Commonwealth Bank Series

The Friday Column

The bowlers to fear with the new ball

Mar 2, 2007: A look at the fast bowlers who have been the most effective with the new ball in ODIs since 2006

Monty Panesar's exclusive diary

'We've got a really good chance'

Feb 27, 2007: Monty Panesar, in his exclusive diary, reflects on the Australian tour and looks ahead to the World Cup

March 2007

Never beaten? You better self-believe it

Feb 23, 2007: Kevin Mitchell on an unusually sloppy Australia

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The best ODI bowler at the death

Feb 23, 2007: Toothless bowling during the slog overs has been one of Australia's big weakness in the last month. The Numbers Game looks at the bowlers who have been at their most potent during the slog

Coach calls Warne's comments 'unhelpful'

Buchanan defends heavy training workload

Feb 18, 2007: John Buchanan has rejected Shane Warne's claims that the Australia team was "trained into the ground", leading to them losing the CB Series to England

'It's humanly impossible to win every game'

Waugh defends Buchanan over heavy training

Feb 16, 2007: Steve Waugh has jumped to the defence of John Buchanan after Shane Warne said the Australia coach should take responsibility for having trained his team 'into the ground'

Skipper finds constant criticism 'tiring'

Fleming defends his captaincy

Feb 16, 2007: Stephen Fleming said he was still the best option to captain New Zealand despite their disappointing CB Series in Australia, where they missed the finals after a resurgent England overshadowed them in the later stages of the tournament

'Players were trained into the ground'

Warne slams Buchanan for CB Series loss

Feb 16, 2007: Shane Warne launched another attack on his former coach John Buchanan, who he said was responsible for Australia's CB Series loss to England on Sunday

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Pollock's resurgence, and Dhoni the matchwinner

Feb 16, 2007: Shaun Pollock's stunning season as an ODI bowler, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni's ability to play innings which win the game for India

Top Performer - Paul Collingwood

The journeyman arrives

Feb 14, 2007: Paul Collingwood has just completed the journey of his life in Australia

Symonds cleared, but Clark and White miss out

Tait and Haddin in World Cup squad

Feb 13, 2007: Shaun Tait has claimed the final fast-bowling spot in Australia's 15-man World Cup squad while Brad Haddin, the wicketkeeper-batsman, has been picked as back-up for Adam Gilchrist

Pride and prejudice

Feb 13, 2007: Australia's greatest danger at the World Cup is not their revived nemesis England

New Zealand World Cup squad

Tuffey brought in from the cold

Feb 13, 2007: Daryl Tuffey is the big World Cup winner from Kyle Mills' knee surgery after being called into the New Zealand squad for the first time in two years

'We can regain our momentum'

Ponting confident of New Zealand win

Feb 12, 2007: Ricky Ponting believes a Chappell-Hadlee Trophy win in New Zealand next week could give Australia the momentum they need a month out from the World Cup

Brad Haddin set to be named in 15-man squad

Gilchrist will miss start of World Cup

Feb 12, 2007: Australia's World Cups have been thrown into further disarray with the news that Adam Gilchrist is to miss the first three weeks of the tournament to attend the birth of his third child.

Tour ends with hotel attack

England physio robbed at knifepoint

Feb 12, 2007: The England squad were given a frightening send-off from Australia after masked men broke into their team hotel and robbed Dean Conway, the physio, at knife-point in Sydney

Australia v England, CB Series 2nd final, Sydney

Buchanan no regrets over comments

Feb 12, 2007: After asking for his team to be tested during the CB Series, John Buchanan's words came back to bite him when England secured a 2-0 success in the finals

Captain regrets poor end to terrific summer

Ponting 'angry and disappointed'

Feb 12, 2007: Ricky Ponting expects some hard questions from the selectors as they finalise their World Cup squad in the wake of Australia's first home tri-series loss in 14 years

Australia v England, CB Series, 2nd final, Sydney

The 20-year itch

Feb 11, 2007: Stats highlights from England's superb CB Series triumph

Australia v England, CB Series 2nd final, Sydney

Fletcher hails his comeback kids

Feb 11, 2007: Duncan Fletcher has hit back at his critics after England completed their 2-0 victory in the CB finals