Australian captain Ricky Ponting said the criticism thrown at the team inspired his boys to a sensational 36-run win against Pakistan here Wednesday.
Set a modest 176 to win, Pakistan was bowled out for 139. It was just the third time Australia has trailed by more than 200 on the first innings and won.
‘What we have [...]
Sydney, Jan 4 (ANI): Mohammad Asif is delighted five years after making a forgettable debut here at the Sydney Cricket Ground, with a career-best haul that has put Pakistan in a commanding position against Australia in their second Test.
Back in 2005, Asif finished wicket-less and Pakistan [...]
Sydney, Jan. 4 (ANI): Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has invited severe criticism for opting to bat on a green Sydney Cricket Ground pitch on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan.
“The question will be did Ricky do the right thing? In hindsight, I think he made an [...]
Sydney, Jan 2 (IANS) Australian captain Ricky Ponting has warned his side against underestimating the unpredictable Pakistan team in the second cricket Test beginning here Sunday.
Australia won the first Test at Melbourne by a convincing 170-run margin, but Ponting knows that Pakistan have the talent to turn the tables on the hosts.
‘Teams are probably at [...]
Sydney, Jan. 2 (ANI): Australian middle-order batsman Marcus North will go into the Sydney Test against Pakistan looking for the big score that will cement his place in the Australian top order, but is not concerned about his future in the team.
North has scored [...]
Sydney, Jan. 2 (ANI): Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has said that he has never shied away from facing up to the chin music dished out by his fast bowling opponents.
Speaking ahead of the second cricket Test against Pakistan to be played here from Sunday, the [...]
Sydney, Jan 1 (IANS) Australia cricket captain Ricky Ponting is happy with the way his spinners, especially Nathan Hauritz and newcomer Steve Smith, are improving.
Ponting’s comments come a month after he raised his concerns over the dearth of good slow bowlers in the country.
‘I’m very happy with the way our spin bowling stocks are looking [...]
Sydney, Jan.1 (ANI): Captain Ricky Ponting believes Australia is finally on track with the development of slow bowlers.
“I’m very happy with the way our spin bowling stocks are looking at the moment,” the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Ponting, as saying ahead of the SCG Test against Pakistan, which commences over the weekend.
“A few weeks ago [...]
Melbourne, Dec.30 (ANI): Chasing a mammoth total of 422 runs, Pakistan had a daunting task of surviving the penultimate day of the first Test match here, and Australian off-spinner Nathan Hauritz made the task impossible with his maiden five wicket haul.
Riding [...]
Melbourne, Dec. 28 (ANI): Cricket Australia’s newly launched campaign ‘Know When to Declare’ – aimed at responsible drinking – matched Aussie captain Ricky Ponting’s state of mind on Sunday who finally declared the innings at 5 for 454.
The score was the smallest total he had ever declared [...]
Melbourne, Dec.27 (ANI): Disappointed by the way the MCG wicket played on the first day of the first Test match, Pakistan speedster Mohammad Asif has said that the unhelpful strip reminded him of lifeless tracks of Faisalabad.
“(The pitch is) not really good. Actually the pitch was a real batting track and really slow. I just [...]
Melbourne, Dec 27 (ANI): Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has emerged as the worst behaved player to play for the country in the last 20 years and has been asked by former legends of the game to improve his on-field attitude.
Former skipper Mark Taylor has [...]
Melbourne, Dec. 26 (ANI): Australian openers Shane Watson and Simon Katich fell agonisingly short of centuries, but their side was in a commanding position against Pakistan on the first day of the first Test of the series at the MCG here.
Australia were 3-305 at stumps on the first day after Watson [...]
Melbourne, Dec. 26 (ANI): Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting urged Pakistan to bring on a bouncer war as he declared himself an almost certain starter for his 13th Boxing Day Test.
According to the Courier Mail, Ponting will wear an arm guard to protect his sore [...]
Melbourne, Dec 25 (IANS) Australian captain Ricky Ponting Friday said he would be fit in time for the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan starting here Saturday.
Ponting suffered a nasty hit on his elbow off Kemar Roach’s bowling during the Perth Test against the West Indies.
On Christmas Day, he faced teammates Peter Siddle and Doug [...]
