Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting says England's only hope of winning a Test in the upcoming Ashes series is the day/night match in Adelaide and has predicted a 4-0 victory for the hosts.
'They've played really good, tough, hard Test match cricket day-in and day-out. India have won all the big moments in every Test match and Australia have fallen short. That's been the difference between the two teams.'
Dhoni holds the record of winning most matches in all 3 formats -- the first Indian and also the first among current captains from all sides.
'You are playing a World Test Championships final, and you don't pick the number one bowler in Test cricket.'
New rules, new captains, but same excitement as two months of cricket extravaganza kicks off in Kolkata.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting is confident his team is heading in the right direction to win back the Ashes from England later this year.
Images from the second match of the Indian Premier League between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore, on Thursday.
Australia's cricketers flew out of Sydney on Saturday bracing themselves for a tough tour of the West Indies. The Australians are overwhelming favourites to win the three tests and five one-day internationals but captain Ricky Ponting said the players were not expecting an easy time.
Australia's stand-in captain said Brad Haddin, who filled in for Ponting in the first ODI, did a great job.
Rival captains Anil Kumble and Ricky Ponting unveiled the Border-Gavaskar trophy at a simple function in Bangalore on Wednesday, the eve of the first Test.
Emotions have spilled over at the SCG between India and Australia erlier in the series. The two teams will clash for the first of best-of-three finals at the venue on Sunday.
Pakistan have now suffered defeat in 11 consecutive international matches against Australia. The sequence started in September 2009 with the Champions Trophy match at Centurion when Australia registered a two-wicket win off the last ball.
Australia haven't quite played their best cricket in the World Cup, said captain Ricky Ponting on Saturday, promising to turn up the intensity as his team approaches the 'business end' of the mega-event.
Australian captain Michael Clarke and former skipper Ricky Ponting are likely to attract most attention when the nine franchises sit for the players' auction of the Indian Premier League 6 in Chennai.
Former Australian pacer Damien Fleming believes the young pacer has it in him to become the best bowler around.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting said the racism issue was highlighted by the Indian media.
If found guilty, the Indian off-spinner could face a ban of between two and four Tests or between four and eight ODIs.
Refusing to underestimate the visitors, Australian captain Ricky Ponting gave India high ratings on all counts ahead of the Test series which gets underway on the Boxing Day in Melbourne on Wednesday.
'I know he's done a bit of it in The Hundred (with the London Spirit) but having someone like Shane Warne to take over the England cricket team now he would have done a great job.'
India made one change, bringing in Rohit Sharma for Ramesh Powar, while Sourav Ganguly was ruled unfit for the match.
A downcast nation will expect changes to the Australia team after they were routed by England in the second Ashes Test but selectors look to have few real options at their disposal.
Australia have the ability to fight their way back into the Ashes series after their worst defeat to England in nearly a quarter of a century -- but they need to start showing it, captain Ricky Ponting said on Tuesday.
Pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has been dropped from the Australia squad for the second Ashes Test against England, captain Ricky Ponting said on Thursday.
Captain Ricky Ponting believes Shane Watson could replace retired opening batsman Justin Langer in Australia's Test side.
Ricky Ponting reacted angrily to Virender Sehwag's claims that the Australians had cheated during their 2-1 Test series victory Down Under, saying he felt insulted by the Indian opener's outburst.
Punjab Kings batter Shashank Singh is preparing for the upcoming IPL season with a focus on countering the 'familiarity factor' and improving his game.
The Rajasthan Royals have retained their core group of players, including captain Sanju Samson, as they look to build on their recent success.
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has urged Ricky Ponting and Nathan Bracken to quickly clear their names over the match-fixing allegations after alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed had claimed that he had access to both the players.
Ricky Ponting may be just one Test defeat away from becoming the first Australian captain in 120 years to lose three Ashes series but he is not entertaining any retirement thoughts.
Former Australia player Greg Blewett believes Ricky Ponting has achieved enough success as a captain to be regarded as one of Australia's best.
Ponting also said that Pujara's approach put more pressure on other Indian batsmen and the right-handed batsman needs to be wary of this fact
Australia captain Ricky Ponting became the second highest run-getter in Test matches in the second Test against Pakistan at Leeds on Thursday. Rediff.com looks at some of the most prolific run-scorers in Test cricket.
The Australian vice-captain said he felt he had let his team mates down when he was finally dismissed for 242
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Captain Ricky Ponting (5) continued to come a cropper in India as Australia floundered against Rajasthan Cricket Association's Centre of Excellence team in a two-day practice match, folding up for 218 on the first day.
Ricky Ponting leading Australia to the 16th straight win was drowned in the row that followed the Sydney Test.
India made a couple of changes, with Dinesh Mongia and Mohammad Kaif replacing S Sreesanth and Yuvraj Singh respectively.
Brook's average of 62.54 is the second highest in Test history among players with a minimum of 20 Test innings. His average is only second to the incpmparable Australian batter Sir Don Bradman, who scored 6,996 runs in 52 Tests at an average of 99.94, with 29 centuries and 13 fifties.
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