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(c)Cricinfo en-gb http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/espnci.png http://www.espncricinfo.com/ John Buchanan's stock is currently so high that Mark Taylor said he will be a main figure in the search for the country's next coach http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275403.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275403.html Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:14:59 GMT Kevin Pietersen was the best of a disappointing bunch as too many of the senior players failed to come to the party http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275400.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275400.html Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:20:33 GMT Ricky Ponting led the side superbly and sits atop the marking sheet ahead of a stream of strong performers http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275397.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275397.html Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:43:41 GMT Stats highlights of the 2006-07 Ashes series http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275335.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275335.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:22:13 GMT Within hours of England's final humiliating defeat in the Ashes series the ECB has instigated a review of the reasons behind the team's dismal showing over the last six weeks http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275332.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275332.html Sat, 06 Jan 2007 01:22:55 GMT Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer discuss their careers and futures http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275275.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275275.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:49:35 GMT Australia's departing players have no worries about the side dropping from the top of the world rankings after spending the past decade keeping them there http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275274.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275274.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:40:21 GMT Andrew Flintoff vowed that his first act as England's newly whitewashed captain would be to "switch off" for a day and let the tensions and frustrations of the past two months die away http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275271.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275271.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:21:56 GMT England's 5-0 drubbing may have been their first at the hands of the Australians for 86 years, but the last occasion came much more recently than that. In 1984 and 1985-86, England slumped to ten defeats out of ten against the mighty West Indians http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275264.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275264.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:02:08 GMT The last time Ricky Ponting faced the media at the end of an Ashes series, the first question he received came from a hard-talking TV news reporter who demanded his on-the-spot resignation for the "humiliation" of losing the closest and greatest Ashes con http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275262.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275262.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:01:01 GMT Three relieved and tired men briefly came down from their retirement highs to speak for the final time as players in the same cream-coloured basement where Steve Waugh bowed out three years ago http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275255.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275255.html Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:42:19 GMT Andrew Miller picks six moments which defined England's series http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275205.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275205.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:28:00 GMT On his final morning as a Test bowler Glenn McGrath showed his career in a delivery. His staple on his record-breaking march was a ball that asked batsmen two severe questions. Can I go back or forward? Should I play at it or leave it? http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275201.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275201.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:33:05 GMT Australia surfed a tide of emotion in front of a packed fourth-and-final day crowd, sealing their first Ashes whitewash in 86 years with a ruthless demolition job at Sydney. They had a full two days available to do the necessary, but in the end they neede http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275192.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275192.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:12:25 GMT Andrew Strauss has been cleared of injury after being struck flush on the helmet by a bouncer from Brett Lee during England's second innings in the fifth Test at Sydney. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275137.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275137.html Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:47:06 GMT James Anderson is a man of few words at the best of times. Given that these are the worst of times for England's cricketers, it is hardly surprising to learn that he was at a loss to explain his side's latest meltdown http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275077.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275077.html Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:26:47 GMT Shane Warne probably has only one more day of Test cricket but when he arrives at the SCG on Friday he won't be sad. "Not at all, I'll be happy," he said. And he hopes his mood improves with Australia's second Ashes cleansweep in the history of the rivalr http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275076.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275076.html Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:24:32 GMT In the field England were a disinterested disaster and during the second innings they struggled to wipe away Australia's fortunate advantage while losing five wickets by stumps http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275075.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275075.html Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:45:34 GMT Shane Warne's scriptwriters have stretched credulity to the limits in this series, but today one of their plotlines was deemed just that little bit too ludicrous for publication http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275055.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/275055.html Thu, 04 Jan 2007 11:00:25 GMT Shane Warne's local club has proposed renaming its ground in honour of his achievements in the game. The board of St Kilda want to rename the Junction Oval - the ground where Warne made his first-class debut in 1991 - to the Shane Warne Ground http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/275052.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/275052.html Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:55:30 GMT