Hodge to tour but Clarke favoured
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BRAD HODGE was not waiting to be asked if he would be included in the Australian Test team. He got on the front foot and made the call himself.
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Former England skipper Alec Stewart believes Michael Vaughan's men are World Cup outsiders and that defending champions Australia and top-ranked team South Africa are the two likely finalists.
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Ian Woosnam is confident that the backing of the Irish crowds can carry Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley through what promises to be a testing Ryder Cup for both players this weekend.
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There was a lot of damage to be repaired, but Darren Clarke did as good a job as he could reasonably have been expected to when he resumed the Volvo Masters at Valderrama today.
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He might long have been hailed as Australian cricket&#39;s next big thing, but Michael Clarke knows he will be a nervous wreck if selected to replace Ricky Ponting in Australia&#39;s first Test in Bangalore, starting on Wednesday week.
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STRAFFAN, Ireland -- He was the captain's pick. He was also the people's choice. That wasn't lost on Darren Clarke .
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MICHAEL Clarke&#39;s chances of making a Test debut skyrocketed when Simon Katich padded up to bat at No.3 for Australia in the tour match against Mumbai at the Cricket Club of India&#39;s Brabourne Stadium today.
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SYDNEY: Australian legend-in-the-making Michael Clarke trained with New South Wales yesterday, but has stuck to his pledge to play club cricket rather than face New Zealand today.
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Sport: Cricket: Andrew Strauss recalled for upcoming tour, but wicketkeeper loses his place
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MARTIN JOHNSON believes Jonny Wilkinson will get the support he needs to succeed as England rugby captain. Newcastle fly-half Wilkinson was yesterday appointed skipper for the November Tests against Canada, South Africa and Australia.
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England cricket bosses are likely to decide Zimbabwe is safe enough for a tour.
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With Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski still Great Britain&#39;s leading players by some distance, even though Rusedski is currently No80 in the world, it might be argued that Jeremy Bates&#39;s role as Davis Cup captain is less taxing than that of the official who
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England&#39;s selectors are set to decide between the uncapped Stuart Broad and James Anderson for the final place in their pace attack to take on India in the first Test at Lord&#39;s.
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Michael Vaughan will return to lead England in Tuesday's vital match against New Zealand.
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Charles Clarke prepares for a political battle over plans to put terrorist suspects under house arrest.
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Sport: Cricket: A comeback to savour for the England captain at Headingley.
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MICHAEL Clarke didn&#39;t reach his century in Nagpur yesterday but his spring-loaded start to Test cricket still shades Australian icons Don Bradman, Allan Border and Steve