Flower hopes Flintoff will be ready for Lord’s Test
Haminson vows to have another crack at the AussiesLONDON - England’s most expendable fast bowler Steve Harmison keeps coming back after being discarded, and is hoping to win his 62nd cap in the Second Npower Ashes Test against Australia. No sledge pledge from Cricket Australia: SiddleLONDON - Cricket Australia had asked its players before start of the Ashes series not to indulge in sledging, but fast bowler Peter Siddle denied receiving any message from the board. Ex-England coach Fletcher reignites feud with Ponting
Ponting trying to divert attention from Oz failure: Flower
Lack of spectator interest killing Test cricket: Boycott
Flintoff set to quit Test cricket after Ashes
Aussie cricketers yet to get guidelines on on-field behaviour
Flintoff doubtful for rest of AshesLONDON - Andrew Flintoff’s participation in the rest of the Ashes series looks doubtful as he awaits the results of a scan on his right knee that is likely to rule him out of this week’s Lord’s Test and possibly beyond. Hussain lambasts England’s time wasting tactics in Ashes opener
Ponting himself violated spirit of cricket: Fletcher
“I was gutted, I thought the game was up”, says Collingwood
England to escape fine despite delaying tactics in first Test
Swann says England won Ashes match fair and square
Oz batsmen move up Reliance Mobile ICC player rankingsDUBAI - Australia’s batsmen are on the move in the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen with three of them achieving career-best rankings after a nail-biting finish in the first Ashes Test against England at Cardiff. Australian team is no longer in state of transition, says WarneLONDON - Legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne feels that the Australian team is no longer in a state of transition and young players have stamped their own style in the first drawn Ashes Test at Cardiff. Jessica Taylor eager to spend time with cricketer hubby Kevin Pietersen
No sex ban for England cricket team
Pietersen has to put team first: Warne
Gillespie joins chorus to bring back Harmisson at Lord’s
Oz experts’ panel questions Ponting’s tactics
Ponting accuses England of wasting time, Strauss clarifies
Panesaar, Anderson strikes off Punter’s Dream
Australia have proved their quality in Cardiff Test: Ponting
Pietersen, Johnson involved in a heated argumentCARDIFF - England batsman Kevin Pietersen and Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson were involved in a heated argument before the start of the final day’s play in the first Ashes Test here Sunday. Krejza eager to make a comeback into Australian squadSYDNEY - Australian spinner Jason Krejza, who has been out of the national squad for long, has expressed an eagerness to make a comeback. “Leading into first Ashes century, I could hardly breath”, says North
Ashes Test: Ponting has got it right, says BenaudCARDIFF - By closing his side’s first innings with a lead of 239, Australian captain Ricky Ponting has set his England counterpart Andrew Strauss a task that will test his leadership as well as his batting ability, feels former player and noted commentator Richie Benaud. Pietersen vows to keep on battling the AussiesCARDIFF - Kevin Pietersen has told his shell-shocked England team-mates they must stand up and be counted today to prove they can handle an intense summer of Aussie pressure. North could hardly breathe before centurySYDNEY - Australian all-rounder Marcus North was so nervous in the moments before his first Ashes century that he could barely breathe. Koertzen becomes first umpire to stand in 200 ODIsDUBAI - Rudi Koertzen of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires today made history when he became the first umpire to stand in 200 One-Day Internationals by umpiring in the second ODI between Ireland and Kenya in Dublin. Michael Clarke poses for new range of Bonds Boxer shortsMELBOURNE - Before he flew to England for the Ashes, Australian cricket star Michael Clarke posed in his sponsor Bonds’ new range of Boxer shorts. Anderson says England deliberately targeting out of form HusseyMELBOURNE - England’s fast bowler James Anderson has admitted that they are trying to target Mike Hussey during this Ashes series. Flintoff asks teammates to recall Ashes 2005 spiritCARDIFF - All-rounder Andrew Flintoff has called on his teammates to recall the Ashes spirit of 2005 and lift themselves to combat the Australians more aggressively in the ongoing first Test here. Branson’s publicity stunt in Sydney riles Australians ahead of Ashes
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LONDON - England coach Andy Flower is optimistic that his key all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will be ready in time for the second Ashes Test starting Thursday at Lord’s.
LONDON - Former England coach Duncan Fletcher has claimed that Australian captain Ricky Ponting knows nothing about the spirit of cricket.
MELBOURNE - England’s batting legend Geoffrey Boycott has warned that the lack of spectator interest is killing Test cricket, which requires radical changes to save it.
LONDON - England all rounder Andrew Flintoff is ready to quit Test cricket at the end of this Ashes series.
LONDON - Australian cricketers haven’t received the guidelines set by Cricket Australia (CA) to uphold the spirit of the game during the Ashes.
LONDON - Former England captain Nasser Hussain has slammed the home team’s time-wasting tactics during the first Ashes Test against Australia, calling it “amateur and embarrassing to watch”.
LONDON - Former England coach Duncan Fletcher has blasted Ricky Ponting for doubting the integrity of Andrew Strauss in the drawn Test at Cardiff, saying the Australian captain himself violated the spirit of cricket during the 2005 Ashes series.
LONDON - England batsman Paul Collingwood has said that he was terribly upset and thought that the match was over when he lost his wicket against the Australians in the first Ashes Test at Cardiff.
CARDIFF - International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Jeff Crowe said last night that England and captain Andrew Strauss were not reported by umpires Aleem Dar or Billy Doctrove for alleged time wasting tactics, and therefore, no action would be taken in the matter.
LONDON - Off-spinner Graham Swann has said that England saved the first Ashes Test fair and square, and the Australians can talk all they like about delaying tactics.
LONDON - Cricket star Kevin Pietersen’s wife Jessica Taylor is looking forward to spending the summer with her husband, after having spent 11 weeks apart.
CARDIFF - England’s Ashes team has escaped a sex ban - as long as they stay off the booze.
LONDON - Former Australian spin wizard Shane Warne feels that charismatic England batsman Kevin Pietersen should learn to put the team first, not himself.
LONDON - Former Australian fast bowler Jason Gillespie has joined the chorus to bring back Steve Harmison in the England side for the second Ashes Test at Lord’s starting Thursday.
MELBOURNE/CARDIFF - A panel of Australian cricketing experts, including Nick McArdle, Damien Fleming and Mark Waugh, have concluded that Australian captain Ricky Ponting’s tactics on the final day of the first Ashes Test at Cardiff, Wales, came up short, and this enabled England to salvage a draw.
Resilient half an hour defense by Anderson and Panesaar helps England to draw the Cardiff Test, which surely shattered Australia’s dream to bag the first Ashes clash. England finished off with 252/9.
LONDON - Ricky Ponting was quick to indulge in mind games ahead of Thursday’s second cricket Test at Lord’s, saying England faced more “soul searching” than his own team, despite Australia’s failure to win the first match of the Ashes series at Cardiff Sunday.
CARDIFF - Australian left-hander batsman Marcus North has revealed that he was so nervous towards reaching his first Ashes century in the first test match at Cardiff, that he could hardly breathe.
SYDNEY - A publicity stunt that saw a 100-foot image of Virgin Group boss Sir Richard Branson’s face beamed on to Sydney Harbour Bridge has riled Australians.
