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Australia's senior cricketers are playing down suggestions they might retire en masse if they win back the Ashes.
Matthew Hayden thinks Muralitharan accusing the Australian pace trio of chucking will not get him any favours in world cricket.
Katich opened the batting with Gilchrist after Australian selectors dropped Hayden from the one-day side.
England's captain said Saturday's final will be about who handles the pressure better on the day.
England ended a run of nine straight losses to Australia with a stunning 92-run win.
Australia beat New Zealand by eight runs a high-scoring tri-series ODI.
Australia, chasing 307 to win, were 212 for four at the close of the fourth day of the first Test against Bangladesh
Jacques Kallis took Matthew Hayden's word on the controversialcatch that claim Jacques Rudolph's wicket
Set a target of 243, Australia chased down the total with 4.4 overs to spare in the tri-series opener that also involves New Zealand.
Australia beat England by 10 wickets to win the fifth Test and complete their first Ashes series whitewash in 86 years.
The 37-year-old Australian opener said he still has more to achieve and must keep scoring runs.
All-rounder Andrew Symonds retained his place along with seamer Mitchell Johnson, who was the 12th man in Perth.
Australia are 119 for one in their second innings, 148 runs ahead of England on day two.
Australia beat England by six wickets with 19 balls to spare on an extraordinary final day to win the second Test and take a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series.
England picked up the crucial wicket of Langer to reduce Australia to 28 for one after posting a daunting total of 551-6.
The Australian captain has been ordered to rest because of a slight thigh strain for the fourth ODI against New Zealand.
Australia's cricketers have scoffed at suggestions their ageing team is too old to win back the Ashes from England.
Openers Mike Hussey and Matthew Hayden hit centuries as Australia, replying to the West Indies' first innings of 149, amassed 256 for 1 by close of day 2 in the second Test.
Matthew Hayden's chances of playing in the third Test in Perth are slim with the opener saying he was not sure whether he can recover in time for the match beginning January 16.
The opener's record-breaking knock of 380 against Zimbabwe was 'phenomenal performance concentration-wise', said Steve Waugh.
Australia, chasing England's first-innings total of 373, closed a truncated second day of the fifth Ashes Test on 112 without loss
While former Test batsman Michael Slater has called for the axing of his old opening partner Matthew Hayden.
Interesting numbers from day two of Ranchi Test
India's premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin described Mahendra Singh Dhoni as a "massive influence" on his career, revealing that at the beginning of his IPL stint, he was driven by an intense desire to get the former captain's attention. Ashwin got his contract with CSK, one of the most successful IPL sides, in 2008 and said the stint with the three-time IPL champions shaped his career.
The scheduling of the ICC Champions Trophy in the English autumn has perplexed the Australian captain.
Cricket should be seen as a game only and not be mixed with politics, former Indian Test cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said.
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Matthew Hayden says Australia are the leading cricketing team in the world because its players don't play for personal milestones.
Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid led the Test batting honours for the second straight week.
Australia beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in their last Super Eights game to enter the last four of the Twenty20 World Championship.
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