Australia
Brett Lee must perform in one-dayers: Ponting
Australian captain Ricky Ponting has asked Brett Lee to perform well in the upcoming One-day series if he is to return to the Test side.
Australia has a string of limited-overs games in the next three months, beginning with a
seven-match one-day series in England.
The Champions Trophy follows in South Africa, then another seven one-day matches in [...]
"Is transition period over for Aussies"
Hurt with Australia’s Ashes loss, legendary spinner Shane Warne asked if the transition period in Australian team was really over.
“It hurts a bloody lot losing the Ashes. I really felt for Ricky Ponting and the Australian team after seeing Andrew Strauss lift the little urn at the Oval,” Warne wrote in his coulumn in the [...]
Aussies can’t bowl sides out twice: Harbhajan
Harbhajan Singh has always relished taking on the combative Australians and the Indian off-spinner could not hide his happiness at the Baggy Greens surrendering the Ashes to England.
“Mubarak ho! (Congratulations),” replied Harbhajan, in his inimitable style, when asked to react on Australia’s loss to England and their slide to fourth position from the top of [...]
Ponting turns from sackcloth to Ashes
Australia captain Ricky Ponting, a relentless competitor in a fiercely competitive team, appeared untroubled at the weekend after his side had been thrashed by West Indies in the Twenty20 World Cup.
Asked what would happen if Australia made a premature departure from the only one-day tournament they have never won, Ponting grinned.
”We will have two weeks [...]
