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(c)Cricinfo en-gb George Bailey believes finding bowlers who can restrict runs at the death will be one of the keys for Australia as they prepare for the 2014 World Twenty20 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153800/153895.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602590.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602590.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-602590 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Glenn Maxwell has not played a first-class match in more than two months but his work in the nets to master the offspinner's stock ball has impressed Australia's selectors as they finalise the Test squad for the upcoming tour of India https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153800/153818.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2013/content/story/602586.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2013/content/story/602586.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-602586 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews and his Australia counterpart George Bailey have played down the ugly scenes at the end of the second Twenty20 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153900/153912.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602549.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602549.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-602549 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Thisara Perera was the difference with the bat and then held his nerve, although only barely, with the ball to seal a two-run victory off the final delivery of a rain-reduced chase https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153800/153899.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602448.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602448.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-602448 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT When asked what areas Australia needed to improve in order to level the Twenty20 series after their loss to Sri Lanka in Sydney, allrounder Glenn Maxwell's answer was revealing: batting, bowling and fielding https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153800/153818.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602342.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602342.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-602342 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ESPNcricinfo's preview of the second Twenty20 between Australia and Sri Lanka in Melbourne https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153300/153351.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602296.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602296.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-602296 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Electric was the right word to describe Sri Lanka's fielding in their opening Twenty20 victory, and the articulate Angelo Mathews found it https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602237.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602237.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-602237 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka's collective was enough to overcome an Australian team that left far too much up to David Warner on their national day https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153800/153801.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602190.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602190.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-602190 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ESPNcricinfo's preview of the first Twenty20 between Australia and Sri Lanka in Sydney https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152987.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602066.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602066.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-602066 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Xavier Doherty's place as Australia's lead limited-overs spin bowler may soon be augmented by a place on the looming Test tour to India https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/150800/150804.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602053.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/602053.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-602053 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Michael Hussey will work at a quartet of limited overs matches as a television commentator https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153200/153233.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601817.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601817.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601817 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT On debut, Phillip Hughes scored a century to give Australia a 1-0 lead in this series. In the final game, he made another hundred to save Australia from series defeat and salvage a 2-2 result https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153700/153717.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601785.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601785.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601785 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mahela Jayawardene has lauded the efforts of his seam bowlers in the ongoing ODI series, and is confident Sri Lanka can achieve a successive bilateral series win in Australia, having also won there in 2010 https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601697.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601697.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601697 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ESPNcricinfo's preview of the fifth ODI between Australia and Sri Lanka in Hobart https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153600/153639.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601687.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601687.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601687 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket Australia met with Channel Nine ahead of the ODI team's announcement to explain why Michael Clarke and David Warner were to be rested and Michael Hussey dropped https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153200/153219.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601685.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601685.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601685 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's captain Michael Clarke is an unlikely starter for Wednesday's fifth ODI against Sri Lanka in Hobart after suffering a sprained ankle in a training mishap https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601664.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601664.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601664 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ricky Ponting has stated a most eloquent case for rotating Australia's cricketers at appropriate times in a calendar that, he argues, is now impossible for any player to negotiate without a break https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/150900/150951.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601621.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601621.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601621 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT David Warner, the Australia batsman, has received an official reprimand after pleading guilty to a Level 1 breach of the ICC Code of Conduct during the Sydney ODI against Sri Lanka on Sunday. https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601605.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601605.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601605 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shaun Marsh has emerged from the "dark space" he inhabited during a nightmarish 2012 to be recalled to the Australian Twenty20 team https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152987.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601560.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601560.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601560 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mahela Jayawardene could not hide his frustration at seeing Sri Lanka's match against Australia fail to resume due a wet outfield https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601512.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601512.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601512 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's batsmen were again exposed by the moving ball in the hands of Sri Lanka's seamers before the fourth ODI at the SCG was washed out https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153600/153619.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601425.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601425.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601425 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ESPNcricinfo's preview of the fourth ODI between Australia and Sri Lanka in Sydney https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153500/153541.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601329.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601329.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601329 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A fearsome spell of inswing bowling from Nuwan Kulasekara was the definitive performance in a bizarre third ODI at the Gabba, where both captains would have batted first, but 100 may have been a winning total https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153500/153541.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601194.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601194.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601194 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has said his side is undaunted by the return of Australia's captain and several of their other key players for the third ODI in Brisbane https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601164.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601164.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601164 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT George Bailey could be "working in a coalmine or flipping burgers at McDonald's" if not for the money poured into cricket by Channel Nine, according to the network's executive producer of cricket, Brad McNamara https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153300/153348.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601147.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601147.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601147 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Michael Clarke has defended Australia's selection process throughout the summer, declaring that the policy of resting players with minor niggles made sense due to the evenness of Australia's talent base https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152700/152702.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601146.