Cricket Australia

Mahanama clarifies TV umpire’s decision in Johannesburg Test As was reported widely in all the broadsheets and major sport websites yesterday England were to lodge a formal complaint over Daryl Harper. In response to this, ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama has sought to clarify the TV umpire’s decision against South Africa opener Graeme Smith...
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Former Australian international cricketer Matthew Hayden is to join the board of Cricket Australia (CA) to replace former captain Allan Border AO, who is standing down after seven years. In welcoming Hayden to the Board, CA Chairman Jack Clarke praised Allan Border for volunteering his time to serve Australian cricket at a national level...
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Day 1 Australia’s tour of England kicked off earlier today against Sussex at Hove and in front of a sun baked crowd of 6,000,returned a mixed performance and it was left to Lee and Hauritz to post a respectable total . Match Scorecard Australia struggled early on losing captain Ricky Ponting (8) and Phil...
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Brett Lee makes his long awaited return to action later today when he takes part in the 12 a side practice match against Sussex at Hove. Lee, who has played for Australia in 76 Test matches, last represented his country in December before undergoing foot and ankle surgery. Now 32, this is likely to...
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The 2009 Ashes tour of England begins in less than 12 hours and perhaps predictably, Australia have injury concerns with Shane Watson’s fitness. Injury prone Watson has suffered a knee injury ahead of tomorrow’s opening match against Sussex at Hove. Watson has had a scan on his knee, the injury has prevented him from...
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Phillip Hughes, the new wonder kid on the block for Australia has, despite furious calls for Middlesex to cancel his contract, produced a dazzling display of batting ahead of this summer’s Ashes. Hughes has scored a record-breaking four hundreds in four week for the county and at the same time gaining invaluable experience not...
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Gone are the days when the Australian Test cricket shirt was sacrosanct!  No longer do you have to wonder what it’s like the don the good old white and well, white shirt and play backyard cricket with your friends and family. Pretending to be the next Ricky Ponting or the former Test great Shane...
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Australia are currently in deep trouble in the third and final Test match. Ponting won the tos and elected to bat. South Africa Now Heavy favourites as Australia drift to 12/5 Australia reached lunch on day one of the third Test on 2-66 against South Africa but it could have been a whole lot...
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As I was doing my daily surf around the cricketing sites this morning, I parked myself on Cricket Australia’s site to see if there was any news on the side for the third Test in Capetown. While I was surfing I saw an article on the relief effort following the Victorian Bushfires a few...
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It’s all change with South Africa today with the newly appointed captain Ashwell Prince stepping down to concentrate on opening the batting. Jacques “the Frenchman” Kallis steps into the breach and will captain the side for the third and final Test of the series beginning on March 19th in Capetown. Interestingly, Kallis also captained...
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