Plucky tail can&#39;t save Kiwis
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Australia finished off a clinical 213-run win over New Zealand just after lunch Tuesday on the fifth day of the second cricket test to secure a series sweep.
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WELLLINGTON  - Whether it's Edmund Hillary, the beekeeper who became the first man to conquer Mount Everest, or director Peter Jackson, who went from B-movie auteur to A-list Oscar winner, New Zealanders pride themselves on their underdog status.
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IT was a seemingly harmless ball from an unpretentious bowler but it provided the only smudge on another day of Australian domination of New Zealand yesterday.
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When Lawrence Dallaglio walked into the late-night bar of the Hilton Hotel in Brisbane a couple of hours after England&#39;s 36-point defeat at the hands of the Wallabies last June and pronounced himself &quot;suicidal&quot;, no one among his handful of listeners felt
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Figuring she had no chance of catching the leader, Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen charged down the hill without fear. It worked out pretty well.
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Sydney: New Zealand made a disastrous beginning in their tour opener against New South Wales as they were shot out for a modest 213 at the Sydney cricket ground here today.
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The Kiwis lead the Kangaroos 12-8 at halftime in their tri-series test at Loftus Road in London. Brent Webb opened the scoring with a try for the Kiwis but Australia came back with a converted try to Luke Rooney.
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OK, Kiki, you&#39;re on the clock. This is how pro sports works, after all - if you enter a season with a coach who has no backing from the front office, that coach is set up to fail.
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[Sports India, Cricket]: Bangalore, Oct 10 : India&#39;s tail-enders Sunday defied the Australian attack for a fairly prolonged period but could not prevent the visitors from winning the first Test by 217 runs on the fifth and final day at M. Chinnaswamy
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Australia&#39;s Rod Pampling recovered from a shaky start to Saturday&#39;s third round of the centenary Australian Open to retain the outright lead going into the final day.
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Australia sealed a 2-0 series win over New Zealand with a 213-run victory in the second cricket Test at the Adelaide Oval today. The Black Caps, chase 464 runs for an improbable victory, were dismissed for 250 in their second innings shorty after lunch.
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New Zealand were forced to endure another demoralising day in the field on Saturday and then lost two early wickets after Australia declared their first innings on a massive 575 for eight in the second Test.
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Australia need just one wicket to claim victory over New Zealand in the second Test in Adelaide. The tourists had lunch on day five on 243 for nine, chasing 464 to win - a Test record for a team batting last
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Michael Kasprowicz snared three wickets, Shane Warne took two and Australia held the upper hand in the first cricket Test Thursday until Jacob Oram&#39;s rearguard half-century salvaged New Zealand&#39;s innings.
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Apart from the usual bumps and bruises there are no serious injury problems for the Kiwis league side after Sunday&#39;s loss to Australia.
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New Zealand partially resurrected their stricken tour of Australia last night when they won the first of their three-match one-day series with a hair-raising two balls to spare.
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LONDON: New Zealand crushed a plucky United States team by 210 runs as the ICC Champions Trophy cricket tournament got off to an explosive and predictably wet start on Friday.