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601146.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601146 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ESPNcricinfo's preview of the third ODI between Australia and Sri Lanka in Brisbane https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601140.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601140.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601140 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ben Cutting has joined Australia's squad for the third ODI in Brisbane as cover for Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson, both of whom missed the second game in Adelaide due to minor injuries https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153400/153427.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601067.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/601067.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-601067 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Michael Clarke, David Warner and Matthew Wade, the three key players rested for the first two ODIs against Sri Lanka, will return for the next two games in Brisbane and Sydney https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/142100/142138.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600801.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600801.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600801 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's coach Mickey Arthur has rounded on critics of the national team's management of fast bowlers https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153400/153429.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600755.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600755.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600755 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Lahiru Thirimanne anchored a comfortable chase on a tacky pitch as Sri Lanka levelled the ODI series against Australia in the second match at Adelaide Oval https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153400/153422.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600694.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600694.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600694 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka's coach Graham Ford has criticised his team for sloppiness in the field and between the wickets during their opening ODI loss to Australia https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153300/153376.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600634.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600634.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600634 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ESPNcricinfo's preview of the second ODI between Australia and Sri Lanka in Adelaide https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153300/153350.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600607.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600607.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600607 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mitchell Starc is out of the second ODI against Sri Lanka on Sunday after complaining of calf soreness following Australia's opening win https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153300/153366.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600604.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600604.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600604 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka may be forced to field their fourth wicketkeeper of the tour in the second ODI in Adelaide on Sunday, after Dinesh Chandimal hurt his hamstring during the loss to Australia in Melbourne https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153300/153368.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600560.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600560.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600560 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ian Healy has slammed Matthew Wade's wicketkeeping during the Test summer and said Australia needed to choose their best gloveman for the upcoming tours of India and England https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/151900/151983.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600442.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600442.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600442 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT B-team, hey? An Australian outfit led by George Bailey and featuring three debutants did what sides captained by Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke and Shane Watson have not managed to do in the past three ODIs against Sri Lanka at the MCG: win https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153300/153356.6.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600432.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600432.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600432 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka have a number of young players in their squad keen to get an experience of Australian conditions before the 2015 World Cup https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/150300/150352.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600340.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600340.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600340 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With a depleted Australian side, and dwindling crowds at ODI matches in the country, the upcoming series may further struggle to bring in the crowds https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/123800/123855.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600334.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600334.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600334 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT George Bailey is one of the more amiable men in Australian cricket, and certainly one of the most straight-talking, but don't suggest to him that he will be leading a B-grade side into the first ODI against Sri Lanka on Friday https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153300/153319.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600312.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600312.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600312 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ESPNcricinfo's preview of the first ODI between Australia and Sri Lanka in Melbourne https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/141200/141227.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600289.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600289.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600289 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka will welcome Lasith Malinga and other limited-overs players into their squad as they look to build on their success in the shorter formats in Australia https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152500/152524.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600216.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600216.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600216 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT David Hussey has described his Melbourne Stars team-mate and soon-to-be ODI opponent Lasith Malinga as "in the form of his life" and believes the ability of Australia's batsmen to handle Malinga's three variations will be critical when the one-day series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153200/153298.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600215.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600215.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600215 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Angelo Mathews is confident Sri Lanka can bounce back after their disappointing Test series and challenge Australia in the one-day internationals, which begin at the MCG on Friday. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/150300/150352.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600122.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600122.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600122 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT There's nothing like being picked while in form, and Phillip Hughes is in the one-day form of his life https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/151100/151104.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600112.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600112.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600112 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford said his side had positives to take from a 3-0 drubbing in Australia, but had ultimately been undone by inconsistency https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153100/153119.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600034.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600034.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600034 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Brad Haddin is the man to fill the leadership and experience void left by the retirements of Michael Hussey and Ricky Ponting, after the coach Mickey Arthur indicated Australia's No. 2 gloveman has all but booked his ticket to the Ashes https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/140900/140949.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/the-ashes-2013/content/story/600012.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/the-ashes-2013/content/story/600012.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600012 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shane Watson's ability to reinvent himself as a non-bowling top order Test batsman may be tested by a return through the Sheffield Shield rather than the January ODIs https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152600/152608.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600006.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/600006.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-600006 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Michael Clarke faces more headaches to rebuild his team and iron out problems, after the retirements of Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152800/152886.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599944.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599944.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599944 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Michael Hussey is one of cricket's finest finishers, so it was only fitting that he ended his international career by steering Australia to victory and a series clean-sweep over Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153200/153219.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599810.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599810.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599810 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Michael Hussey will not get his desired ODI farewell at least partly to keep Usman Khawaja and Phillip Hughes away from the Twenty20 Big Bash League ahead of the India tour, the national selector John Inverarity has admitted https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/143100/143128.