Select Ponting on merit, not stature, says Mark Waugh
November 30th, 2011 - 4:14 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 30 (IANS) Former Australian batsman Mark Waugh feels that Ricky Ponting's place in the team should be based on merit and not stature."Ricky Ponting is a great player, ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Ponting is elephant in the room, says Cairns
November 30th, 2011 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 30 (IANS) Former New Zealand captain Chris Cairns called Australian great Ricky Ponting the "elephant in the room" and said Cricket Australia (CA) needs to end his 16-year ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Warner credits Sehwag for Test berth
November 29th, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Nov 29 (IANS) Explosive Australian batsman David Warner is all set to make his Test debut after playing his first limited overs game almost three years ago. And ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Cummins should play in all three formats, says his agent
November 28th, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 28 (IANS) Australia's new pace sensation Pat Cummins' agent is unhappy with captain Michael Clarke not being in favour of the fast bowler playing in all forms of ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Lawson criticises CA’s selection policy
November 28th, 2011 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 28 (IANS) Former Australia pacer Geoff Lawson has lashed out at Cricket Australia's (CA) selectors for leaving out young pace sensation Pat Cummins from the first Test against ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Australia field four debutants against New Zealand
November 26th, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Melborne, Nov 26 (IANS) David Warner is all set to make his debut in Test cricket for Australia after a new look, inexperienced squad was picked for the home series ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Injury woes may delay Australian squad’s naming
November 24th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Nov 24 (IANS) Injury woes of the Australian team may force the selectors to delay naming the squad for the home series against New Zealand starting next week.The Sydney ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Cummins has an uncanny similarity to Steyn: Arthur
November 22nd, 2011 - 9:11 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 22 (IANS) Australian coach Mickey Arthur finds an uncanny similarity between teen sensation Pat Cummins and South African fast bowling star Dale Steyn.Arthur was the South Africa coach ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
John Buchanan says Australian team vulnerable
November 22nd, 2011 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 22 (IANS) New Zealand's director of cricket John Buchanan believes that the re-building of the Australian team has left it vulnerable.Buchanan feels there are surprises in store for ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Australian nurse charged with five murders
November 19th, 2011 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 19 (IANS) A 35-year-old male nurse in Australia was Saturday charged with five murders after a nursing home blaze in Sydney killed five elderly patients.Three people died when ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Manmohan meets Gillard, discusses uranium issue
November 19th, 2011 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
Nusa Dua (Bali), Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Australian counterpart Julia Gillard met here Saturday for a brief interaction to take forward discussions on selling ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Australia relents on lifting uranium ban, India hails move (Second Lead)
November 15th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne/Banglaore, Nov 15 (IANS) In a dramatic policy reversal, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Tuesday signalled a plan to lift a long-standing ban on uranium sales to India and ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
‘Roebuck was in state of utter despair moments before death’
November 15th, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney/Cape Town, Nov 15 (IANS) Noted cricket columnist and former Somerset captain Peter Roebuck was in a state of "utter despair" before he committed suicide at the Southern Sun ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Australian signals lifting uranium ban, India hails move
November 15th, 2011 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore/Melbourne, Nov 15 (IANS) In a dramatic policy shift, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has signalled a plan to lift a long-standing ban on uranium sales to India. New ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Roebuck was being questioned for sexual assault: Reports
November 14th, 2011 - 1:23 am ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Nov 13 (IANS) Cricketer turned commentator Peter Roebuck, who committed suicide Saturday, was being questioned by police about an alleged sexual assault, according to media reports.Cape Town police captain ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
India will remember Roebuck for his indictment of Australian team
November 13th, 2011 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Cricketer-turned-commentator Peter Roebuck, who died in a Cape Town hotel Saturday night, will be best remembered in India for his indictment of Ricky Ponting ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Roebuck has committed suicide: South African police
November 13th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Cape Town, Nov 13 (IANS) Former Somerset captain and well-known commentator and journalist Peter Roebuck has committed suicide, the South African police said.
