Fiery pacer Brett Lee retires from international cricket
July 13th, 2012 - 1:10 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 13 (IANS) It's official, I have retired from international cricket! Thanks for all your love and support. It's been an amazing 13 years -- so tweeted Australian ... Read more...
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Channel Nine upset with BCCI
December 20th, 2011 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Dec 20 (IANS) Channel Nine, the host broadcaster of Cricket Australia (CA), is upset with the Indian cricket board for rejecting its last-minute offer to allow umpires to use ... Read more...
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Clarke not averse to recalling Katich in Australian team
December 16th, 2011 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 16 (IANS) In a desperate move to shore up the injury-hit, out-of-form Australia Test team, skipper Michael Clarke seems inclined to recalling his estranged team mate Simon Katich.Katich, ... Read more...
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CA admits Big Bash will not be a money spinner
May 5th, 2011 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, May 5 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) has admitted that it would take some time to make the Big Bash Twenty20 league a money spinner until its new TV rights ... Read more...
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Brian McFadden involved in alleged drunken outburst on Virgin flight to Oz
February 17th, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 17 (ANI): Former Westlife member Brian McFadden was detained by Federal Police at Sydney Airport after he allegedly got drunk and abusive on a Virgin flight from LA.McFadden, 30, was ... Read more...
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Ex-Oz keeper Healy hits out at decision to rest stars
February 7th, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Feb.7 (ANI): Former Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy has criticized Cricket Australia for resting senior players Michael Clarke and Brett Lee for the seventh and final one-day international against Australia.Healy, a member ... Read more...
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‘Back-to-back Ashes series could dilute interest’
January 30th, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 30 (ANI): Australia's leading experts on sports broadcasting, Colin Smith, has warned that back-to-back Ashes series could dilute interest in the oldest rivalry in cricket.Smith, who helped broker Cricket Australia's ... Read more...
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Ratings prove one-day international cricket isn’t dead yet
January 25th, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan.25 (ANI): If fresh ratings are anything to go by, one-day international cricket has been given the 'kiss of life'.Figures released by industry body Free TV show the opening one-day international ... Read more...
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Aussies seek relief from Queensland floods in Facebook drinking game
January 14th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 14 (ANI): A new TV drinking game created in the wake of the Queensland flood disaster in social networking site Facebook is creating ripples among its more than 19,000 ... Read more...
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Warne wants legends cricket match to raise money for Queensland flood victims
January 13th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 13 (ANI): Australian spin legend Shane Warne wants to play a cricket match to raise money for the Queensland flood victims, and has made prominent use of the social networking ... Read more...
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Warne backs Beer to retain Oz team position
January 5th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan.5 (ANI): Former leg spinner Shane Warne has backed West Australian left-arm spinner Michael Beer to retain his position in the Australian Test side beyond the Ashes.Warne, who presented Beer with ... Read more...
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Twitter users blame Ponting for a multitude of sins.
December 29th, 2010 - 2:15 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec. 29 (ANI): Not only does he have to contend with becoming the first Australian cricket captain to lose the Ashes three times, but now Ricky Ponting is being blamed for ... Read more...
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Chappell brothers at loggerhead over Ponting’s captaincy
December 20th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Dec 20 (IANS) Australia's Chappell brothers, Ian and Greg, are at loggerhead over Ricky Ponting's captaincy.While Ian feels Ponting's captaincy is "hurting" the Australian team, Greg, currently a selector in Cricket ... Read more...
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Chappell backs Clarke to excel as Oz skipper
December 20th, 2010 - 3:52 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec. 20 (ANI): Australia's full-time selector Greg Chappell believes Michael Clarke will deliver the goods if he is asked to captain the national squad in the forthcoming Melbourne Test.With incumbent skipper ... Read more...
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Liz Hurley ‘dumps Shane Warne over sex text scandal’
December 19th, 2010 - 11:58 am ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 19 (ANI): Liz Hurley has apparently dumped Shane Warne after learning that the cricketer had sent sexual text messages to a married Australian woman.An Australian man, Denis Angeleri, claims his ... Read more...
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Ashes: Warne, Taylor baffled by Beer snub in Perth
December 16th, 2010 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
Perth, Dec. 16 (ANI): Test greats Shane Warne and Mark Taylor on Thursday disagreed with the selectors decision to pick four quick bowlers for the third Ashes Test in Perth, which left ... Read more...
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‘Virtual Eye’s inaccurate ball-tracking could lead to wrong decisions in Ashes’
December 10th, 2010 - 6:15 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 10(ANI): The founder of Hawk-Eye, Paul Hawkins, has said that inaccurate ball-tracking by Virtual Eye could lead to wrong decisions in the ongoing Ashes series.Hawkins has produced evidence of an ... Read more...
