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Hussey’s call-up is great news for Australia, says Watson

Australia all-rounder Shane Watson believes the call-up of Michael Hussey is "brilliant" news for the defending champions as they chase a fourth straight World Cup title and fifth in all.

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Haddin says spot-fixing claims are “laughable”

Australia on Tuesday dismissed as "laughable" claims that the International Cricket Council was investigating their World Cup match against Zimbabwe for slow batting.

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Half centuries for Watson & Haddin; NZ press self-destruct button

By Jamie Alter

 

New Zealand beat themselves in their first testing match of the World Cup as Australia extended their unbeaten World Cup run to 31 games, with an emphatic win in Nagpur.

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Virender Sehwag and other exciting openers in world cricket

Openers play a vital role in any team’s progress in a Test match.

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Ricky Ponting and the other bad boys of cricket

Ponting, however, is not the only angry man of cricket.

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Minnow bashing in World Cup 2011 continues

By Suneer Chowdhary

 

The honeymoon did not pan out as the Zimbabwean team would have wanted it to. After earning most of the accolades from the experts for bowling the way that they had and stalling the Aussie score in the first innings to what seemed a manageable one, the Zimbabwean batting capitulated under some sustained pace bowling from Shaun Tait, Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson.

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Australia extend winning streak in World Cup

By Jamie Alter

 

While Zimbabwe stayed in the game till the halfway stage, allowing Australia to score just 262, their incompetence with the bat meant that Australia were still able to canter to a comfortable 91-run win in their campaign opener.

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Watson, Clarke lift Australia after slow start

By Suneer Chowdhary

 

Australia began slowly after winning the toss at the Motera in Ahmedabad but built the momentum towards the latter portion of the innings to get to 262 for 6 in their 50 overs.

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Can Brett Lee and Shaun Tait stay fit through the World Cup 2011?

Australia will be hoping both their express pacemen can stay fit throughout the World Cup.

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Have ‘big shoes to fill’ this World Cup: Watson

Australian all-rounder Shane Watson said Saturday he had "big shoes to fill" but vowed to do his best to get his team off to flying starts in their quest for a fourth successive World Cup

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