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Prior century earns England draw

Matt Prior brought up his first century of the tour and enjoyed some valuable time in the middle, but England's tour match fizzled out to a drizzly draw

12-Dec-2010•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

MacGill slams selection panel

Stuart MacGill, the former Australian Test legspinner, has slammed the decision of his country's selectors to call up Michael Beer

11-Dec-2010•ESPNcricinfo staff

Collingwood shines on dreary day

Paul Collingwood enlivened an insufferably dull day of cricket with three wickets in five overs

11-Dec-2010•Andrew Miller in Melbourne

Michael Beer surprised at Test call-up

Michael Beer's selection for the third Test in Perth was a shock to everyone in Australian cricket - not least to Beer himself

11-Dec-2010•ESPNcricinfo staff

Centurion Hill pleased for former team-mate Beer

He required four lifelines, but Victoria's rookie opener Michael Hill nevertheless achieved a feat that none of his country's Test squad could manage in Adelaide last week, and scored a century against the English tourists

10-Dec-2010•Andrew Miller in Melbourne

Woakes in, Bopara excluded for limited-overs leg

Chris Woakes, the Warwickshire allrounder, has been given a chance to press for a World Cup place, after being named as the only uncapped player in England's 17-man limited-overs squad for Australia

10-Dec-2010•Andrew Miller

North dropped, Michael Beer in Test squad

Marcus North, Doug Bollinger and Xavier Doherty have been axed, and Australia's selectors have sprung a major surprise by naming the little-known spinner Michael Beer in their 12-man squad for the Perth Test

10-Dec-2010•Brydon Coverdale

Hill hundred dominates opening day

Victoria's batsmen rode their luck to make steady but unspectacular progress on the first morning of their three-day warm-up against England at the MCG, as they inched along to 1 for 58 at lunch on a sluggish drop-in wicket

10-Dec-2010•Andrew Miller in Melbourne

Gough can't see Australia winning a Test

Darren Gough believes there is no way back for Australia in the Ashes series and can't see them winning a Test regardless of who makes up their bowling attack

09-Dec-2010•Andrew McGlashan

Prior hails England team unity

England's wicketkeeper, Matt Prior, admits there is a strong temptation to start thinking of Ashes glory in the wake of a crushing innings victory in the second Test at Adelaide

09-Dec-2010•Andrew Miller in Melbourne

Flower praises 'perfect game'

England's wicketkeeper, Matt Prior, admits there is a strong temptation to start thinking of Ashes glory in the wake of a crushing innings victory in the second Test at Adelaide

09-Dec-2010•Andrew Miller in Melbourne

No major shoulder damage for Ryan Harris

Australia's struggling outfit has received some much needed good news after Ryan Harris was cleared of a serious shoulder injury

09-Dec-2010•Peter English

Shane Warne flattered by comeback talk

Shane Warne has said he is "flattered" at all the talk of a possible comeback to help Australia's struggling bowling attack

08-Dec-2010•ESPNcricinfo staff

Anderson heads home for birth of second child

James Anderson set off for home on Tuesday, where he will be attending the birth of his second child

08-Dec-2010•Andrew Miller in Melbourne

Ponting slumps after Adelaide failures

Ricky Ponting has fallen out of the world's top 20 batsmen for the first time since 2001 following his double failure in Adelaide

07-Dec-2010•ESPNcricinfo staff

Australian selectors face tough calls

Replacing Simon Katich for the third Test is the easy part for Australia. Deciding what to do with the rest of the side in Perth is the difficult bit

07-Dec-2010•Peter English at Adelaide Oval

England learn from the ghost of Adelaide past

It turns out that there really was a ghost in the machine as England's cricketers surged to a victory that their captain, Andrew Strauss, acknowledged was the most comprehensive and complete that he has known in the course of his two-year reign

07-Dec-2010•Andrew Miller at Adelaide Oval

It's all slipping away from Ponting

Ricky Ponting isn't sure whether the situation he'll face over the next three Tests is the biggest challenge of his career. He must quickly realise it is because he is fighting for runs, his team and his captaincy

07-Dec-2010•Peter English at Adelaide Oval

Harris finds a home in the record books

Michael Hussey's pull shot is one of his banker strokes. He used it to fillet Graeme Swann during his 195 at Brisbane, having learnt his trade on the hard bouncy wickets of the WACA, but against the lanky Steven Finn, he hasn't had quite so much fun

07-Dec-2010•Andrew Miller and Peter English at Adelaide

Injured Katich ruled out of series

Simon Katich doesn't think he has played his last Test despite a painful Achilles tear ruling him out of the rest of the Ashes series

07-Dec-2010•Peter English at Adelaide Oval

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