Posted March 3rd, 2008
by Nanda
In the most recent of stupid and completely baseless allegations, the Australian public targeted Harbhajan Singh for allegedly making monkey gestures at the Sydney crowd in the first final of the Commonwealth Bank series. According some members of the crowd, Harby had made monkey gestures by scratching both armpits directed towards the spectators. However, the ICC has cleared Bhajji of any misgivings as there is no evidence.
Allan Border has come to the Indian’s defence. “I was over that side of the ground and Harbhajan was copping a fair bit of stick from the crowd. I didn’t notice any gestures at all and I thought he handled himself pretty well. I’m not so sure how serious it is,” Border said.
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Tags: allan border, andrew symonds, commonwealth bank series, controversy, first odi, harbhajan singh, ICC, india vs australia, matthew hayden, spectators, turbanator
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Posted October 23rd, 2007
by Nanda
For ticketing information, check out any of the following:
October 2007
Sat 27 - Mon 29
10:30 local, 01:00 GMT Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI v Sri Lankans
Adelaide Oval
November 2007
Fri 2 - Sun 4
10:00 local, 00:00 GMT Queensland v Sri Lankans
Allan Border Field, Brisbane
Thu 8 - Mon 12
10:00 local, 00:00 GMT 1st Test - Australia v Sri Lanka
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Fri 16 - Tue 20
10:30 local, 23:30 GMT 2nd Test - Australia v Sri Lanka
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
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Tags: allan border, australia vs sri lanka, buy, commonwealth bank series, fixture, india vs australia, india vs sri lanka, purchase, schedule, test series, ticketmaster.com.au, tickets
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Posted September 3rd, 2007
by Nanda
Shane Warne recently released his list of the top 50 players, naming Sachin Tendulkar as the best player. Here is the list:
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Brian Lara
- Curtly Ambrose
- Allan Border
- Glenn McGrath
- Wasim Akram
- Muthiah Muralitharan
- Ricky Ponting
- Mark Taylor
- Ian Healy
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Tags: adam gilchrist, alec stewart, allan border, allan donald, andrew flintoff, andy flower, anil kumble, aravinda de silva, brett lee, brian lara, brian mcmillan, bruce reid, chris cairns, courtney walsh, craig mcdermott, curtly ambrose, darren berry, darren lehmann, david boon, dilip vengsarkar, glenn mcgrath, graham gooch, ian healy, jamie siddons, justin langer, kallis, kapil dev, kevin pieterson, mark taylor, mark waugh, martin crowe, matthew hayden, merv hughes, michael atherton, michael vaughan, mohammad yousuf, muralitharan, mutthiah, rahul dravid, ricky ponting, robin smith, sachin tendulkar, saeed anwar, sanath jayasuriya, shane warne, Shaun Pollock, shoaib akhtar, stephen fleming, stephen harmison, steve waugh, stuart macgill, tim may, top 50, waqar younis, wasim akram
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Posted March 15th, 2007
by mrtagger
Now this has definitely come as a surprise. On one hand Ricky Ponting is in a war of words with another Indian Great, Sunil Gavaskar, and now he has openly praised Indian maestro Sachin Tendulkar. Ponting said that Tendulkar is the most complete batsman he has ever seen play and that he rates him over Lara. Although he also mentioned that Lara can be more damaging than Tendulkar on his day.
Ponting has been the most successful Autralian batsman in the last 12 months winning the ICC Player of the Year award. He also won the Allan Border medal recently for his batting performance and captaincy. However, Australia have been under the pump recently after their 5 consecutive defeats against England and New Zealand.
Tags: allan border, brian lara, gavaskar, ricky ponting, sachin tendulkar
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Posted February 26th, 2007
by Nanda
Here I will be talking about all the captains taking part in the World Cup. With the tournament so evenly balanced, any team can walk away with the honours. It will be upto the individual captain to lead from the front, be it batting, bowling or fielding. Let me start this 4 part series with Australia, Bangladesh, Bermuda and Canada.
Australia
Captain - Ricky Ponting
| Matches |
269 |
| Runs |
9856 |
| 50s |
58 |
| 100s |
22 |
Ricky Ponting has had a phenomenal year leading up to the world cup. He was named International Player 2006 at the ICC Awards ceremony and won the Allan Border medal for 2006. After seeing his team annihilate England in a 5-0 Ashes romp, he had to face the ignominy of watching his side slump to a 5 match losing streak. It all started with the first final of the Commonwealth Bank cup in Melbourne on 9 February, 2007. After winning the toss and electing to bat first, the Aussies started off well to be at 170/1 with Ponting on 75. After Ponting’s wicket, Australia slumped to 252 all out in 48.3 overs. England started of disastrously at 15/3, but Bell, Collingwood and Flintoff saw them home. The next match was an even better performance by the English. A win by 34 runs sealed the Commonwealth Bank. From here Australia travelled to New Zealand without Ponting and Gilchrist. And went on to lose 3 matches with 2 of the highest successful run chases in ODI history. Australia’s fate depends on Ponting who will have to single handedly get his team out of the hole that his team is in right now.
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Tags: allan border, Australia, Bangladesh, bermuda, canada, captain, habibul bashar, irvine romaine, john davison, ricky ponting, world cup 2007
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In the most recent of stupid and completely baseless allegations, the Australian public targeted Harbhajan Singh for allegedly making monkey gestures at the Sydney crowd in the first final of the Commonwealth Bank series. According some members of the crowd, Harby had made monkey gestures by scratching both armpits directed towards the spectators. However, the ICC has cleared Bhajji of any misgivings as there is no evidence.
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