Cricket: McCullum&#39;s century exorcises Lord&#39;s demons
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DHAKA - Bangabandhu National Stadium maybe a world away from the spiritual home of cricket at Lord&#39;s in London, but for Brendon McCullum the Dhaka venue felt like heaven yesterday.
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Damien Martyn struck his second straight Test century for Australia before India spinner Murali Kartik helped to restrict the tourists to 362-7 on the first day of the third cricket Test at Nagpur.
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Australia&#39;s Damien Martyn scored 142, his sixth test century of 2004, before Pakistan suffered a spectacular top-order batting collapse on the third day of the second test in Melbourne.
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Chennai: The second cricket Test between India and Australia was poised on the knife&#39;s edge at the end of the penultimate day&#39;s play here on Sunday after Damien Martyn led a remarkable fightback with a gritty century to leave the home team a target of 229
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JUSTIN Langer felt as if Pakistani tornado Shoaib Akhtar was trying to rip the fingers off his hands during the fastest spell he has ever faced yesterday.
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This was not an easy day on which to play cricket. The sun shone brilliantly enough but for all of the opening day of the series a buffeting westerly crosswind flapped the trouser legs of the players, put
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IT was not so much a Test triumph as a rite of exorcism as the Wallabies rid themselves of so many demons with their epic, second-wind win over world champions England in London yesterday (AEDT).
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It was never going to be a question of &quot;if&quot; where Brendon McCullum was concerned. He has always been too classy to have to wait a long time before bringing up his maiden Test century.
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London: Australia continued its dominance over Pakistan but cricket&#39;s world champion was pushed all the way in a thrilling one-day international at Lord&#39;s yesterday.
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Jason Gillespie completed his maiden test half-century and shared a record partnership with fellow tailender Glenn McGrath to give Australia a huge first innings
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Kevin Pietersen lashed 79 off 37 balls as England took on giant-killers Zimbabwe in a World Twenty20 match at Newlands Thursday.
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After Gilchrist was dismissed yesterday Australia continued to plough along at more than 6Â½ runs an over, at least until the mini collapse halfway through the innings, anyway, but even until then the innings failed to sustain the don&#39;t-stop-watching-in
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Under Michael Vaughan England have been unable to win batting first, or even set decent totals in one-day cricket. On a glorious day at the Oval yesterday, both demons were exorcised
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The Mumbai Test turned into a chaotic freak show yesterday, with those reported dead springing back to life, Australia collapsing for 93 runs and India pulling off a remarkable dead rubber victory despite Michael Clarke taking 6-9 mid-afternoon.
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Australia&#39;s clash with New Zealand at The Oval today can belatedly bring the Champions Trophy to life. It needs to, because a damaging combination of English impotence and international presumptuousness has so far heaped embarrassment upon the game.
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Sport: Brendan McCullum and Jesse Ryder put England to the sword as New Zealand claim a 10-wicket win
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BRISBANE: When Jacob Oram acknowledged his maiden test century in Hamilton against South Africa last summer, he copped &quot;a bit of stick&quot; for showing no emotion.