Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has been hit on the helmet by a ball and was forced to cut short a nets session ahead of Australia’s Third Test against India on Boxing Day.
Watson was knocked to the ground during a training session in the Melbourne Cricket Ground when a short ball from James Pattinson hit him flush on the helmet.
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Murali Vijay said it was great feeling to score 144 – his fifth Test century and fourth against Australia – as India reached 311-4 on day one of the second Test.
Vijay – who hit two fifties in India’s defeat in Adelaide last week – made the Australian bowlers toil in the Brisbane heat, with humidity high and temperatures in the late 30s.
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England captain Charlotte Edwards is adamant her Australian cricket adventure is not distracting her from the task of retaining the Ashes next summer.
The 34-year-old has taken the opportunity this winter to test herself with Western Fury, the representative women’s cricket team of Western Australia.
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Sean Abbott, the Australian bowler whose bouncer fatally injured Phillip Hughes, claimed career-best figures of 6-14 as New South Wales defeat Queensland in the Sheffield Shield.
There had been worries the 22-year old paceman may have been too traumatised to play again after Hughes died from being hit by one among his ascending balls in the Sydney Cricket Ground last month.
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Australia will stage several tributes to the late Phillip Hughes as of this week’s first Test against India at the Adelaide Oval.
The Australian players will wear Hughes’ Evaluation cap amount 408 on their playing tops for the match, while players and team direction will even wear black armbands in honour of the former teammate.
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Australia will stage several tributes to the late Phillip Hughes as of this week’s first Test against India at the Adelaide Oval.
The Australian players will wear Hughes’ Evaluation cap amount 408 on their playing tops for the match, while players and team direction will even wear black armbands in honour of the former teammate.
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Brad Haddin has requested the Australian people to get behind the team when they take to the field for next week’s first Test against India in Adelaide.
Australia’s players are back in training for Tuesday’s series opener only days after assembly at Macksville in New South Wales for the funeral of the teammate Phillip Hughes.
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Kevin Pietersen has spoken of his despair at Phillip Hughes’ departure and considers the Australian was on class to really have a glittering career.
The former England batsman said he respected the 25-year old’s flamboyant batting fashion as well as work ethic.
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Former England captain Sir Ian Botham says Phillip Hughes’ family should be given seclusion following the departure of the Australian batsman.
Hughes passed away two days after being hit in the head with a bouncer while bat for South Australia against New South Wales in a Sheffield Shield match in Sydney.
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Cricket Australia Chief Executive Officer James Sutherland says Phillip Hughes was a greatly-cherished figure that will be remembered eternally.
Sutherland was talking after it had been declared on Thursday that Australian international batsman Hughes had tragically died from injuries sustained when he was hit with a bouncer when playing for South Australia in Sydney on Tuesday.
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The second Test between Pakistan and New Zealand in Sharjah continues to be stretched with a day and certainly will restart on Friday after a day to reflect in the passing of Australia batsman Phillip Hughes.
The verdict was taken by the officials of both Pakistan Cricket Board and New Zealand Cricket following the news that 25-year old Hughes died on Thursday, two days after being hit in the head with a cricket ball during an Australian first class match.
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Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes has died in hospital in Sydney two days after he was hit with a ball while batting.
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Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes has died in hospital in Sydney two days after he was hit with a ball while batting.
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Sir Ian Botham says his ideas are with Phil Hughes and his family following the Australian batsman was hit in the head by a bouncer in a Sheffield Shield match.
Hughes, who had been wearing a helmet, is in intensive care as well as on life support in hospital after missing a bouncer from New South Wales bowler Sean Abbott while batting for South Australia.
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Sir Ian Botham says his ideas are with Phil Hughes and his family following the Australian batsman was hit in the head by a bouncer in a Sheffield Shield match.
Hughes, who had been wearing a helmet, is in intensive care as well as on life support in hospital after missing a bouncer from New South Wales bowler Sean Abbott while batting for South Australia.
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Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes is having operation and is in a critical state after being hit in the head with a bouncer.
The 25-year old was hit with a Sean Abbott delivery while batting for South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match against new South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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Mitchell Johnson’s ICC Cricketer of the Year accolade is just reward for turning his career around, says Dominic Cork.
Australian left-arm quick Johnson, who was also named Test Cricketer of the Year, pipped Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and Angelo Mathews as well as South Africa’s AB de Villiers to scoop the gong for a second time, having first won it in 2009.
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Former Australian cricket captain Richie Benaud has revealed he’s struggling with skin cancer.
As Well As the 84-year old urges that sportsmen and sportswomen should shield their heads when competing under a glowing sunlight.
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Former Australian cricket captain Richie Benaud has revealed he’s struggling with skin cancer.
As Well As the 84-year old urges that sportsmen and sportswomen should shield their heads when competing under a glowing sunlight.
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Former England wicketkeeper Geraint Jones has joined Gloucestershire on a two-year contract and been named the club’s captain.
Jones, who arrives after leaving Kent by the end of last season, will replace the Australian opener Michael Klinger – who will not arrive until June next season – as skipper in the Tournament.
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