AUSTRALIA CLOSE TO VICTORY
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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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Australia defied a late rally by New Zealand to win the second of three one-day cricket internationals in Sydney by 17 runs and set up a deciding match at Brisbane on Friday.
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AUSTRALIA got the prize it wanted but exasperated Shane Warne could not land his heart&#39;s desire in a watershed Test victory yesterday.
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Damien Martyn fell three runs short of his third straight century as Australia&#39;s cricketers closed on a first series win in India in 35 years by setting the home side a record victory target of 543.
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Ricky Ponting is confident of his team winning the Mumbai Test and ending the series as it began -- on a victorious note. Australia&#39;s skipper himself has a point to prove in India, where he scored 17 runs
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Australia look to be all set to take a commanding hold of the third Test, but late wickets from India&#39;s spinners led a late fightback on day one.
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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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Australia set New Zealand a victory target of 464 runs in the second and final cricket Test in Adelaide, declaring at 139-2 after lunch on the fourth day.
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Australia have won their first Test series in India since 1969-70 after a crushing 342-run win in the third Test in Nagpur. The win gives them an unassailable 2-0 series lead and means that the one blot on their copybook has been erased.
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Australia were poised to complete a crushing victory over India in the first test after Glenn McGrath helped trigger another batting collapse on Saturday.
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Australia turn the screw as they attempt to regain the Ashes after closing day two of the Perth Test on 119-1, a lead of 144.
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How does a team like Australia go from 136 for no loss to 235 all out in the space of fewer than 40 overs? Anil Kumble&#39;s scything spell - 17.
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Skipper Ricky Ponting welcomed an early victory as Australia went through the motions of another 4-day Test win to clinch their three-match series against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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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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Bangalore: Australia were made to sweat a little bit by the defiant Indian tailenders before wrapping up the first cricket Test with a resounding 217-run victory and take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series here on Sunday.
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NAGPUR - World champions Australia have marched boldly towards their first series win in India in 35 years after taking an imposing 415-run lead with seven wickets in hand in the third Test.
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The final frontier has been conquered and Australia return home wondering about the location of their next great challenge. The only serious blemish came in the final Test when their susceptibility to fourth-innings chases was again exposed.