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Pietersen hits back at loner claims

Pietersen hits back at loner claims

Kevin Pietersen has hit back at suggestions from Australia's coach, John Buchanan, that he is not a team player, insisting that the war of words that has erupted since the end of the Melbourne Test is all part of the Aussies' psychological ploy

31-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller

Clark always destined for success - Hussey

Clark always destined for success - Hussey

Stuart Clark's stunning returns in the Ashes series have not surprised Michael Hussey, who has been regularly troubled by his team-mate's accuracy and bounce

30-Dec-2006•Peter English

'It's not our worst loss' - Fletcher

'It's not our worst loss' - Fletcher

The Ashes have gone and the Melbourne Test went in three days, but the England coach Duncan Fletcher does not believe it was the worst performance of his coaching reign

29-Dec-2006•Cricinfo staff

Pietersen slow to follow team plan

Pietersen slow to follow team plan

Kevin Pietersen was only convinced of a move to No. 4 when he realised England's brittle tail was limiting his batting opportunities

29-Dec-2006•Peter English

Flintoff still full of cliches

Flintoff still full of cliches

England's captain, Andrew Flintoff, is running out of ways to express his disappointment on this tour. Another day, another defeat, another round of hollow insistences that his team is still full of "character" and "pride"

28-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller at Melbourne

Now Ponting talks about whitewash

Now Ponting talks about whitewash

Ricky Ponting's "relentless" Australia will push for the second 5-0 result in Ashes history and a 12th win in a row next week in Sydney.

28-Dec-2006•Peter English at Melbourne

'I'm not sad, I'm leaving on top'

'I'm not sad, I'm leaving on top'

Shane Warne feels like he's had "50 Vodka and Red Bulls" whenever he's walked on to the field during the series, but it won't stop him from waving goodbye at the next Test at Sydney

28-Dec-2006•Peter English at Melbourne

Plans were not stolen say authorities

Plans were not stolen say authorities

It was hardly a whodunit of Murder On The Orient Express proportions, by Cricket Australia think that it has discovered the secret of how England's bowling plans came to be leaked to the media

28-Dec-2006•Cricinfo staff

Much ado about not very much

Much ado about not very much

The row over the England bowling plans which were leaked to the media rumbles on, with former England captain Ian Botham getting rather hot under the collar about it all

27-Dec-2006•Cricinfo staff

England routed inside three days

England routed inside three days

England have long insisted "there's a lot of heart and pride in our dressing-room". Unfortunately, nothing of the sort transferred itself to the middle on the third day at Melbourne

27-Dec-2006•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller at Melbourne

Hoggard laughs at loss of plot

Hoggard laughs at loss of plot

England's cunning plan was imparted to all of Australia's listeners on ABC Radio, after a copy of their laminated, colour-co-ordinated bowling chart was lifted from the dressing-room and leaked to the Australian media

27-Dec-2006•Andrew Miller at Melbourne

Hayden 'a pillar of strength' for Symonds

Hayden 'a pillar of strength' for Symonds

Matthew Hayden equalled Allan Border's 27 centuries on day two at the MCG but he was much happier with the first Test hundred of his old mate Andrew Symonds

27-Dec-2006•Peter English at Melbourne

Hayden and Symonds punish England

Hayden and Symonds punish England

In the space of two sessions on the second day at Melbourne, the most closely fought contest of the summer was transformed into the stage for the biggest rout yet, as Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds flogged the final vestiges of resistance out of Englan

26-Dec-2006•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller at Melbourne

'One of the best days I've ever had' - Warne

'One of the best days I've ever had' - Warne

Almost everything Shane Warne touched at the MCG turned to farewell gold, but he didn't quite fulfil his plan to dismiss Andrew Strauss for his 700th wicket. Glenn McGrath asked Warne early in his spell how he was going to dismiss Strauss and the bowler's

26-Dec-2006•Peter English at Melbourne

Warne routs England again

Warne routs England again

Shane Warne grabbed his 700th Test wicket in front of his adoring Melbourne public to send England's innings into freefall on the opening day of the fourth Test at the MCG

25-Dec-2006•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller at Melbourne

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