 0 48 2 (2w) Yuvraj Singh 10 0 54 1 (1w) Toss: India, who choose to field Umpires: Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka) and Amiesh Saheba TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare Match referee: Chris Broad (England)

November 2nd, 2009 more images more imagesMOHALI - Scoreboard of the fourth One-day international (ODI) cricket match between India and Australia here Monday. Australia: Shane Watson c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 49 Shaun Marsh lbw b Nehra 5 Ricky Ponting run out (Jadeja) 52 Cameron White run out (Nehra) 62 Mike Hussey c Sharma b Yuvraj Singh 40 Moises Henriques st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 6 Mitchell Johnson b Nehra 8 Graham Manou run out (Kumar) 7 Nathan Hauritz not out 9 Peter Siddle c Jadeja b Nehra 1 Doug Bollinger run out (Yuvraj Singh/Kumar) 0 Extras: (lb 1, w 9, nb 1) 11 Total: (all out in 49.2 overs) 250 Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Marsh, 7.4 overs), 2-88 (Watson, 18.1), 3-123 (Ponting, 26.5), 4-196 (Hussey, 38.1), 5-217 (Henriques, 42.4), 6-226 (White, 44.5), 7-236 (Johnson, 46.1), 8-241 (Manou, 47.1), 9-247 (Siddle, 48.4), 10-250 (Bollinger, 49.2) Bowling: Praveen Kumar 9.2 0 41 0 Ashish Nehra 8 0 37 3 Ishant Sharma 5 0 42 0 Ravindra Jadeja 7 0 27 0 Harbhajan Singh 10 0 48 2 Yuvraj Singh 10 0 54 1 India: Virender Sehwag c Watson b Bollinger 30 Sachin Tendulkar lbw b Hauritz 40 Virat Kohli c Manou b Bollinger 10 Yuvraj Singh run out (Ponting) 12 Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Manou b Bollinger 26 Suresh Raina b Hauritz 17 Ravindra Jadeja run out (Ponting/Manou) 7 Harbhajan Singh c & b Watson 31 Praveen Kumar c Manou b Watson 16 Ashish Nehra c Hauritz b Watson 7 Ishant Sharma not out 3 Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 20, nb 1) 27 Total (all out in 46.4 overs) 226 Fall of wickets 1-40 (Sehwag, 6.5 overs), 2-78 (Kohli, 14.3), 3-94 (Tendulkar, 18.5), 4-113 (Yuvraj Singh, 23.2), 5-145 (Dhoni, 31.2), 6-156 (Raina, 34.2), 7-177 (Jadeja, 38.4), 8-204 (Harbhajan Singh, 42.1), 9-217 (Kumar, 44.4), 10-226 (Nehra, 46.4) Bowling Mitchell Johnson 9 0 74 0 Peter Siddle 5 2 15 0 Doug Bollinger 9 2 38 3 Moises Henriques 7 0 33 0 Nathan Hauritz 9 1 31 2 Shane Watson 7.4 1 29 3 Toss: India, who choose to field Man of the match: Shane Watson (Australia) Umpires: Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka) and Amiesh Saheba TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare Match referee: Chris Broad (England)

November 2nd, 2009 more images more imagesMOHALI - Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl against Australia in the fourth One-day international at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium here Monday. India have included Virat Kohli in place of an injured Gautam Gambhir, who failed to clear the fitness test in the morning.

October 28th, 2009 NAGPUR - Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to field against India in the second One-day international cricket match here Wednesday. India have made one change in the team that lost the first One-dayer at Vadodara.

October 28th, 2009 NAGPUR - The following is the scoreboard of India's innings against Australia in the second One-day International of the seven-match series at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium here Wednesday: India: Virender Sehwag c Hilfenhaus b Johnson 40 Sachin Tendulkar c White b Siddle 4 Gautam Gambhir run out (Hauritz) 76 Yuvraj Singh c&b Hilfenhaus 23 Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Paine b Johnson 124 Suresh Raina c Paine b Johnson 62 Harbhajan Singh not out 1 Praveen Kumar run out (Paine) 1 Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 14, nb 2) 23 Total (for seven wickets in 50 overs) 354 Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Tendulkar, 3.3 overs), 2-67 (Sehwag, 10.1), 3-97 (Yuvraj, 15.1), 4-216 (Gambhir, 33.6), 5-352 (Dhoni, 49.3), 6-353 (Raina, 49.5), 7-354 (Kumar, 49.6) Bowling: Ben Hilfenhaus 10-0-83-1 Peter Siddle 10-0-55-1 Mitchell Johnson 10-0-75-3 Nathan Hauritz 10-0-54-0 Adam Voges 5-0-33-0 Shane Watson 5-0-47-0 Toss: Australia, who chose to field Umpires: Ameish Saheba and Shavir Tarapore TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare Match referee: Chris Broad (England)

