Cricket: Aus set India big target
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India are 6-0 at the end of day three, chasing an improbable 499 to beat Australia in the first Test.
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India complained about it from day one. The five-letter word &#39;grass&#39; was their bone of contention. Too much grass on the pitch, they feared, would be to the advantage of the Australians in the third Test.
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When the year&#39;s most eagerly awaited Test series starts here tomorrow Australia, who have dominated the world game since the fading of West Indies a dozen years ago, will feel the uncommon pressure of having to prove a point.
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Australia&#39;s 35-year wait for a test series triumph on Indian soil ended yesterday when its fast bowlers ripped through the India&#39;s defenses to clinch a massive 342-run victory in the third test.
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Australia were batting India out of the opening cricket Test on the third day and had extended their lead to 395 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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Victories in India are precious and to win so emphatically in the opening match of a series of such importance will further buoy an already buoyant Australian team.
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MUMBAI: Rahul Dravid led India with his head not with the heart. Every decision he took had a chance of back-firing. But in the end he stood vindicated as India, defending Australiaâs victory target of 107
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Australia lost three more wickets as they look to extend their lead against India on the fourth day of the first Test in Bangalore.
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Australia&#39;s bowlers tore through India&#39;s batting on Thursday to take control of the first test in Bangalore. Glenn McGrath, a fast bowler, took three wickets on the second day as India, the host, slid to 150
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Australia bowled out India for 185 to take a 213-run lead on day three of the third cricket Test at Nagpur, edging the top-ranked team closer to a first series win in India for 35 years.
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India's cricket team arrived in Australia full of high expectations for a tour which is likely to be the last trip Down Under for veterans such as Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.
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SHANE Warne moved another step closer to Muttiah Muralitharan&#39;s world record by taking a much-needed wicket for Australia on the third morning of the first Test against India at Chinnaswami Stadium.
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Australia made a mockery of India&#39;s much-vaunted top order to take control of the crucial third Test in Nagpur. Having extended their first-innings total to 398 all out in the morning session, Australia then
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Australia add opener Chris Rogers to their squad for the third Test with India in Perth on Wednesday.
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Glenn McGrath destroyed India's top order in his 100th Test match here to bring world champions Australia closer to their first series win on Indian soil in 35 years.
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Australia took control of the first Test on day two in Bangalore, reducing India to 150-6 after making 474. Debutant Michael Clarke hit 151 and shared a sixth-wicket stand of 167 with Adam Gilchrist, who made 104 himself.
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Star spinner Shane Warne has devised a trick or two for India&#39;s batsmen in an effort to lead Australia to a rare Test series win in that country.