Cricket: Coach backs Aussies
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Australia coach John Buchanan backs his team to come good in time for the World Cup.
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Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes that his team will be able to put Pakistan under the consistent pressure required to win the second Test.
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AUSTRALIA has been drawn against Germany and Argentina in what looms as the last FIFA Confederations Cup. Socceroos coach Frank Farina, who was at yesterday&#39;s draw in Frankfurt, expressed mixed emotions about being drawn in the tougher of the two groups.
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South African coach Mickey Arthur said the team was confident of bouncing back in the one-day series against Pakistan after losing the second match last week.
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Australian cricket chiefs are searching for a new academy boss after Bennett King&#39;s exit to coach the West Indies. &quot;Bennett King has made an outstanding contribution to the progress and development of Australia&#39;s emerging players,&quot; said Robertson.
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PERTH, Nov. 30. - In a bid to acclimatize quickly to Australian conditions coach Bob Woolmer is tipping Pakistanâs top batsmen to play the tour opener against a Western Australia second XI in Perth, starting on Wednesday.
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Karachi: Sri Lanka&#39;s Australian coach John Dyson said his side had started to emulate some of the gritty toughness of world champions Australia and was putting its new attitude to good use against Pakistan.
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THE West Indies Cricket Board today handed Australian Bennett King the arduous task of reviving their cricketing fortunes. King was was named the national side&#39;s new coach in place of Gus Logie.
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Australia struck back tellingly on the second day of the third Ashes cricket Test against England at the WACA Ground here.
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Former national team selector Hugh Page has come out in support of captain Graeme Smith&#39;s call for greater stability in the cricket set-up in South Africa.
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Nagpur: Australia were 103 for 3 at lunch on the first day of the third Test against India at the VCA ground here on Tuesday. Damien Martyn and Darren Lehmann, both at 11 runs, were at the crease at the break.
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ENGLAND run machine Kevin Pietersen returned home yesterday outlining his determination to make the Test team to face Australia this summer.
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Australia's attack go into the second Test against India with bowling coach Troy Cooley saying they are as good as England's 2005 Ashes-winners.
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PAKISTAN cricket coach Bob Woolmer is hoping his new look team can catch Australia by surprise when their three Test series starts next month.
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SYDNEY  - Respected Australian tennis coach Tony Roche has knocked back an approach by Roger Federer to be the world number one&#39;s new full-time coach, reports said.
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Coach Bob Woolmer is looking to Pakistan&#39;s top batsmen to play the tour-opening match against a Western Australia 2nd XI in Perth starting Wednesday in a bid to acclimatize quickly to Australian conditions.
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Australia skipper Ricky Ponting is delighted with his side's start to the Ashes after smashing his 32nd Test century at Brisbane.