October 28th, 2009 more images more imagesNAGPUR - The following is the scoreboard of the second One-Day International between India and Australia here Wednesday: India Virender Sehwag c Hilfenhaus b Johnson 40 Sachin Tendulkar c White b Siddle 4 Gautam Gambhir run out (Hauritz) 76 Yuvraj Singh c&b Hilfenhaus 23 Mahendra Singh Dhoni c Paine b Johnson 124 Suresh Raina c Paine b Johnson 62 Harbhajan Singh not out 1 Praveen Kumar run out (Paine) 1 Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 14, nb 2) 23 Total (for seven wickets in 50 overs) 354 Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Tendulkar, 3.3 overs), 2-67 (Sehwag, 10.1), 3-97 (Yuvraj, 15.1), 4-216 (Gambhir, 33.6), 5-352 (Dhoni, 49.3), 6-353 (Raina, 49.5), 7-354 (Kumar, 49.6) Bowling: Ben Hilfenhaus 10-0-83-1 Peter Siddle 10-0-55-1 Mitchell Johnson 10-0-75-3 Nathan Hauritz 10-0-54-0 Adam Voges 5-0-33-0 Shane Watson 5-0-47-0 Australia Shane Watson c Tendulkar b Sharma 19 Tim Paine b Kumar 8 Ricky Ponting lbw b Kumar 12 Cameron White c Raina b Harbhajan Singh 23 Michael Hussey b Jadeja 53 Adam Voges b Jadeja 36 Shaun Marsh st Dhoni b Jadeja 21 Mitchell Johnson b Nehra 21 Nathan Hauritz not out 30 Peter Siddle c Dhoni b Sharma 3 Ben Hilfenhaus run out (Yuvraj/Dhoni) 16 Extras (lb 5, w 8) 13 Total (all out in 48.3 overs) 255 Fall of wickets 1-20 (Paine, 4.6 overs), 2-41 (Watson, 9.1), 3-45 (Ponting, 10.1), 4-93 (White, 20.6), 5-140 (Hussey, 30.3), 6-180 (Marsh, 36.5), 7-194 (Voges, 38.3), 8-223 (Johnson, 43.3), 9-230 (Siddle, 44.4), 10-255 (Hilfenhaus, 48.3) Bowling Praveen Kumar 8 1 37 2 Ashish Nehra 7 0 40 1 Ishant Sharma 8 0 34 2 Harbhajan Singh 10 0 62 1 Yuvraj Singh 8 0 39 0 Ravindra Jadeja 6.3 0 35 3 Suresh Raina 1 0 3 0 Toss: Australia, who chose to field Man of the match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India) Umpires: Ameish Saheba and Shavir Tarapore TV umpire: Sanjay Hazare Match referee: Chris Broad (England)

October 23rd, 2009 MELBOURNE - Cricket Australia has reached an in-principle agreement to host the game's biggest draw-card, India, in four out of six summers under the new Future Tours Program (2012-2017). The new deal means that teams like the West Indies and Pakistan may not get the same public billing as world cricket's other two heavyweights-South Africa and England.

October 1st, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle won the Emerging Player of the Year award at the International Cricket Council (ICC) awards ceremony here Thursday. The 24-year-old, who played in 12 Test matches in the voting period and took 49 wickets with an average of 28.93, has made an impact within the Australia side with his charging run up and powerful delivery.

August 14th, 2009 BANGALORE - The players' auction of the Twenty20 Karnataka Premier League here Friday turned out to be a drab affair as none of the 48 cricketers could fetch the maximum price of Rs.700,000. India's one-day player Robin Uthappa was the costliest player at just Rs.325,000 and was bought by Bangalore Urban Team, owned by leading realtor Brigade group.

July 23rd, 2009 NORTHAMPTON - Australia's competitive edge has been blunted since Cricket Australia ordered the team to stop sledging, feels all-rounder Shane Watson. "One thing Cricket Australia have said to us is to make sure we know where the line is and don't cross it.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - Australian cricketers haven't received the guidelines set by Cricket Australia (CA) to uphold the spirit of the game during the Ashes. Last month, CA commissioned a survey among fans, who asked Ricky Pontings team not to sledge, swear, cheat and spit during the ongoing Ashes Test series.

July 15th, 2009 LONDON - Cricket Australia had asked its players before start of the Ashes series not to indulge in sledging, but fast bowler Peter Siddle denied receiving any message from the board. Australian players, who are famous for their verbal taunts as their on-field brillance, had received letters banning them from sledging.

July 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.

June 28th, 2009 WORCESTER - Australian cricket team coach Tim Nielsen has confirmed that in-form quick Peter Siddle will play the first Ashes Test at Cardiff. Siddle was the outstanding quick in the four-man pace bowl-off with Sussex as Australia's bowlers failed to finish off the resilient county side in the drawn match.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - Australias cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke has showered fulsome praise on his captain Ricky Ponting underscoring his energy and enthusiasm. Making light of Pontings recent results and his own form, Clarke said the Australia captain remained at the top of his game as both player and leader.