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Adelaide, Dec 9: Opening batsman David Warner blasted a rapid-fire half-century to drive Australia to 113-2 at lunch on day one of the first test against India, firing up an emotional Adelaide Oval crowd after solemn tributes to Phillip Hughes on Tuesday. Australia captain Michael Clarke won the toss and gladly sent his team to bat, and though India's pacemen captured two early wickets, Warner put

Adelaide, Dec 8: Australia captain Michael Clarke is fit to lead the side into the first test against India on Tuesday and his return is a "huge boost" for the hosts, fast bowler Mitchell Johnson said. Clarke has been struggling physically with a hamstring injury and emotionally in the aftermath of friend and former team mate Phillip Hughes's death, which caused the opening test to be postponed

Adelaide, Dec 7: Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has no doubt that the home team will win the upcoming Test series against India but he feels the margin would depend on how the visiting batsmen tackle the pace and bounce. "The one thing we do know — Australia will win. But by what margin? The key to the result — and it's only a matter of the margin of Australia's victory — will be how India

Adelaide (Australia), Dec 6: Vice-captain Brad Haddin is hopeful of Michael Clarke leading the Australian outfit in the first Test against India, after the hamstrung skipper reported to training at the Adelaide Oval. Vice-captain Brad Haddin is hopeful of Michael Clarke leading the Australian outfit in the first Test against India, starting on December 9, after the hamstrung skipper reported to

Srinagar, Dec 6: The Kashmir valley based cricket fans, team mates and cricket enthusiasts have expressed their happiness to see Parvez Rasool, skipper of Jammu and Kashmir Ranji team, included in the list of 30 probables for the tournament that would be played in Australia and New Zealand next year. Abdul Qayoum Bagow, Parvez’s mentor from his hay days, told Kashmir Reader that it is a proud

New Delhi, December 5: Four veterans -- Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh -- were on Thursday omitted from India's World Cup 30-member probables list which includes young spinners Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav. Another seasoned cricketer Gautam Gambhir has also been left out with the selectors reposing faith on the young guns to retain the title in Australia and New

Adelaide/Australia, Dec 3: " India bowled first Thursday in its two-day game against a Cricket Australia XI at Adelaide's Glenelg Oval to prepare for the start of Tuesday's first test against Australia. There was no toss, with the India side granted its wish of sending the CA XI in under overcast skies. It will allow Virat Kohli, Murali Vijay and Rohit Sharma " all returning from New South Wales

Macksville/Australia, Dec 3: The funeral of Australian test cricketer Phillip Hughes began to the strains of a song entitled "Forever Young" in his home town on Wednesday as a nation united to celebrate the life of a sportsman cut down in his prime. Eight days after Hughes was struck by a ball in the back of the head and six after he died of the catastrophic injuries that resulted, his family

Adelaide, Dec 2: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is expected to join the team ahead of the rescheduled first Test, commencing here on December 9. Owing to a hand injury, Dhoni had not been named in the original squad for the first Test, earlier scheduled to be played in Brisbane from December 4. He was earlier expected to join the team for the 'second Test' in Adelaide, which was originally

Sydney, Dec 2: Cricket Australia will be understanding of players who feel uncomfortable about playing in the wake of the death of Phillip Hughes when the rescheduled India Test series starts next week, chief executive James Sutherland said on Tuesday. Sutherland was speaking at Sydney Airport before his flight to Macksville, where Hughes will be buried on Wednesday some six days after he died