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(c)Cricinfo en-gb http://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/espnci.png http://www.espncricinfo.com/ Australia's captain Michael Clarke has confirmed a hamstring complaint will keep him out of Friday's triangular series match against Sri Lanka in Sydney http://www.espncricinfo.com/commonwealth-bank-series-2012/content/story/553100.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/commonwealth-bank-series-2012/content/story/553100.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:12:40 GMT As a batting duo Clarke and Ponting bounce off one another perfectly, playing in styles that contrast in ways that split the field http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/550851.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/550851.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:43:28 GMT Michael Clarke entered this Test with a whitewash on his mind. After two days, he could hardly have hoped for Australia to be in a stronger position to push for it http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/550771.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/550771.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:50:00 GMT By stumps, Australia were 3 for 335. Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting both had hundreds. It was Australia Day, 48 hours early http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/550642.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/550642.html Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:42:10 GMT Ricky Ponting believes Australia will adapt more rapidly than India to what he expects to be a traditionally fast and bouncy WACA pitch for the third Test. http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/548906.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/548906.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:47:53 GMT Ricky Ponting is confident he has overcome the technical flaws that troubled him during the leanest patch of his international career http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/548905.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/548905.html Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:29:47 GMT Ricky Ponting knew a big score was coming, and satisfyingly he achieved it in Sydney when his team really needed him, with 134 runs that matched the innings of his pomp http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/548022.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/548022.html Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:18:00 GMT Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting both scored milestone hundreds to put Australia in complete control on the second day against India in Sydney http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/547943.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/547943.html Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:01:41 GMT Virender Sehwag and Ricky Ponting feel the Test is finely balanced going into the fourth day, which could also prove to be the final one http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/547221.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/547221.html Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:32:27 GMT Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey fought to hold Australia's second innings together, after the top order melted away against Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma on a helter skelter day three of the first Test at the MCG http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/547146.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/547146.html Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:19:02 GMT Australia's batsmen scrambled to 6 for 277 against a shrewd and opportunistic India on day one of the Boxing Day Test, and would not have progressed that far without a meritorious debut from Ed Cowan in front of 70,068 spectators at the MCG http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/546856.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/546856.html Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:06:18 GMT Ricky Ponting remains vital to the development of Australia's Test side but cannot keep earning a place in the team based on his reputation, according to the coach Mickey Arthur http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/546274.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/546274.html Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:32:17 GMT When the whole world was asking Ricky Ponting to retire, the man who had just overtaken him to become the second-highest run-getter in Test cricket was rooting for him to do well against South Africa http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/544129.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/story/544129.html Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:40:55 GMT After nearly two years without a Test hundred, Ricky Ponting gave himself every chance of completing one on home soil with an assured half-century that provided a solid platform for Australia at the Gabba http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-new-zealand-2011/content/story/543270.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-new-zealand-2011/content/story/543270.html Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:23:31 GMT Ricky Ponting has conceded he does not have much time left in the game, saying he will quit as soon as he considers himself incapable of improvement http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-new-zealand-2011/content/story/541980.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-new-zealand-2011/content/story/541980.html Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:57:59 GMT Australia's assistant coach, Justin Langer, has described Ricky Ponting as "an incredibly important part" of the Test side, despite his recent lack of runs http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-australia-2011/content/story/540361.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-australia-2011/content/story/540361.html Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:51:04 GMT Australia were inconvenienced more by rain than South Africa as they rampaged through the hosts in a truncated first ODI at Centurion, winning by 93 runs under Duckworth-Lewis calculations http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-australia-2011/content/story/537145.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-australia-2011/content/story/537145.html Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:37:16 GMT Michael Clarke has said Ricky Ponting is on the brink of one of the best series of his career http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-australia-2011/content/story/537045.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-australia-2011/content/story/537045.html Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:17:05 GMT Mitchell Johnson warmed up for Australia's Test tour of South Africa with a five-wicket haul that set up victory for Western Australia in a tense finish in Perth http://www.espncricinfo.com/sheffield-shield-2011/content/story/536498.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.espncricinfo.com/sheffield-shield-2011/content/story/536498.html Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:28:44 GMT Ricky Ponting has revealed Shaun Marsh's elevation to No. 3 in the Australian Test batting order was a "long-term plan" of the captain Michael Clarke http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/story/535816.html?CMP=OTC-RSS 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