Windies batting star Chanderpaul can expect ‘chin music’ from Aussies

November 22nd, 2009 more images more imagesBRISBANE - West Indian cricket team coach David Williams has warned the Australians that the visitors will not to wilt under pressure from the hosts this summer, even as former players Shane Warne and Dennis Lillee have come up with doomsday predictions. The West Indies has declared they will not lose their composure if things turn awry during the series.

November 20th, 2009 BRISBANE - West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach has said that his side will be ready to compete on equal terms with Australia when the first Test begins at the Gabba from November 26. Speaking to media persons on the second day of a four-day clash against an under strength Queensland side, after the hosts posted an impressive 384 for the loss of four wickets, The Age quoted Roach, as saying: "It was the first day for most of the guys, to run it out, so come the first Test the guys will be on, we'll be ready." The Windies bowlers suffered the same misery as their batsmen endured a day earlier, but the visitors vowed to give Australia a fight.

November 18th, 2009 MELBOURNE - West Indies captain Chris Gayle is likely to miss the entire Australian tour because he is returning to the Caribbean to take care of a seriously ill mother. The opening batsman was scheduled to play in the opening tour match against Queensland at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane today, but will leave for home immediately.

November 13th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australia's vice-captain Michael Clarke will fly to Melbourne today for a medical assessment likely to decide whether he will be fit for the start of the Test series against the West Indies. Clarke will see team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris for a detailed examination before attempting to step up his training after struggling for almost two months to overcome a degenerative back problem.

October 28th, 2009 NAGPUR - Ahead of the second one-day international against Australia, India's combative off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has predicted a five-two score line in favour of his team, and added that India will top ODI rankings at the end of the seven match series. "I believe if we play to our potential we will win 5-2.

October 3rd, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Legendary former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has called for common sense on the warring parties in the Caribbean in the hope they can make peace in time to send a full-strength touring team to Australia this summer. The region is mired in a bitter and protracted contract dispute between the players and their board, which has seen the likes of Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan stay away from the Champions Trophy, with the West Indies represented by a team of inexperienced kids and obscure veterans.

September 18th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Tim Paine's maiden international century has handed Australia a 111-run victory over England and elevating them to No.1 spot ahead of current world leaders South Africa in ODIs. The tourists are just one win away from claiming a 7-0 sweep of the tournament after Paine scored 111 to steer Australia to 8-296 from 50 overs.

September 11th, 2009 LONDON - Ravi Bopara, who has been struggling with his batting form, remains convinced that he will become an international star despite a desperate struggle against Australia. He has already been dropped from England's Test team and is now in danger of relinquishing his place in the one-day team.

September 6th, 2009 LONDON - Yorkshire spinner Adil Rashid, who is being trained by former Australian leg spinner and now coach Terry Jenner, hopes he can emulate another Jenner protégé Shane Warne. Twenty-one-year-old Rashid wants Jenner to help him become England's answer to Warne.

August 7th, 2009 LONDON - England fast bowler Stuart Broad reckons England's tough nuts have caught the Aussies on the hop. Tempers flared during the Third Test and, with The Ashes now in sight, there could be fireworks at Headingley.

July 12th, 2009 CARDIFF - Kevin Pietersen has told his shell-shocked England team-mates they must stand up and be counted today to prove they can handle an intense summer of Aussie pressure. "We've put ourselves under a hell of a lot of pressure and it's up to us to stand up and be counted now," News of The World quoted Pietersen, as saying.

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June 30th, 2009 St. John's (Antigua, West Indies),J - The West Indies selectors have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the two final games of the four-match series against India, to be played at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia. West Indies and India are levelled one all in the series.

June 29th, 2009 KINGSTON - Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said that Indian batsmen erred in reading the pitch and that resulted in their poor batting display in the second ODI against the West Indies here Sunday. Dhoni (95) and Rudra Pratap Singh (23) added 101 runs for the ninth wicket to help India get to 188 after they were reduced to 82 for eight in the 22nd over.

June 11th, 2009 SYDNEY - Shane Warne feels that the inability of Australians to play spin resulted in their early exit from the World Twenty20. The former Australian leg spinner said the England team must have noted the team's weakness against spin and used it to their advantage ahead of the Ashes series that begin July 8.