Tait defends Oz selectors’ decision of one specialist spinner for World Cup
January 19th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Hobart, Jan 19(ANI): Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait has defended Cricket Australia (CA) for choosing only one specialist spinner in the 15-man squad for next month's World Cup in the Indian sub-continent. ... Read more...
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Tait backs CA’s one spinner policy for World Cup
January 19th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 19 (ANI): Australia fast bowler Shaun Tait has said he is not surprised that selectors have chosen only one specialist spinner for the World Cup.The decision to leave out Tasmania ... Read more...
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Doherty ‘basically shafted’ by selectors despite being economical: Bailey
January 18th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 18 (ANI): Tasmanian captain George Bailey has said spinner Xavier Doherty has been "basically shafted" by national selectors, being more economical in domestic one-day cricket this season.The left-arm tweaker was ... Read more...
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Hastings a surprise selection in Australia World Cup squad
January 18th, 2011 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 18 (ANI): Inexperienced all-rounder John Hastings has been a surprise selection in Australia's 15-man World Cup squad.Michael Hussey was also named despite suffering a serious hamstring injury on Sunday. Hussey ... Read more...
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New South Wales coach backs Hauritz’s Oz selection for World Cup
January 16th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 16(ANI): Australia will be leaving behind one of its best-performed 50-over bowlers in the past two years should it overlook off-spinner Nathan Hauritz for next month's World Cup in the ... Read more...
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Dumped Hauritz rewarded for astounding domestic performance in December
January 15th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 15(ANI): Australian off-spinner Nathan Hauritz has bounced back from his disappointing Ashes omission by winning the Australian Cricket Association (ACA)'s player of the month award for December.Playing for New ... Read more...
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Lee, Tait recalled for first ODI against England
January 11th, 2011 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Jan 11 (IANS) Brett Lee and Shaun Tait have been included in the 14-man Australian squad for their Commonwealth Bank Series One-day Internationals (ODI) against England.Spinner Nathan Hauritz and David Hussey, ... Read more...
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Spinners Hauritz, Doherty to face off for World Cup spot
January 11th, 2011 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan.11 (ANI): Test discards Nathan Hauritz and Xavier Doherty are set to duel for the role of Australia's No.1 spinner at the World Cup after both were included in a 14-man ... Read more...
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Axe hangs over Nielsen as CA schedules Ashes autopsy
January 9th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan. 9 (ANI): The Cricket Australia board will meet in Melbourne on February 8 to discuss a range of issues that have exploded in wake of the humbling 3-1 series defeat. ... Read more...
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Oz selectors to blame for Ashes series loss: Boycott
January 7th, 2011 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Boycott, 70, singled out the poor treatment of spinner Nathan Hauritz and pacer Doug Bollinger as examples of bad selection policy.The Sun quoted him, as saying: "Throwing Hauritz away at the last ... Read more...
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Selectors responsible for Australia’s downfall: Boycott
January 6th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 6 (IANS) Australia are on the verge losing the home Ashes for the first time in 24 years and blame for the team's debacle should go to the selectors, feels ... Read more...
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MacGill favours Hauritz, says Beer clearly not the best spinner
January 6th, 2011 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 6 (ANI): Former spinner Stuart MacGill, who in 2004 bowled alongside Shane Warne, has said that Michael Beer is clearly not the best spinner the country has to offer, and ... Read more...
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Swann questions Oz selectors decision to sack Nathan Hauritz
January 2nd, 2011 - 3:56 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 2 (ANI): England spinner Graeme Swann has questioned the Australian selectors decision to sack Nathan Hauritz.Swann, the highest wicket-taker last year, was so impressed by Hauritz that he studied ... Read more...
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Australia’s decision to omit Hauritz helped England in Ashes series: Swann
January 1st, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 1(ANI): England off-spinner Graeme Swann reckons that Australia's decision to dump off-spinner Nathan Hauritz from the ongoing Ashes series has helped his team.Swann believes that leaving out Hauritz for the ... Read more...
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‘History dictates that Aussies must have a spinner in Melbourne Test’, says Warne
December 23rd, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 23(ANI): Former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne reckons that a spinner must be included in the team for the Boxing Day Test of the Ashes series against England to be played ... Read more...
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Collingwood a weak link in England side: Warne
December 22nd, 2010 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Dec 22 (IANS) Australian spin legend Shane Warne has called Paul Collingwood England's weak link as the visitors look to retain the Ashes in the fourth Test which starts at the ... Read more...
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England can no longer afford to ‘carry’ Collingwood after Perth loss: Warne
December 22nd, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 22 (ANI): Legendary bowler Shane Warne has said that batsman Paul Collingwood is England's weak link as they fight to retain the Ashes in Melbourne.In an exclusive live blog, ... Read more...
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Lee, Hodge named in Oz 30-man 2011 World Cup squad
December 17th, 2010 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 17(ANI): Experienced fast bowler Brett Lee and batsman Brad Hodge have been included in Australia's 30-man squad for next year's World Cup in the subcontinent.Lee has retired from Test cricket, ... Read more...