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Pot shots taken at “Hot Spot” for failing test of infallibility
November 27th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 27(ANI): Cricket's electronic eye, "Hot Spot", has had its first major Ashes glitch when debate raged over whether Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke had edged a ball on the opening day ... Read more...
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Ashes loss could cause upheaval in Oz squad: Taylor
November 16th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov.16 (ANI): Former Test captain Mark Taylor has warned that Australian cricket must brace itself for considerable upheaval should the Ashes be lost at home this summer.Taylor, now a Channel Nine ... Read more...
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Spin King Warney now wants to be chat king!
November 7th, 2010 - 4:18 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 7 (ANI): Rumours are abuzz that former cricketer Shane Warne is using his network of celebrity friends to become the 'King of Chat'.Warne has secured interviews with international stars ... Read more...
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Brett Lee planning life beyond playing cricket
November 7th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 7 (ANI): Pacer Brett Lee, who is working hard to make a return to the Australian ODI and T20 squad, is also planning for a life beyond sport and has ... Read more...
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Youth cricket bodies in Australia to be centralized following adverse report
November 1st, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov.1 (ANI): Bodies governing youth cricket in Australia will be centralised after a damning report forced Cricket Australia to completely re-evaluate its structure and revenue streams.A discussion paper, revealed yesterday in ... Read more...
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ICC to clear India’s doubts over ‘flawed’ umpire decision review system
October 16th, 2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Oct 16 (ANI): The International Cricket Council has proposed to clear India's and other subcontinent teams' concerns over the umpire decision review system (UDRS) and its cost, so that it ... Read more...
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Betting market deal with Channel Nine ‘a part of business’: Taylor
September 5th, 2010 - 7:03 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Sep 5(ANI): Former Australian captain Mark Taylor has defended the practice of advertising fluctuations in the betting market during Channel Nine broadcasts as "business"."Unfortunately it is a part of life. Does ... Read more...
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Cricket Australia gives go ahead to betting during Ashes
September 3rd, 2010 - 12:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep.3 (ANI): Cricket Australia has given the green signal to cricket betting during the Ashes this summer, despite the controversy of betting corruption scandals rocking the cricket world.Global betting exchange ... Read more...
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Brett Lee set to sign deal with Channel Nine
August 11th, 2010 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Aug 11 (ANI): Retired Australia Test cricketer Brett Lee is expected to sign a deal with Channel 9 ahead of the Ashes series, which might not offer the fast bowler a ... Read more...
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Oz Labour leader claims PM Julia Gillard stroked him
August 10th, 2010 - 6:40 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Aug 10 (ANI): Former Labor leader Mark Latham has claimed that the 27th Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is responsible for their much-publicized confrontation and the apology issued over the incident ... Read more...
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Channel Nine’s 3D venture aims to make Ashes most high-tech cricket series in history
July 24th, 2010 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jul 24 (ANI): Channel Nine plans to broadcast some action from this summer's Australia-England Ashes series in 3D, although not the Tests themselves, and plans to take cricket viewers where they ... Read more...
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‘Australian cricketer Dean Jones has son out of marriage’
July 18th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, July 18 (IANS) Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones has revealed he had fathered a child during an "on-and-off relationship" with a woman in Sydney.
Jones, 49, confessed he has a son, aged ... Read more...
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Former Oz cricketer Dean Jones admits fathering love child
July 18th, 2010 - 11:42 am ICT by ANI
London, July 18 (ANI): Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones has admitted that he fathered a child with a Sydney mistress.The 49-year-old former Victorian batsman has a son, aged about one, after an ... Read more...
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Little consensus over CA’s ‘blurred T20 vision’ proposed one-day format
June 19th, 2010 - 3:06 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jun 19 (ANI): Opinion over Cricket Australia's radical plan to change the 50-over ODI format is divided, as a debate rages about the best way to revive a format most people ... Read more...
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‘Split innings trial’ for 50-over cricket will kill format: Chappell
June 18th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, June 18(ANI): Former Australian cricketer Ian Chappell has urged Cricket Australia and broadcasters in the country to clarify their intentions for the 50-over game rather than trying to kill off the ... Read more...
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Ponting says proposed 40-wicket format ‘not cricket’
June 17th, 2010 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jun 17 (ANI): Skipper Ricky Ponting believes that Channel Nine's designs on a new one-day format are not cricket, and said that he will advise Cricket Australia not to introduce 40-wicket ... Read more...
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Coded messages from corrupt cricketers deter ICC from allowing microphones in ODIs
June 15th, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jun 15 (ANI): The fear of corrupt cricketers sending coded messages to illegal bookmakers and gamblers live on air, is stopping the International Cricket Council from allowing broadcasters to strap microphones ... Read more...
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Oz channel for reinstatement of all wickets in the second innings in split ODIs
June 14th, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 14 (ANI): Australia's Channel Nine has said that it will approach Cricket Australia with a proposal for reinstatement of all wickets in the second innings of 's radically revamped split-innings ... Read more...
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