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Ponting elated over backs-to-the-wall effort

Ricky Ponting celebrated a magnificent turnaround and praised his side's ability to perform with their 'backs to the wall'

21-Nov-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Fleming asks for more out of top order

New Zealand were shell-shocked by the game's turnaround and Stephen Fleming asked for more out of his top order for the second Test at Adelaide

21-Nov-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Michael Clarke: a hero ... in the flesh

The highlights of Michael Clarke's debut series in India had been limited to news bulletins and pay television, so most Australians were getting their first real look at the boy wonder

20-Nov-2004•Peter English

Back to the familiar opening theme

The India hangover didn't make it to a third day

20-Nov-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Peter English

'It's quite funny when the tail is batting'

End-of-the-day quotes from Glenn McGrath and Daniel Vettori

20-Nov-2004•Peter English

'It's quite funny when the tail is batting'

End-of-the-day quotes from Glenn McGrath and Daniel Vettori

20-Nov-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Clarke enjoys the sensational hundred

Michael Clarke showed his stunning strokeplay on an Australian ground for the first time and gave a small insight into his pre-innings battle with nerves

20-Nov-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Clarke and Gilchrist flay sorry New Zealand

Michael Clarke and Adam Gilchrist, who both cracked excellent hundreds, revived Australia's innings and then the batting of Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie left New Zealand on the ropes at Brisbane

20-Nov-2004•The Bulletin by Martin Williamson

'We always rate the Kiwis highly'

Shane Warne tried everything in the 29.3 overs he bowled - bouncers, 'more wrong'uns than in a season', and high-bouncing top-spinners down the leg side - and eventually finished with 4 for 97

19-Nov-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Fashions of the Field

Forget the clock's move to daylight saving, the first action of summer is the opening day of the Gabba Test, which Ricky Ponting rates as the high point of the season

18-Nov-2004•Roving Reporter by Peter English at the Gabba

Ponting and Fleming want proposed new law clarified

Ricky Ponting and Stephen Fleming have both requested the International Cricket Council to explain the 15-degree rule for bowlers, saying that the players themselves are in the dark about the procedures and methods employed to decide whether a

18-Nov-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Honours even after Oram hundred

The second day of the Brisbane Test belonged to New Zealand, but in the context of the match, honours were just about even at the close as Australia ended on 4 for 197 in reply to New Zealand's 353

18-Nov-2004•The bulletin by Martin Williamson

Australia v New Zealand, 1st Test, Brisbane

Day 3 Bulletin - Clarke and Gilchrist flay New Zealand Verdict - Back to the familiar opening theme Michael Clarke: a hero ..

18-Nov-2004

New Zealand lose Franklin to groin injury

James Franklin, the left-arm fast bowler, has been ruled out of the first Test against Australia with a groin injury that has upset New Zealand's preparations for the two-Test series

17-Nov-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

McMillan in team for first Test

Craig McMillan has been named in the New Zealand team to play the first Test against Australia at Brisbane on Thursday

17-Nov-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Weird and wonderful series theories

The build-up to the first Test has produced an unusual mix of theories laced with fact and fantasy

17-Nov-2004•Peter English

Kasprowicz gives Australia the upper hand

Mathew Sinclair and Jacob Oram contributed a pair of contrasting half-centuries on the opening day of the first Test at Brisbane, to ensure that New Zealand did not entirely squander the chance to bat first on a typically hard and true Gabba wicket

17-Nov-2004•The bulletin by Andrew Miller

Grubber was a 'cry for help'

It brought Australia and New Zealand to a stand-off in 1981, and 23 years later, Greg Chappell finally revealed his motive behind the infamous under-arm ball

16-Nov-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

No changes to Redbacks or Tigers despite losses

Despite suffering last-match losses, South Australia and Tasmania have named unchanged line-ups for the Pura Cup match at Bellerive Oval tomorrow

15-Nov-2004

Snedden wants domestic competitions with Australia

New Zealand Cricket want to host one-day and Twenty20 domestic competitions with Cricket Australia to help improve the quality of their game

15-Nov-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

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