Ex-Kiwi skipper Crowe formulating knockout Test championshipDURHAM - Former New Zealand skipper Martin Crowe, now a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club’s World Cricket Committee, has formulated a knockout Test championship to be held every year with a grand final to be played at Lord’s. Ponting warns England that there is more to come from his bladeNOTTINGHAM - Having retired from Twenty20 cricket and opting to concentrate his energy and skills on the longer versions of the game, Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has warned England and other international sides that he can expect telling scores from his long blade. Ponting believes more players will be going freelanceNOTTINGHAM - Australian skipper Ricky Ponting expects more cricketers to follow Andrew Flintoff and Andrew Symonds in going freelance. Ponting’s 27th ton helps Australia beat England in fifth ODI
Strauss reveals how he plotted downfall of Australia’s big three in Oval TestNOTTINGHAM - England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has revealed how he planned the removal of Australia’s big three-Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, and Michael Clarke - to win the fifth Test and Ashes series at The Oval last month. Oz middle order bat Ferguson’s cool head enhancing his reputationSOUTHAMPTON - The greatest quality that Australian middle-order batsman Callum Ferguson possesses is not his vision or footwork but that he does not believe his own publicity. Lee determined to forge on despite selectors fitness faux paxSOUTHAMPTON - Australian speedster Brett Lee admitted last night that he was still to know why team officials instructed Shane Watson to tell a press conference he was not ready for the fourth Test at Leeds when he had declared his fitness. England have lost their X-factor without Flintoff, says LeeSOUTHAMPTON - Australian speedster Brett Lee has claimed that England have lost their X-factor without all-rounder Andrew Flintoff. Lee says will up his pace against England in remaining ODIsSOUTHAMPTON - Australian speedster Brett Lee has warned England’s struggling batsmen that he is ready to turn up the speed dial even higher. Aussies hold momentum in ODI series against England, says LeeSOUTHAMPTON - Speedster Brett Lee is of the view that the Australians are holding the momentum in the current seven-match ODI series against England and must make it 3-0 on Wednesday at Southampton’s Rose Bowl. Hussey admits pressure is on him to performCANTEBURY - Australian middle order batsman Michael Hussey has admitted there is pressure on his place in the Test team, but is confident of crossing a fine line between a reasonable and match-winning total in the fifth Test match at The Oval. Katich looking to nail the Ashes at The OvalCANTERBURY - Being one of just four Australian cricketers who played in the shock 2-1 Ashes series loss to England in 2005, opener Simon Katich says Australia is ideally placed to prevent a repeat (a draw) at The Oval, when the fifth match gets underway from Thursday. Brit fans taunted Strauss as England plunged to disastrous defeat
Desperate Flintoff to meet surgeon today to see if he can play at The OvalLEEDS - England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will meet his surgeon on Monday to determine if he can play at the Oval and further delay an operation on his right knee. Ashes: Strauss calls for calm reflection after Leeds drubbingLEEDS - Following Australia’s crushing innings and 80-run victory over England in the fourth Ashes Test, which saw the two sides level at 1-1, England cricket captain Andrew Strauss called for calm reflection and said there was no need for taking desperate measures. North’s long wait for baggy green pays offLEEDS - Having scored his third century in six Tests on Saturday, Australian all-rounder Marcus North’s long wait for the Baggy Green has finally paid off. Clark set to wreak more havoc in Ashes series with his McGrath-like qualitiesHAMPSHIRE - Hampshire’s director for cricket operations Tim Tremlett is of the view that Australian fast bowler Stuart Clark is set to wreak more havoc in the Ashes series with his Glenn McGrath-like qualities. Oz ‘Fanatics’ claim responsibility for fire prank on English teamLEEDS - Australian cricket fans have claimed responsibility for a hotel fire alarm that roused the England team from their beds the morning of their batting collapse on the first day of the fourth Ashes Test at Headingley. Broad calls England’s batters ‘brainless’LEEDS - England fast bowler Stuart Broad blasted his team’s brainless batsmen as its dream of winning the Ashes appeared to evaporate on the second day of the Headingley Test. England cricket team evacuated at 5 a.m. after fire alarm