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Chappell rubbishes Hauritz’s Oz uniform garage-sale story
December 14th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 14(ANI): Australian selector Greg Chappell has rubbished suggestions that off-spinner Nathan Hauritz had become bitter and unpatriotic following his 'dumping' from the Ashes squad.Hauritz was reported to have held a ... Read more...
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Ex-Aussie cricketers slam selectors for ignoring ‘in-form’ Hauritz
December 12th, 2010 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec 12(ANI): Former Australian cricketers have slammed the selectors for not considering off-spinner Nathan Hauritz for the third Test of the Ashes series, starting in Perth on Thursday.The selectors have named ... Read more...
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Stuart Macgill blasts Hilditch’s Ashes selection
December 11th, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Dec 11 (IANS) Former Australian leg-spinner Stuart MacGill Saturday lashed out at selectors for including Michael Beer in the squad for the third Ashes Test and said the chosen left-arm spinner ... Read more...
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Chopping, changing selection policy reason for poor Oz team performance: Waugh
December 9th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec.9 (ANI): Everyone agrees the Australian Test team is broken but even the most learned can't agree on how to fix it.Former captain Steve Waugh believes the team's slide had been ... Read more...
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Johnson set for quick recall to Oz side, Bollinger may miss out
December 9th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Dec.9 (ANI): Left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson is set to be recalled for the third Ashes Test against England to be played in Perth next week, while New South Wales quick ... Read more...
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Warne bats for Michael Beer’s inclusion in Perth Test
December 8th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 8 (IANS) Shane Warne has laughed off suggestions of donning the baggy green cap again to rescue Australia from their Ashes nightmare and called on the selectors to go for ... Read more...
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Hauritz nails a ton to convince selectors on Ashes recall
December 8th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec.8 (ANI): Dumped Test off-spinner Nathan Hauritz continued his campaign for an Ashes recall by scoring his maiden first-class century in the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia at the SCG ... Read more...
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Ashes debacle: Hilditch and Co need face hard truth and come up with answers: SMH
December 8th, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec.8 (ANI): Australia's selectors must draw a line in the sand and overhaul their plans and the players chosen to deliver for them in the ongoing Ashes series.According to the Sydney ... Read more...
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Warne asks Oz selectors to consider Beer for Perth Test
December 8th, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 8 (ANI): Australian cricket legend Shane Warne has asked the selectors to consider the local knowledge of West Australian left-arm spinner Michael Beer for the critical third Ashes Test in ... Read more...
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Hauritz, Australia’s best hope of regaining Ashes: Jenner
December 7th, 2010 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Dec 7 (ANI): Australia's best hope of regaining the Ashes is to recall off-spinner Nathan Hauritz for next week's third Ashes Test in Perth, according to Shane Warne's mentor Terry Jenner.Warne's ... Read more...
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Ponting upset with selection panel over Johnson’s omission
December 2nd, 2010 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
Adelaide, Dec 2 (IANS) Australian captain Ricky Ponting is unhappy with the omission of fast bowler Mitchell Johnson from the Ashes Test squad.For the first time it looks as if Ponting's ... Read more...
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Ponting backs Doherty to deliver in Ashes
November 23rd, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 23 (ANI): Despite Australian spinner Xavier Doherty's dreadful first-class average at the Gabba (two wickets at 78), skipper Ricky Ponting has indicated he had more faith in his fellow Tasmanian ... Read more...
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Being axed “was definitely devastating, but I’ve moved on”: Hauritz
November 23rd, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 23 (ANI): Australian spinner Nathan Hauritz has admitted it was 'devastating' for him to absorb the news of his removal from the Test squad for the Ashes, but added that ... Read more...
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‘Dumped’ Hauritz victim of Oz selectors’ more aggressive outlook: Roebuck
November 22nd, 2010 - 5:55 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 22(ANI): Australian off-spinner Nathan Hauritz's dumping from the 13-man Ashes squad for Thursday's Brisbane Test indicates that the country's cricket has embarked upon a new strategy, noted cricket commentator Peter ... Read more...
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‘Some Oz batsmen should get down on their hands and knees to thank selectors’
November 21st, 2010 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 21(ANI): Former Australian cricketer Greg Matthews has said that some Australian batsmen must 'get down on hands and knees' to thank the selectors for not dumping them like off-spinner Nathan ... Read more...
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Smith ‘quite surprised’ at dumping of Hauritz for Ashes opener
November 21st, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 21(ANI): Australian all-rounder Steven Smith has said that he is "quite surprised" at the dumping of off-spinner Nathan Hauritz in favour of uncapped left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty.Doherty has been included ... Read more...
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Ashes 2010: Aussies hope to take a pot shot at Duncan Fletcher
November 21st, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov.21 (ANI): One of the least respected figures in English cricket, Duncan Fletcher, has riled Australian skipper Ricky Ponting and coach Tim Nielsen by calling the Australian outfit the worst in ... Read more...
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