Sunday was a bad day for India who opted to bat first and finally lost the show to the touring team Australia in the 6th ODI of the Hero Honda Cup. With this victory, Australia has clinched the seven match series by 4-2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat first...
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India vs Australia: Australia lead by 1-0
India came close to victory against Australia in the first One-Day International but lost to the Champions by just 4 runs, with victory coming only in the final over. It was Harbhajan Singh (49 from 31 balls) and Praveen Kumar (40 from 32 balls – not out) who took the match a long way...
ICC Champions Trophy: Australia takes the Trophy
Australia have clinched the Champions Trophy by winning over New Zealand by 6 wickets at the Supersport Park in centurion. New Zealand who opted to bat first scored 200 runs from 50 overs losing 9 wickets while the Aussies were successful in achieving the target with 4.4 overs remaining. Though Australia lost Paine and...
Ponting retired fron Twenty20
Australia captain Ricky Ponting retired from Twenty20 international cricket to enhance his bid to make the 2013 Ashes. Ponting came to his decision during a fortnight break from the tour of England with one last crack at a Test series over here at the forefront of his mind. Twice he has overseen Ashes defeats...
Australia down to 4th place in ICC Test Rankings
Australian team has been knocked down from the number one slot to the fourth position in the ICC Test rankings after losing the Ashes series to England. They are placed behind India. Australia lost the fifth and crucial Test on Sunday by a comprehensive 197 runs. This tragedy cost Ricky Ponting’s men eight ratings...
England wins the Ashes
England team regained the Ashes on the wonderful match at the Oval. England scored 332 and 373 for 9 declared while Australia 160 and 348 (Hussey 121, Ponting 66, Swann 4-120). This 197 runs victory came to the England team on the fourth day of the fifth test played between the two countries. Stuart...
Flintoff to retire from Test Cricket
The England and Wales Cricket Board said on Wednesday said that England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is to retire from Test cricket at the end of the Ashes series against Australia because of persistent injury problems. The 31-year-old will continue to make himself available for one-day and Twenty20 fixtures, an ECB statement said. “My body...
The Ashes: 1st Test: England vs Australia: England saved by draw
England 1st innings AJ Strauss c Clarke b Johnson 30 AN Cook c Hussey b Hilfenhaus 10 RS Bopara c Hughes b Johnson 35 KP Pietersen c Katich b Hauritz 69 PD Collingwood c Haddin b Hilfenhaus 64 MJ Prior b Siddle 56 A Flintoff b Siddle 37 JM Anderson c Hussey b Hauritz...
1st Test: England Vs Australia
Simon Katich scored his maiden Ashes hundred and Australia captain Ricky Ponting also reached three figures to keep England at bay on the second day of the first Ashes Test on Thursday. Australia, at stumps at Sophia Gardens, were 249 for one in reply to England’s first innings 435, a deficit of 186. Left-handed...
Match 8: Australia Vs Sri Lanka: Australia makes early exit
Team Australia under the Captain Ricky Ponting is set to leave their ICC World T20 2009 after their early exit from the tournament. Australia lasted just four days in the tournament, only Scotland and Bangladesh exited earlier, losing first to West Indies by seven wickets and then by six to Sri Lanka at Trent...