Melbourne, Dec. 25 (ANI): Australian captain Ricky Ponting is wary of the ‘young’ Pakistani team, and has described the visitors as a much better side than the West Indies.
Ponting said he expects the Pakistani players to fight hard during the series, adding that the team has ‘boundless talent’.
“They’re a better team, a more skilled [...]
Melbourne, Dec. 25 (ANI): Australian captain Ricky Ponting has said that he is quite confident about playing against Pakistan in the first Test at the MCG, starting tomorrow.
“I went well today actually, I went better today than yesterday. I had a bit of pain in the nets yesterday. I was always going to bat two [...]
Dubai, Dec. 24 (ANI): Australia will need to beat Pakistan comprehensively in the three-Test series starting in Melbourne on Saturday if it is to retain its third position in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship table.
Australia starts the series with a difference of 33 rating points [...]
Melbourne, Dec. 24 (ANI): Pakistan middle-order batsman Misbah-ul-Haq is expecting a tough series against Australia, but has also highlighted that the Aussie bowling attack lacks the experience and class that used to be there in the form [...]
Melbourne, Dec 24(ANI): In a recent survey by an Australian channel, over 70 percent of cricket fans have labelled the national side’s on-field behaviour ‘embarrassing and over the top’.
The survey conducted by Fox Sports in which more than 2300 people took part, the vast majority condemned the Australian team for its actions against West Indies [...]
Melbourne, Dec 24(ANI): Injured Australian captain Ricky Ponting is doubtful for the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan in Melbourne after he failed to bat for a long time during the team’s practice session on Wednesday.
Ponting could face only eight minutes of throw-downs from coach Tim Nielsen before he went into the change rooms to [...]
Melbourne, Dec. 23 (ANI): The Australian batting line up is expecting a flurry of short pitch deliveries from the Pakistani pacers in the wake of West Indian captain Chris Gayle’s disclosure that Aussie captain Ricky [...]
Sydney, Dec. 22 (ANI) : Australian captain Ricky Ponting is worried about the forthcoming Test series against Pakistan, as he believes that the visitors could give tough competition to the hosts during the series.
Ponting, who is likely to miss the Boxing Day Test due to an elbow injury, is more concerned about [...]
Sydney, Dec 22 (IANS) Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis said people like to see aggressive cricket but it should not be ‘dirty’.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting recently cracked down on bad behaviour following sanctions meted out to three of his players in the Perth Test against West Indies.
Waqar, who is here with the Pakistan team [...]
Melbourne, Dec 21 (IANS) For Phillip Hughes, recall to the Australian squad for the Boxing Day Test is the best Christmas present.
The left-hander was named in the 13-man squad as cover for captain Ricky Ponting, who is still recovering from an elbow injury sustained in the third Test against the West Indies.
Hughes, the New South [...]
Perth, Dec 21(ANI): West Indies skipper Chris Gayle, who proved his credentials in the series against Australia as a leader and as a Test player, said that he was satisfied with his personal as well as the individual performances of his inexperienced players.
Gayle scored two centuries during the Frank [...]
Dubai, Dec 9 (IANS) Riding on his match-winning 293 in the third Test against Sri Lanka, Virender Sewhag stormed into the top-five while his opening partner Gautam Gambhir continued to lead the charts in the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings for Test batsmen.
It is the first time since October 2006 that Sehwag has returned to [...]
Melbourne, Dec 9 (IANS) If Australia have to wrest the top position from India in the cricket Test rankings they will have to wallop their opponents in the next four series.
It’s going to be a long and difficult road back to the top of world cricket for the Australians whose long reign as the top [...]
Sydney, Nov.30 (ANI): Cricket Australia is planning to initiate a radical change to next summer’s international fixture-a seven-match one-day series against England before the Ashes.
This is a first by Cricket Australia, which has been forced to divide the Test and limited-overs component of the summer because there is insufficient time to stage two ODI series [...]
Brisbane, Nov.29 (ANI): Captain Ricky Ponting has promised to maintain Australia’s aggression against the West Indies in the team’s quest to climb back to the top of the ICC Test world rankings.
The Australian team’s belligerent approach was a feature of its victory by an innings and 65 runs in the opening Gabba Test.
“It was trying [...]
