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Australia are it again..trying to rebuild from the ashes. Flattering deceptions marked the day and South Africa will still feel they have had a hold on the hosts at the SCG. It could be said that Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin once again rescued...

by Shreyas S. Bhide Since his debut against Pakistan in 1989-90 as a precocious talent, Sachin has metamorphosed into a cricketing phenomenon. More than his cricketing genius, the greatness of Sachin Tendulkar lies in his approach towards the...

South Africa will go into the Sydney Test with the same eleven but it is the Australian debutants that are prosing amusing teasers. Graeme Smith has decided he will play the third and final Test in Australia despite his...

Shane Warne has slammed Australian bowling for lack of inventiveness and has asked players to keep aside thoughts of self preservation. Warne labeled the Australian pace attack as boring and sitting on their haunches,...

While India and South Africa have traded places for the second position in the ICC Test rankings, it appears that irrespective of the ICC rankings, South Africa should logically occupy the top position. Australia’s vulnerability was...

This has to be too much. Kevin Pietersen first, Ricky Ponting and now Mahela Jayawardene must be wondering what is indeed wrong with their teams that the opposition seems to chase down 400 targets as they were a 100! On the...

by Veena Gabriel Harbhajan Singh, the fiery off-spinner always at the receiving end of Australian sledging, is unable to hide his glee. After all the needling of Australians was one of the reasons which made Bhajji loose his control and gave...

To say South Africa could beat Australia only because Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath were not there is akin to saying that South Africa did not beat Australia earlier because they did not have a Shane Warne in their side. This is not the place...

Ricky Ponting has gone from being captain of a world champion side to the flailing skipper of a sinking ship. But some of his tactics have left people wondering – was Ponting only as good when he had a champion side. Others like Michael Clarke are...

Graeme Smith has a habit of leading from the front. He did it when South Africa sealed victory against England, their first victory on English soil since 1965. Now as they create history by becoming the first South African team to beat Australia...