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Sydney, Sep.13 (ANI): Out of favour Australian opening batsman Phillip Hughes had lunch and a long one-hour chat with Sachin Tendulkar when he was in India. He also spent some time in Nagpur with his coach Neil D’ Costa, who is contracted to the Vidarbha Cricket Association academy.

“The first thing Phillip said when he arrived [...]

Sydney, Aug.23 (ANI): Former New South Wales coach and Australian keeper Steve Rixon expects forgotten opener Phil Jaques to return with such vengeance this season that he puts serious pressure on the Test partnership of Simon Katich and Shane Watson.

Rixon, who is the president of Sutherland grade club where Jaques plays, said the 30-year-old left-hander [...]

Dubai, July 13 (ANI): Australia’s batsmen are on the move in the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen with three of them achieving career-best rankings after a nail-biting finish in the first Ashes Test against England at Cardiff.

pener Simon Katich, middle-order batsmen Marcus [...]

Cardiff (Wales), July 7 (ANI): Former England star Graham Thorpe believes this summer’s Ashes could shape up to be the battle of the new kids.

In the Australian corner is opening batsman Phillip Hughes, who burst onto the scene in the recent win over South Africa, but England have their own batting prodigy in Ravi Bopara, [...]

Perth (Australia), July 6 (ANI): Former Australian opener Justin Langer believes that current opener Phillip Hughes will come up trumps during the Ashes series that gets underway from Wednesday.

Langer has told Hughes to stick to the basics that helped him triumph over South Africa in [...]

Worcester (UK), July 3 (ANI): Fast bowler Steve Harmison has warned that England’s quicks plan to target the body of young Australian batting sensation Phillip Hughes during the Ashes series.

Harmison may not be in the England attack but he was happy to furnish fast-bowling colleagues such as Stuart Broad and James Anderson with information about [...]

Sydney, May 19 (ANI): Australian opener Phillip Hughes has said that he is ready for anything, even failure.

Currently playing in England’s division two county cricket with Middlesex, Hughes will be the focus during the Ashes for both nations.

“He can’t have a small fall from where he is now. If he scores three ducks in the [...]

London, Apr.30 (ANI): Test opener Phillip Hughes has become only the second Australian player ever to record centuries in his first two matches in the English County Championship.

Hughes scored 139 for Middlesex in the first innings of their current match against Leicestershire on Wednesday to follow up his 118 against Glamorgan in the previous match.

The [...]

Melbourne, Mar. 31 (ANI): With 47 in three home and away series in 2008-2009, Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson is all set to become the nation’s highest-paid cricketer.

In the 25-man contract list likely to be announced next week, Australian selectors may promote Johnson to the No.2 spot, the Herald Sun reports.

Johnson’s elevation will be a [...]

Cape Town (South Africa), Mar.25 (ANI): The double series score line of 3-3 should be seen as a befitting result for the heavyweight encounter between Australia and South Africa, as it went the distance, and allowed both combatants to emerge with credit and honour.

According to Fox Sports, the larger question that arises is the International [...]

Melbourne, Mar 14 (ANI): Former Australian captain Greg Chappell and other cricket experts have dismissed the criticism about new opening sensation Phillip Hughes homemade batting technique.

“I’ve felt for a long time in cricket there has been too much of a focus on technique and a misunderstanding of what technique really is,” Chappell said.

“One of the [...]

Brisbane, Mar.8 (ANI): Retired Australian Test opener Matthew Hayden has hailed his replacement, Phillip Hughes.

Australian cricket was celebrating Hughes’s maiden ton (115) on the opening day of the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead.

At 20 and 97 days, Hughes is the youngest Australian to hit a Test century since Doug Walters cracked [...]

Sydney, Mar 5 (ANI): With fast bowlers Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus doubtful to participate in the second cricket Test against South Africa commencing from March 6, Australia has needed to shore up its fast-bowling stocks by calling up yet another new boy to their squad.

Australian Cricket Team led by Ricky Ponting began their tour [...]

Sydney, Feb.24 (ANI): New South Wales Cricket has decided to snub batting tyro David Warner for the team’s upcoming Sheffield match against Queensland, putting a question mark on his future at NSW.

The rookie blaster, who thrilled crowds after making his one-day and Twenty20 debuts for Australia this summer, still cannot get a start for the [...]

Sydney, Feb.21 (ANI): Neil D’Costa is a cricket coach with a difference. He has made a name for himself by pitching two youngsters into the Australian Test squad in the last five years – Michael Clarke and Phil Hughes, and now his own career is also undergoing a change.

He has been invited to coach [...]

Sydney, Feb.20 (ANI): Former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh has backed incumbent Ricky Ponting’s decision to pull out of the Indian Premier League 2009, describing it as “a smart move and a good decision”.

Ponting, who is currently leading the Australian team in South Africa, opted for a two-week break with his wife and daughter rather [...]

Johannesburg, Feb.17 (ANI): Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has revealed that he has developed a plan to counter the dominance of South Africa’s young star batsman J.P. Duminy.

“He (Duminy) was probably the pick of their batsmen for the entire summer, and we’ve had a good opportunity to look at him for a long period of [...]

Melbourne, Feb. 5 (ANI): New South Wales star opener Phillip Hughes is in line to make his Test debut for Australia later this month after being named in a 14-man squad for the tour of South Africa.

The 20-year-old is set to become Australia’s youngest Test debutant since Craig McDermott played his first match as a [...]

Sydney, Jan.18 (ANI): New South Wales opener and Test hopeful Phillip Hughes had the choice of filling his pockets with rupees or filling his boots with experience, but he seems to have chosen the latter.

By putting the lure of the Indian Premier League on hold and heading to England, Hughes is positioning himself perfectly for [...]

London, Jan.15 (ANI): As the English squad continues to struggle with sudden departures from their own ranks, sports blogs and newspapers are celebrating the exit of one of Australia’s all time batting greats – opener Mathew Hayden.
Speculation is rife that Phil Jaques or Phillip Hughes would take Hayden’s place, but “neither will give England’s opening [...]