Aussie crowds don’t boo a rival skipper, claims PontingLEEDS - Australian captain Ricky Ponting has claimed that Australian crowds do not abuse or heckle a visiting Test skipper in the way he has been heckled in England, and added that he would be disappointed if they did so. Flintoff not to play fourth Ashes TestLEEDS - England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been ruled out of the fourth Ashes Test against Australia that begins here from today. Ponting still wary about fielding Lee in fourth Ashes TestLEEDS - Australian captain Ricky Ponting still appears wary about calling on Brett Lee, his most experienced bowler, to do duty against England in the fourth Ashes Test, which begins here today. “We are desperate to play Flintoff” - Andrew Strauss
Oz pacer Clark under consideration for fourth Ashes testYORKSHIRE - Australian fast bowler Stuart Clark is being strongly considered for the critical fourth Ashes Test. Ashes: Barmy’s bugle boy Bill Cooper banned from playing his instrumentYORKSHIRE - The Barmy Army’s trumpet player Bill Cooper has been banned from playing his instrument at Headingley as English cricket officials crack down on crowd control for the fourth Ashes Test against Australia. Aussies privately seething over Barmy Army anticsYORKSHIRE - The Australian cricket team is privately seething over the recent antics of the Barmy Army. Watson consoles dropped HughesYORKSHIRE - Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has been spending some of his time off the field consoling dumped youngster Phillip Hughes. Split in Oz camp over whether Lee should play fourth Ashes Test
Ponting believes Johnson is a new threat without the new ballBIRMINGHAM - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting believes he has unlocked the secret to pace bowler Mitchell Johnson - keep him away from the new ball. Ponting aims to bowl Watson more in Ashes seriesBIRMINGHAM - 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. Ponting feels Lee primed for fourth Test returnBIRMINGHAM - Australian skipper Ricky Ponting claims injured spearhead Brett Lee may be bowling at “100 percent” in the next couple of days as he makes a bid for Ashes selection for Friday’s fourth Test at Headingley. Johnson pumps up on-field aggression in third testBIRMINGHAM - Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has claimed that a more confrontational approach was responsible for a better performance in the just concluded third Test at Edgbaston. Ponting believes that Freddie’s is on his kneesWARWICKSHIRE - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting believes England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff dodgy knee may not see him take part in the remaining two Ashes tests. Strauss hopeful about Flintoff’s fitnessWARWICKSHIRE - England cricket captain Andrew Strauss remains “very confident” that all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will be fit to play in Friday’s fourth Ashes Test, despite the fast bowler struggling through Monday’s stalemate at Edgbaston. |
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NOTTINGHAM - Ricky Ponting scored a brilliant 126 of 109 balls to keep Australia in the hunt for a 7-0 whitewash of their one-day series against England, leading his side to a four-wicket victory in the fifth one-day international at Trent Bridge on Tuesday.
LEEDS - Fans of English cricket taunted and booed captain Andrew Strauss as the host’s went down to the Australians by an innings and 80 runs in the fourth Ashes Test inside three days on Sunday. A section of the crowd sang a tribute to former skipper Michael Vaughan as Strauss’ side was hammered into submission.Strauss was also booed by a small pocket of fans.
LEEDS - England’s Ashes side were evacuated from their hotel this morning hours before the start of the fourth Test against Australia following a fire alarm. According to The Mirror, the players and staff were removed from the Radisson SAS Hotel and were forced to wait outside amid heavy rain in Leeds.
ORKSHIRE - England captain Andrew Strauss says that he is realistic about all-rounder Andrew Flintoff’s chances of playing in the fourth Ashes Test starting at the Headingly cricket ground here from tomorrow. “It is the fourth Test of an Ashes series, we are close to the finishing line and although we are all desperate for him to play we need to be realistic enough to realise if he’s not fit, he shouldn’t play,” The Independent quoted Strauss, as saying.
