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Ponting wary of Windies threat

Ricky Ponting expects to assume greater responsibility when Australia's regenerating team begin their three-Test assignment against West Indies

02-Nov-2005•Peter English at the Gabba

The Aussie summer starts here

A West Indies-Australia Test at the Gabba is always a special occasion to mark the start of summer

02-Nov-2005•Preview by Peter English at the Gabba

Walsh banks on Windies to spring a surprise

Courtney Walsh and Michael Holding, bowling greats, differ on the chances of the West Indies making a fist of their three-Test cricket series against Australia, set to begin at Brisbane on Thursday

01-Nov-2005•AFP

'We have a bunch of guys who are very positive'

Marlon Samuels believes his growing maturity and hard work while recovering from serious knee problems have paid off in the lead-up to the first Test against Australia

01-Nov-2005•Cricinfo staff

Langer ruled out of first Test

Michael Hussey will make his Test debut on Thursday, after Justin Langer failed to recover from his fractured rib

01-Nov-2005•Peter English at the Gabba

Bracken ready to swing it some more

Nathan Bracken has returned to a ground of fond memories and is waiting to add to his record

01-Nov-2005•Peter English at the Gabba

King defends team against charges of poor attitude

Bennett King, the West Indies coach, defended his cricketers against claims by Michael Holding of an attitude problem, just days before the opening Test against Australia

31-Oct-2005•AFP

Hussey called to cover Langer

Michael Hussey has been thrust into the Australia squad as cover for Justin Langer, who is fighting a fractured rib

31-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

Test decision out of Langer's hands, says Buchanan

Australia's selectors will rely on medical advice before deciding whether the opening batsman Justin Langer will play with a fractured rib

30-Oct-2005•AFP

Queensland escape with a draw

Martin Love's counterattacking hundred helped Queensland escape with a draw against the touring West Indians at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane, despite Marlon Samuels's five-wicket haul

30-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

Samuels creams 257 in mammoth Windies total

Marlon Samuels pounded the Queensland attack as he amassed a colossal 257 runs giving the West Indians a gigantic 289-run lead

29-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

Bennnett King thinks his batsmen are the weak link

Bennett King, the West Indies coach, has put more faith in his unproven bowling attack than in the team's batting

29-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

Langer a doubt for first Test against West Indies

Justin Langer will undergo a fitness test before the first match of the three-Test series against West Indies

29-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

Smith makes his mark with 115

Devon Smith ensured West Indies would have a capable replacement for Wavell Hinds in the first Test with a century against Queensland

28-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

Reid gets Bracken back in the swing

Nathan Bracken has "chased" the bowling coach Bruce Reid around the world in the past couple of years

28-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

MacGill in summer Test plans

Stuart MacGill will be used in partnership with Shane Warne this summer, but he is unlikely to be tried at the Gabba next week

28-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

Queensland recover from Powell blasts

Daren Powell opened West Indies' tour of Australia by knocking back four of the Queensland top five before hobbling off with hip soreness

27-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

Problems over and team united, says Chanderpaul

There were fears of a disruptive backlash from the upheavals that have split West Indies cricket and cricketers over the past year but they do not appear to have unduly bothered Shivnarine Chanderpaul

27-Oct-2005•Tony Cozier

Hinds ruled out of first Test with broken finger

West Indies have suffered a blow ahead of next week's first Test against Australia with the injury-enforced withdrawal of the batsman Wavell Hinds

27-Oct-2005•AFP

Bracken swings in ahead of Hodge

Nathan Bracken's swing bowling has earned him a recall after he replaced Brad Hodge in the 12-man squad for the first Test against West Indies at Brisbane

27-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

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