Roebuck, aged 55, died at his hotel in ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Australia’s Gold Coast to host 2018 Commonwealth Games
November 12th, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
Basseterre (St. Kitts), Nov 12 (IANS) Australia's Gold Coast has been chosen to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games, beating the bid of Sri Lanka's Hambantota in the process.The Commonwealth Games ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Cricket Australia appoints Marsh, Bichel as selectors
November 10th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Nov 10 (IANS) Former players Rodney Marsh and Andy Bichel will be the two new faces in Cricket Australia's (CA) re-structured national selection panel.The duo will work under chairman ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
John Daly storms out of Australian Open
November 10th, 2011 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 10 (IANS) Temperamental American golfer John Daly walked out after putting a series of balls in the water in the disastrous 11th hole during the opening round of ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Katich hires lawyer ahead of Cricket Australia hearing
November 9th, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 9 (IANS) Simon Katich has hired a top sports lawyer to prepare his defence at a Cricket Australia hearing scheduled for Nov 21 after the country's apex cricket ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Watson endorses life-ban for corrupt cricketers
November 4th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Nov 4 (IANS) Australian vice captain Shane Watson feels cricketers found guilty of corruption should be banned for life.Watson's comments come in the wake of a landmark judgement by ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Spat with Clarke resulted in my axe, says Katich
October 28th, 2011 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 28 (IANS) Former Test opener Simon Katich says his infamous dressing-room spat with Michael Clarke in 2009 resulted in his axe from Cricket Australia's contract list in June.Katich ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
India’s JSW Steel in multibillion Oz takeover bid
October 25th, 2011 - 10:26 am ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Oct 25 (IANS) JSW Steel, one of India's major steel producers, is considering a $5 billion bid for Australia's coal mining company New Hope Corp, Sydney Morning Herald newspaper ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Warne’s choices for Australia’s chairman of selectors
October 20th, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 20 (IANS) Legendary spinner Shane Warne says Geoff Lawson, Dean Jones, Tom Moody or Trevor Hohns would do a great job if they were given the nod to ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Darren Lehmann can be a great coach: Shane Warne
October 20th, 2011 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 20 (IANS) Shane Warne thinks his former teammate Darren Lehmann will make a standout chairman of selectors or coach of Australia, but the South Australian is not in ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Australian minister denies secret uranium talks with India
October 14th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne Oct 14 (IANS) Australian Federal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has denied that Australia is conducting a "confidential dialogue" to sell uranium to India.According to ABC Radio, the minister's ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Morkel promises to take up challenge to Warner
October 12th, 2011 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 12 (IANS) South African pace spearhead Morne Morkel has promised to take up his challenge to Australian opener and his Indian Premier League (IPL) teammate David Warner when ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Watson asks fellow players to clear their names
October 12th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 12 (IANS) All-rounder Shane Watson feels his countrymen Nathan Bracken and Ricky Ponting must clear their name at the earliest following bookie Mazhar Majeed's startling claim that Australian ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
CA calls match-fixing allegations outlandish
October 11th, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 11 (IANS) Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland has said the claims made by Pakistani player agent Mazhar Majeed about Australian match-fixing "appear to be outlandish, and ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Ponting to play in Tasmania’s Sheffield Shield opener
October 8th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 8 (IANS) Defending Sheffield Shield champions Tasmania will be bolstered by the presence of former Australian captain Ricky Ponting when they take on Western Australia in the season-opener ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Clarke thinks of playing in grade cricket
October 5th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 5 (IANS) Australia's Test captain Michael Clarke is thinking of playing in Sydney grade cricket over the weekend by turning out for Western Suburbs ahead of the tour ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Fast bowler Harris opposed to being rested or rotated
October 5th, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 5 (IANS) Australia's fast bowler Ryan Harris is opposed to being rested or rotated and he is keen on touring South Africa this summer.Harris was a big success ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Panesar could play in Australia’s Sheffield Shield, Big Bash
October 4th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 4 (IANS) England left-arm spinner Monty Panesar could feature in Australia's premier domestic tournament Sheffield Shield and Big Bash T20 League besides playing grade cricket in Sydney.Panesar, who ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Playing in South Africa is as tough as it gets: Clarke
October 4th, 2011 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 4 (IANS) Australian captain Michael Clarke Tuesday said that it will be tough to beat South Africa in their own backyard.Australia are scheduled to play two Twenty20 Internationals, ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |