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Sydney, Sep 28 (ANI): After appointment of Troy Cooley as the head of Cricket Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Brisbane, the Australian team is in need of a new bowling coach. Cooley, a part of the Australian team since ending a successful stint as England bowling coach in 2006, will take part in the job [...]

London, Sep 28(ANI): Former cricket legend Ian Botham has predicted that England would beat Australia in the battle for the Ashes with out-of-favour batsman Kevin Pietersen being one of the key trump cards. “I think England will win the Ashes and I think they might win it in a bit of style. I do think [...]

Islamabad, Sep 28(ANI): Suspended Pakistan trio of Test captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif have been selected as reserves for their regional teams for a domestic Twenty20 tournament next month. During the recent tour of England, the International Cricket Council (ICC) had suspended the trio for their alleged involvement in a 150,000-pound betting [...]

Sydney, Sep 28 (ANI): Australian skipper Ricky Ponting should take inspiration from cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar in order to resurrect his fading batting form, according to former captain Mark Taylor. Ponting is aware that he needs to score more consistently than over the past two years if his team wants to win cricket’s three most [...]

Sydney, Sep 28 (ANI): A full team security briefing at an Australian training camp in Malaysia has failed to calm some anxious Australian swimmers as the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games team readies itself against the risk of last-minute withdrawals. Team officials fear that the withdrawal of any swimmer might undermine the fragile confidence of others [...]

New Delhi, Sep 28(ANI): Australia’s gymnastics team for the Delhi Commonwealth Games was reportedly denied a chance to speak to the media after touching down at the Indira Gandhi airport late on Monday. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, local and Australian media person were told by police shortly before the arrival of the team [...]

Sydney, Sep 27 (ANI): Former girlfriend of Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif, Veena Malik, has revealed that a death threat was delivered in person to her parents’ home last week, days after she received one of her own for providing the ICC with phone records showing Asif in regular contact with an alleged Indian bookmaker. Asif [...]

Sydney, Sep 27(ANI): Former Australia cricketer Ian Chappell reckons that Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag holds the key to M.S. Dhoni’s team winning the two-Test series against Australia. “If Sehwag successfully launches a couple of his blitz attacks against the new ball, not only will it be difficult for Australia to recover, it’ll also be [...]

London, Sep 27 (ANI): Always wondered how your partner could actually read your mind? Well, this is not just a fruit of your imagination, for scientists have now found that some couples are so in tune that their brains begin to work in sync. The research points to the existence of a ‘sixth sense’, after [...]

New Delhi, Sept 27 (ANI): Australia”s first Commonwealth Games athletes, who arrived in Delhi this morning, have said that they have come with an open mind despite security concerns, and added that they were “looking forward” to compete in the event and clarify all doubts regarding the gloomy accommodation reports themselves. The Sydney Morning Herald [...]

Delhi, Sep 27 (ANI): Rubbishing security concerns over Australia’s warnings that its citizens in Delhi should not fly national flags, Australian Commonwealth Games Federation chief Perry Crosswhite has said the Games venues are secure and there would be no issue there. Security experts warned Australians travelling to India not to wear Aussie colours or T-shirts, [...]

Sydney, Sep 21 (ANI): Robbie Williams has admitted that he blew his chances with Kylie Minogue after drunkenly laughing at her when she was naked during the shooting for the video for hit single ‘Kids’. Williams says in his new book You Know Me how the shock of seeing the woman he had fancied for [...]

Sydney, Sep 21(ANI): Less than a month before the start of a new cricket season in Australia, the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is undergoing renovation, where workmen are using laser technology to produce the perfect playing area. The process will remove bumps and hollows, refine the 360-degree camber, thereby improving drainage, and make life easier [...]

London, Sep 21(ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC)’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) is reportedly investigating the Lord’s Test between Pakistan and Australia played in July. According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the match involves a different set of players to those accused of rigging aspects of the fourth Test against England. The sport’s governing body is [...]

Sydney, Sep 20 (ANI): Australia captain Ricky Ponting has urged the International Cricket Council to deal with the latest allegations of match fixing expediently, as it is battering the image of game. The fixing allegations centre on Pakistan during the current tour of England. Asked if the game had been sullied and tarnished by the [...]

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Sydney, Sep 20 (ANI): Not expecting miracles from the Australian team in the coming two-Test series against world No.1 India, skipper Ricky Ponting says he wants a high level of performance from his players. The bulk of the squad left Sydney on Sunday for a tour of India that includes one practice match and two [...]

Sydney, Sep 20 (ANI): The International Cricket Council is planning to install CCTVs in dressing rooms and bring in specialist code-breakers following the outbreak of the spot-fixing scandal involving the Pakistan team. They were just two of the proposals the ICC has on the table after the spot fixing. The News of the World said [...]

Sydney, Sept 29 (ANI): Hundreds of Muslim women rallied in Lakemba to oppose moves to ban the burka in Australia and claimed that Islamic values are superior to ””flawed”” Western secular values. Fautmeh Ardati, a member of the Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir, condemned non-Muslims for lecturing Muslims about the oppression of women. ””Despite the intense [...]

Karachi, Sep 20(ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt has claimed that the national team has been unfairly targeted in the ‘spot-fixing’ scandal, and said that he will name the mastermind behind the controversy. “We will shortly reveal the people, bodies and parties involved in this sinister conspiracy,” The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Butt, [...]