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Plays of the day from the first day of the Brisbane Test

It may not have been as bad as it could have been but England can't afford too man more days like Flintoff and Co. experienced at Brisbane on Thursday

Ricky Ponting launched his quest for Ashes vengeance with a brilliant 136-ball century, as Australia piled on the runs on the opening day of first Test at the Gabba

There are so many England supporters in Queensland that Andrew Flintoff feels like he's back in Lancashire. It's not a surprise as Brisbane is currently Little Britain - conservative predictions are for an influx of 10,000 supporters for the Test

The local slogan for the Ashes is "It's definitely on!" Finally, after 15 months of build-up, it's definitely here

Ricky Ponting has described as "nonsense" suggestions the Australia team for the first Test at Brisbane starting on Thursday is too old

Nick Jewell and Brad Hodge made the most of their time at the crease as Victoria and Tasmania played out a predictable draw at the MCG

Shaun Tait wasted no time after being picked in a 13-man Test squad to outline his plans for the future

Centuries to Michael Di Venuto and George Bailey overshadowed the brief Shane Warne-Ricky Ponting contest in the Pura Cup match between Victoria and Tasmania at the MCG

The spectacle of Shane Warne bowling to Ricky Ponting will have to wait, but Brad Hodge and Cameron White put on a show for the handful of spectators at the MCG

Justin Langer has scoffed at suggestions the Australia team is too old to pose a threat to England during the Ashes

Richie Benaud has turned his back on some of Australia's greatest captains to pick Ricky Ponting as the leader of his ultimate Ashes XII of the past 30 years

Tasmania has the chance to leap further ahead of the field in its Pura Cup match against Victoria starting on Tuesday with Ricky Ponting to make a rare four-day appearance for his state

Ricky Ponting has conceded he is struggling for form less than a fortnight from the start of the Ashes

Victoria engineered a massive turnaround to transform from what appeared to be a certain defeat into a bonus-point win over Tasmania at the MCG

After trying more than a dozen times on Wednesday Australian captain Ricky Ponting finally got the opportuntiy to apologise to BCCI chief Sharad Pawar on the phone on Thursday over the incident during the presentation of the Champions Trophy last Sunday

BCCI president Sharad Pawar has termed the actions of Australian captain Ricky Ponting and batsman Damien Martyn during their Champions Trophy victory celebrations as "totally uncivilised"

Ricky Ponting has offered to apologise to any Indian officials who felt insulted by his team's victory celebrations after the Champions Trophy final at the weekend

Australia have been described as "rude and arrogant" by the Indian media following unsavoury incidents after their Champions Trophy win

Damien Martyn has told Dennis Lillee to shut up with his "Dad's Army" criticisms of the home side ahead of the Ashes