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599808.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599808.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599808 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne said his side would target a lead in excess of 150 when they resume their second innings 87 runs ahead and with three wickets in hand, in Sydney on the fourth day https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153100/153199.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599769.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599769.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599769 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With Shane Watson, David Warner and Matthew Wade unavailable, George Bailey may step in as specialist captain in the ODIs at the MCG on January 11 and Adelaide Oval on January 13 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152600/152627.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599763.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599763.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599763 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia tightened their hold on the Sydney Test on the third day and stand an excellent chance of sealing a clean sweep against Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153100/153194.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599727.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599727.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599727 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ostensibly, Australia finished the second day at the SCG in front. In reality, this was a much more even day's play than most throughout the series, and one that will give Sri Lanka some hope of upsetting Michael Clarke's men - a slim hope, perhaps, but a https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153100/153157.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599606.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599606.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599606 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Not many of the 26,000 at the SCG knew Lahiru Thirimanne upon his arrival at the crease, yet they rose to give him a warm ovation when he departed short of the three-figure score https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153100/153119.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599538.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599538.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599538 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Lahiru Thirimanne and Mahela Jayawardene helped Sri Lanka to a total of 294 when they were dismissed late on the first day in Sydney https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/153100/153109.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599471.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599471.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599471 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka have picked Kushal Perera, the wicketkeeper-batsman, for the limited-overs series in Australia, and spinner Ajantha Mendis makes a comeback after suffering a side strain during the World Twenty20 late last year https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/150700/150761.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599392.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599392.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599392 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT As they seek one more chance for Michael Hussey to roar the team victory song, Australia will field four fast bowlers in a Sydney Test match for the first time in 58 years https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152800/152895.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599390.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599390.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599390 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka's preparation for the Sydney Test has been thrown into further turmoil after Shaminda Eranga sprained an ankle during training on the eve of the match https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152926.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599386.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599386.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599386 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Before the tour, Sri Lanka's bowling appeared to be the weakness. But their batting collapses have left the bowlers with little to defend https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152935.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599384.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599384.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599384 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ESPNcricinfo's preview of the third Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Sydney https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152925.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599340.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599340.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599340 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT During his two stints as Sri Lanka's captain, Mahela Jayawardene has not just had to marshal the team on the field but deal with endless politics off it https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152800/152888.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599312.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599312.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599312 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Should Australia's batsmen require some advice about stepping into the shoes of Michael Hussey and Ricky Ponting, they could do far worse than look across to the other side of the dressing room https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152600/152693.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599288.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599288.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599288 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ed Cowan confessed to a "pretty flat" net session as Australia trained ahead of the third Test in Sydney https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152902.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599243.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599243.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599243 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT With the retirement of Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey, Australia could be in need of a seasoned specialist batsman, and David Hussey, at 35, could fit that role https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/149100/149144.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599161.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599161.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599161 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Matthew Wade is confident he can do the No.6 position justice in the Sydney Test after the captain Michael Clarke declared Wade would likely move up in the absence of Shane Watson https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152500/152594.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599145.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/599145.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-599145 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Lahiru Thirimanne and Suranga Lakmal have been called up to Sri Lanka's squad for the third Test in Sydney https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/150000/150042.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598962.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598962.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598962 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka coach Graham Ford admits he was surprised by the lack of fight his team showed in Melbourne and that it felt worse than any game he has ever been involved in https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598959.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598959.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598959 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Glenn Maxwell is learning vital lessons at the feet of Shane Warne and among the more important of these has been the addition of patience to an otherwise explosive all-round game https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152400/152445.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598936.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598936.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598936 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shane Watson will be pushing against the prevailing tide of Australian cricket should he choose to abandon bowling in his search for a way out of the maze of injuries that have blighted his sporadic Test career https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152920.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598934.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598934.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598934 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene said the two dropped catches in the third session on day one were crucial and might have changed the complexion of the Melbourne Test https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598887.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598887.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598887 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The allrounder Glenn Maxwell is in line for his Test debut after being named to replace the injured Shane Watson for the Sydney Test against Sri Lanka starting January 2 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/151100/151188.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598803.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598803.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598803 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka will be without batsman Kumar Sangakkara for the remainder of their tour of Australia, after scans revealed a fracture to his left hand https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152939.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598783.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598783.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598783 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia completed a fearful mauling of Sri Lanka in the Boxing Day Test, winning by an innings and 201 runs https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152925.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598775.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598775.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598775 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Shane Watson is in doubt for the Sydney Test after suffering yet another injury while bowling. