Michael Clarke has scored five Test hundreds in 2012 and he says the key is getting through that initial nervous period, get to 30, adjust to the bowling and conditions …
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Sri Lanka have no one but themselves to blame for their ill-discipline with the bat and some sloppy work in the field during the first two days of the second …
Continue reading Sri Lankan injuries have knock-on effectAustralia’s cricket officials are unhappy with the idea of playing a Test in the industrial city of Kanpur during the tour of India scheduled for February and March 2013. A …
Continue reading CA seek change to India cricket scheduleAustralian cricket’s man of the moment says Mitchell Johnson can be the man of the Boxing Day Test. Amid the euphoria of Michael Clarke continuing a remarkable year with a …
Continue reading Johnson rebuilds confidence from ashesAustralian captain Michael Clarke started 2012 with a triple-hundred on his home ground at the SCG and he has ended it with another special moment by scoring a record-breaking 106 …
Continue reading Another Clarke ton steers Australia at MCGTrainer Mark Kavanagh will know within two weeks whether star mare Atlantic Jewell still has a racing future. The unbeaten four-year-old was expected to take the Melbourne spring carnival by …
Continue reading Atlantic Jewell’s future to be known soonFlamboyant Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is the first to admit he still has some work to do if he is to overhaul the world’s best tennis players. But after joining forces …
Continue reading Tsonga eyes 2013 grand slam tennis gloryFaith in his horse and in himself has worn away at the disappointment trainer Pat Carey experienced when Ethiopia, the runner seen as the major local hope, finished last in …
Continue reading Melbourne Cup runner Ethiopia enjoying a restSouth Australian trainer David Jolly is hoping Avoid Lightning provides him with the answers to some key questions when she runs at Moonee Valley on Saturday. A glance at the …
Continue reading Avoid Lightning to progress from Cockram Stakes runThree and a half years after almost pulling off a great grand slam upset, Olivia Rogowska feels she’s poised to deliver on her potential. Now Australia’s No.3 ranked woman behind …
Continue reading Rogowska eyes 2013 tennis breakthroughMichael Clarke’s fifth century of 2012 was the high point of day two of the second Test as Australia reached 8-440 to stretch their first-innings lead over Sri Lanka to …
Continue reading Clarke hits hundred in Australia’s 8-440After missing out by a fraction of a second earlier this month in the race for a new car in Moonee Valley’s 55 second challenge, trainer Jason Warren has produced …
Continue reading Oamaru Princess to tackle Moonee Valley’s 55 second challengeBush filly Madame Fly will chase a dream result for her connections when she lines up at Canterbury on Saturday. The Cessnock-based juvenile is being given her chance to try …
Continue reading Bush filly Madame Fly on Magic Millions Classic 2013 pathThe decision not to pursue a Villiers start with Circle Of Power could reap its rewards at Canterbury on Saturday. A last-start winner at Warwick Farm on December 1, Circle …
Continue reading Circle Of Power passed Villier Stakes for CanterburyMaria Sharapova has joined Serena Williams on the injured list but Brisbane International tennis organisers are adamant both will headline their star-studded women’s field at Pat Rafter Arena. Sharapova once …
Continue reading Sharapova, Williams shrug off injuriesBrisbane Heat coach Darren Lehmann has been hit with an official Cricket Australia reprimand for his controversial comments questioning the legality of West Indian allrounder Marlon Samuels’ bowling action. Lehmann, …
Continue reading Lehmann reprimanded for Samuels BBL queryMaria Sharapova has suffered a pre-season injury scare with a neck injury forcing the world number two to withdraw from a planned exhibition match in South Korea against Caroline Wozniacki. …
Continue reading Injured Sharapova out of Korea exhibitionEngland wicketkeeper Matt Prior is officially in Sydney to plug holes in the sinking ship that is the Sydney Thunder but admits to a reconnaissance mission with next year’s blockbuster …
Continue reading Ashes on agenda as Prior arrives for BBL
