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Full highlights of the first test between Australia and Sri Lanka at the Gabba, Brisbane. Australia continued on with its world domination in true Aussie style. Mutthiah Muralitharan was rendered completely useless and failed to make any impact as the Australain batsmen ran amok. An innings defeat in the very first match proves the difference between Australia and the rest of the world.

Day 1

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Australia have announced their squad for the first test against Sri Lanka:

1. Ricky Ponting (captain)
2. Adam Gilchrist
3. Stuart Clark
4. Michael Clarke
5. Matthew Hayden
6. Brad Hogg
7. Michael Hussey
8. Phil Jaques
9. Mitchell Johnson
10. Brett Lee
11. Stuart MacGill
12. Andrew Symonds
13. Shaun Tait (injured) - Ben Hilfenhaus (replacement)

Of the two spinners here, leg-spinner Stuart MacGill and left-armer Brad Hogg will likely vie for a single spinner’s position in the Australian line up. Brett Lee will lead the pace attack comprising Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Tait.

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In a recent interview, Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting claimed that his poor remarks after the World Cup win almost landed him and his team behind bars. After the Aussies defeated Sri Lanka in the World Cup final, the players were rejoicing on the ground. After some time one of the police men asked Ponting to get his players to vacate the ground.

Ponting’s response - “Hang on. We’ve just won the World Cup. Can’t you give us one minute?” - after adding “a swear word into that request, which the police officer did not appreciate at all.” Any person would be offended, and definitely saying things like this to a cop is not the best of things to be doing in a foreign country. In Ponting’s own words, “He stepped towards me, and my teammates moved in behind me, as if a real stink was about to take place. I think they threatened to lock us up for the night, and we soon realised that we weren’t going to be permitted to finish our ceremony.”

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For ticketing information, check out any of the following:

• Ticketmaster.com.au
• Globalticketservice.com
• WorldTicketShop.com

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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There will be 7 ODIs played in India and a Twenty20 game in September-October. India will then travel to Australoa in December–March for a 4 test series and a triangular ODI series involving Sri Lanka as well. Below is the fixture:

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