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152920.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598761.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598761.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598761 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Perhaps the perfect role model for Sri Lanka, Rangana Herath suffered a grave injustice by going wicketless on day two despite a performance that could have brought his side back into the match https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598743.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598743.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598743 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Chanaka Welegedara will not bowl again in the Boxing Day Test and is unlikely to recover in time for the third Test, after initial scans revealed a tear in his right hamstring https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152913.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598691.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598691.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598691 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's batsmen played a handful of poor strokes, but they were far less frequent and consequently less terminal than those offered up by Sri Lanka's on day one https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152915.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598688.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598688.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598688 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Prasanna Jayawardene will go to hospital for X-rays after he was hit on the thumb by a Mitchell Johnson bouncer during Sri Lanka's first innings at the MCG https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152900/152900.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598608.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598608.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598608 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kumar Sangakkara became the second Sri Lankan to reach the 10,000-run milestone in Tests but there was little else for Sri Lanka to celebrate on their first Boxing Day at the MCG since 1995 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152800/152886.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598584.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598584.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598584 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has defended his decision to send a letter to the press, with comments on SLC, but said that the fallout from the incident was not a distraction for his side ahead of the Boxing Day Test https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/151800/151883.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598484.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598484.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598484 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia captain Michael Clarke remained hopeful of his participation in the Boxing Day Test despite a hamstring injury, but was confident of his team's prospects under Shane Watson's leadership if he wasn't fit to play https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152600/152663.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598480.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598480.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598480 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ESPNcricinfo's preview of the second Test between Australia and Sri Lanka in Melbourne https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152800/152847.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598467.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598467.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598467 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT As the Boxing Day Test approaches, Mathews said he was aware of his poor conversion rate, and was working to rectify the problems that produced it https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152600/152632.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598432.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598432.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598432 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT David Warner is increasingly coming to terms with the greater responsibility he's had to shoulder in the Australian side https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152600/152658.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598422.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598422.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598422 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's coach Mickey Arthur has defended Nathan Lyon after criticism from both Muttiah Muralitharan and Stuart MacGill over the past few days https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152000/152030.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598414.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598414.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598414 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Jackson Bird will become Australia's 431st Test cricketer on Boxing Day against Sri Lanka after the coach Mickey Arthur confirmed the left-armer Mitchell Starc would be rested https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598384.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598384.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598384 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kumar Sangakkara hoped better communication between administrators and players would in future help avoid the dearth of Test cricket that Sri Lanka face in 2013 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152600/152694.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598332.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598332.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598332 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT For most of Sri Lanka's Test squad, Christmas may almost seem like déjà vu, having found themselves in a near-identical situation this time last year https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152500/152568.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598320.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598320.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598320 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's chairman of selectors, John Inverarity, has declared Michael Clarke only had a 50-50 chance of playing the Boxing Day Test and said Mitchell Starc was almost certain to be rested due to his heavy workload https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152300/152371.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598318.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598318.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598318 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Peter Siddle believes the days of a fast bowler playing every Test of the home summer are not a thing of the past, despite the ongoing changes to Australia's attack https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152600/152695.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598144.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/598144.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-598144 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Michael Clarke has declared his intention to give Matthew Wade further opportunities to bowl in Test cricket after he delivered an over of medium-pace against Sri Lanka in Hobart https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152600/152697.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/597954.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/597954.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-597954 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Peter Siddle is taking on the mantle of leadership and example among Australia's bowlers that - until recently - Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey held for the batsmen https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152600/152646.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/597953.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/597953.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-597953 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Australia's batting coach Stuart Law spoke of his desire to return to the nation's batsmen the sort of collective "ruthless streak" that limited him to one Test in a career that ultimately reaped more than 27,000 first-class runs https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/139300/139316.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/597865.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/597865.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-597865 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT As Matthew Wade prepares for his first Boxing Day Test, he has tried to put behind him a pair of missed stumpings this summer that have stuck in the minds of onlookers https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/597849.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/597849.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-597849 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The fifth day Hobart pitch was a tough Test for Sri Lankan batsmen, says coach Graham Ford https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152700/152700.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/597754.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/597754.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-597754 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Twenty20's potential to be toxic for Australia's Test match plans has been underlined by the decision to "quarantine" the Boxing Day Test squad from the BBL before the team convenes in Melbourne https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152700/152722.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/597737.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/597737.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-597737 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT If Mitchell Johnson was a horses-for-courses selection against South Africa at the WACA, Jackson Bird must be a dead cert for Boxing Day at the MCG https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/143600/143665.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/597715.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/597715.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-597715 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Michael Clarke's prolific batting and captaincy has been critical to the development of the team but so too has Peter Siddle's bowling old-fashioned aggressive bowling https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/597662.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/australia-v-sri-lanka-2012/content/story/597662.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-597662 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT