Ponting keeps fingers crossed for Mumbai
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Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says it will take time for him to adjust to conditions in India in the lead-up to his comeback match in two weeks.
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Glenn McGrath remains optimistic of playing in the second Ashes Test against England despite a blistered heel.
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Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer and tour manager Zaheer Abbas both insisted their side had not been guilty of ball-tampering during their sensational forfeit of the fourth and final Test against England at The Oval.
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MUMBAI: Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Tuesday sounded a warning that the Indians should not become complacent thinking that the Australians would take it easy after winning the series, saying, âWe are here to win and will play our best XI
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For the Australian team, the disappointment was not so much about loosing the Mumbai Test to India, but it was on the state of the pitch.
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STUART MacGill is likely to fill Shane Warne&#39;s shoes against New Zealand in a fortnight and vulnerable Australia felt like giving him a rocket ride to Mumbai yesterday.
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting says tonight&#39;s Champions Trophy semi-final against England is just another game, despite home hopes that Michael Vaughan&#39;s men can end their 14-match limited overs losing streak against the world champions.
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Brian Lara hopes his improving West Indies can raise their game again on the way to the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy. Lara is not about to get carried away with yesterday&#39;s predictable landslide
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England captain Jonny Wilkinson is still hoping to be fit in time for the world champions' three autumn Tests.
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EARLY indications are that the fourth Test in Mumbai, should it get going, might not last long. The first session was rained out, but the two teams managed to squeeze in four action-filled overs before the
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes that his team will be able to put Pakistan under the consistent pressure required to win the second Test.
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Birmingham, England - Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer insisted his side would not take West Indies lightly when they met in the semifinal of the ICC Champions Trophy at the Rose Bowl on Wednesday.
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London, Sept. 17 (PTI): Even as with each passing game Australia seem to be adding to their awesome aura, their captain Ricky Ponting, is unwilling to believe that other sides in the world did not matter.
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Australia cricket captain Ricky Ponting will miss next month&#39;s first Test against India after breaking his thumb, making him a doubt for the four-match series.
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THE ghosts of Calcutta 2001 and aches of Australia&#39;s over-worked bowlers have combined to ensure that New Zealand&#39;s demise will be death by a thousand cuts, drives and pulls after Ricky Ponting failed to enforce the follow-on during the second Test
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Ricky Ponting is modest about hitting his 33rd Test century for Australia on day three  of the second Ashes Test.
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If the pitch in Nagpur came as a surprise, the one here in Mumbai has proved totally predictable. In fact, it looks like such a typically Indian surface it won&#39;t surprise anyone if the ball turns square from the first ball.