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Smith has `big say` in team selection: Mark Waugh
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Nov.17 (ANI): Australia national selector Mark Waugh has insisted that skipper Steve Smith has a 'big say' in the team selection after the side slumped to a three-match Test series defeat against South Africa in Hobart.
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Johnson, Graeme engage in Twitter spat over Aussies-Proteas series
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Nov.16 (ANI): Former South African captain Graeme Smith and former Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson have locked horns on social media after the Proteas took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ongoing three-match Test series against the Steve Smith-led side.
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ICC investigating Du Plessis' `lolly` footage
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Nov.16 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) is reviewing the video footage showing South Africa stand-in skipper Faf du Plessis deliberately shining the ball during the second Test against Australia in Hobart with the aid of mint-infused saliva.
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Venus Williams has `no plans` to retire
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Nov.16 (ANI): Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams has affirmed that she has no plans to bring curtains on her illustrious career and is targeting a place in the American team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Scott still hurt with McIlroy's Oz Open win in 2013
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Nov. 16 (ANI): Australian golf ace Adam Scott has admitted that his final place bogey to hand current world number Rory McIlroy the Australian Open in 2013 still hurts.
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De Villiers to continue as Proteas captain on return
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Nov.16 (ANI):Clearing the air on South Africa's Test captaincy role, national selection convener Linda Zondi has confirmed that AB de Villiers, who is currently sidelined with an elbow injury‚ will continue to remain the skipper of the team despite stu
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Du Plessis caught rubbing saliva from mint onto ball
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Nov. 16 (ANI): South Africa stand-in skipper Faf du Plessis has been caught on camera while trying to deliberately shine the ball with his mint during the second Test against Australia at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart.
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Rod Marsh quits as Cricket Australia chief selector
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Nov. 16 (ANI): Cricket Australia chairman of selectors Rod Marsh has resigned from his post following the humiliating Test series defeat at the hands of South Africa.
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De Kock, Rabada continue to surge in Test rankings
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Nov. 16 (ANI): South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock and pace bowler Kagiso Rabada have continued to move up the ICC Test rankings post their impressive performances in the second Test at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Tuesday which helped their side take an unassai
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Only four players sure for Adelaide Test in shattered Australian XI: Lehma
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Nov. 16 (ANI): Australia's head coach Darren Lehmann has declared that only four players are sure to keep their places in the line-up post humiliating and demoralising defeat at the hands of South Africa at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Tuesday.
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Du Plessis reveals Aussies' BIG mistake post Hobart Test victory
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Nov. 15 (ANI): After humiliating Australia in the second Test of the ongoing three-match series, Proteas stand in skipper Faf du Plessis has asserted that the Steve Smith-led side had made a mistake by sending an under-strength team to South Africa for a five-ma
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Philander was the hardest bowler I faced: Ponting
Updated : 8 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Nov.15 (ANI): Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has revealed that South African paceman Vernon Philander was the hardest bowler he had faced in his illustrious career.
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