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Ponting Insists Australia Will Be Stronger 14 Friday 3rd December, 2010 BY CIARAN BAYNES some of those good memories will be may come in for Ben Hilfenhaus and done this week,” Ponting said. “We would- ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - good signs this week.” Ponting discussed the merits of each n’t make changes if we didn’t think it Skipper Ricky Ponting cast his mind back The circumstances will be different bowler ahead of the Australia selectors’ would make the attack better for this four years rather than four days as he this week. Australia went to Adelaide decision. game. searched for something to inspire his after a convincing opening win in “Hilfy’s strengths are his ability to “We have to pick the best team for demoralised Australian line-up ahead of Brisbane. swing the new ball,” Ponting said. “He every condition that we are confronted the second Ashes cricket Test against In fact, this is only the second time bowls in good areas. He ties batters down with in the summer. We didn’t win a test England. Australia has gone into the second Test as we saw at different times in the last week, and hopefully the team we pick A draw in the series-opener in without a lead since England’s last series Brisbane game. this week will be good enough to win.” Brisbane has already cost Mitchell win here in 1986-87. “Ryan’s strengths are ... he knows the England have no selection worries Johnson his spot in the bowling attack, The other occasion in 1998-99 was wicket here very well. He’s slightly quick- and it would be a major surprise if there and stripped Australia of its status as due to thunderstorms saving England er in the air and hits the wicket a bit are any changes to the eleven who played favourite to regain the old urn it lost in from defeat in Brisbane. harder than Ben does and is a better in the first Test. England last year. Ponting said Australia would wait reverse swing bowler for later in the Trott, who has posted centuries in his Australia had a potentially match- until the morning to decide which of the game, which comes into consideration two Tests against Australia, insists there winning 221-run lead in Brisbane after remaining bowlers would replace when you think about games in are no demons from the loss here in 2006. dismissing England for 260 - including a Johnson. Adelaide.” “I don’t think the guys will be wor- rare hat-trick from Peter Siddle - and Doug Bollinger is the most likely Ponting rejected suggestions that ried about what happened four years ago,” scoring 481 in reply,but failed to capi- candidate, but Ponting said nothing making two changes would be a sign of Trott said. “It’s in the past and we’re look- talise against resilient batting in the sec- should be read into the fact that Ryan weakness insisting picking the players ing to come to Adelaide and win.” ond innings as Alastair Cook posted an Harris, who only returned this month most likely to win the game for Spin bowlers come into the game unbeaten double century.Andrew Strauss after knee surgery,did not bowl in the Australia is the only consid- under some pressure. Xavier Doherty and Jonathan Trott also scored hundreds. nets on Thursday. eration. needs to show he deserves his spot The criticism was heavy,much of it “We’re not worried about Ryan’s “The bottom line is in the Australian squad ahead of Nathan Hauritz, and Graeme Swann - rated the No. 2 bowler in Test rankings - to prove that he can be England’s talisman in this series after taking just 16 wickets at an average exceed- Ponting insists ing 45 in six Tests against the Australians. However, England’s Kevin Pietersen holds a just as bottle of water at a training session Australia will be ahead of the second Ashes Test against Australia in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) Pietersen stronger slams directed at Johnson for conceded 170 runs knee at all,” Ponting said. “If we had any we’ve got to find 20 wick- and failing to pick up a wicket at the worries about his knee he wouldn’t be ets in the game and Gabba, where he also dropped a catch and with us. We just want to keep it up our we’ve got to pick ‘pathetic’ failed to score a run. sleeves for tomorrow morning and see bowlers who we Rather than focus entirely on that, what we think is the best eleven.” think are best groundsmen Ponting on Thursday recalled the memo- It has been suggested that Harris equipped ... to get the job rable Ashes contest in Adelaide in 2006 when, after England declared its first in Adelaide innings at 551-6, Shane Warne inspired a Australia dumps paceman Johnson ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - collapse to 129 all out in the second England batsman Kevin Pietersen innings to set up an unlikely victory that has branded groundsmen at the kept Australia on course for its eventual for 2nd Ashes Test Australia’s captain Ricky Ponting per- Adelaide Oval “pathetic” after a 5-0 series whitewash. ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - Mitchell Johnson has been dropped from the forms ball skill training ahead of the practice session before the second “The Test win here was probably the Australian squad for the second Test against England after failing to take a wick- second Ashes Test against England in Ashes Test against Australia was best Test win I’ve been involved with,” et in the drawn Ashes series opener in Brisbane. Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Dec. 2, forced indoors because of rain. Ponting said. “It was an amazing game of Australian captain Ricky Ponting revealed Thursday that Johnson had been 2010. The second Test starts Friday, The South African-born cricket, from both teams really,but we omitted from the 12-man squad, leaving Doug Bollinger and Ryan Harris vying for Dec. 3. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) Pietersen launched his outburst on grabbed the initiative really late in the his spot. his Twitter account after showers game, and we were good enough to get “The selectors felt that he is just down on a bit of form and down on a bit of prevented England from taking a over the line. rhythm. I think that was probably highlighted in the last game,” Ponting said. “As the Gabba wicket did not live up to its typ- nets session outside on Wednesday, “There are some fond memories for a we all know, the game of Test match cricket is hard enough as it is without hav- ical bouncy conditions, there is doubt as two days before the start of the few of the guys who played in that game, ing to try and find those types of things in the middle.” to whether the Adelaide Oval strip, tradi- match. a fair bit of success, Michael Clarke got a Australia’s starting XI won’t be announced until just before the toss on Friday. tionally a spinners’ wicket, will play to Pietersen tweeted “what should hundred, Mike Hussey got 90 ... hopefully type. a groundsmen make sure he does 2days out from a Test match????” fol- lowed by “cover the nets when it rains maybe???” and then finally: “PATHETIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Violence mars Birmingham’s win over Aston Villa Clijsters wins Curators at the Adelaide Oval said getting the covers over the main wicket square was the obvious WTA player of priority when a thunderstorm Zigic puts Birmingham into swept across the ground in the early the year award afternoon and promised the wicket ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)— and the nets would be in a decent League Cup semi-finals U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters is shape on Thursday. the WTA’s player of the year. Pietersen was fined in Clijsters won five tournaments, September for making a profane including the season-ending WTA comment on Twitter after discover- Championships and her second con- ing he had been dropped from secutive title at Flushing Meadows. England’s limited-overs squads. She was player of the year in 2005. The 27-year-old Belgian also was honoured Wednesday with the player service award, given to the woman Madrid hopes to who did the most to support her fel- low players through the WTA play- ers’ council or other initiatives. begin recovery Other awards went to Belgium’s Justine Henin as comeback player of against Valencia the year; Maria Sharapova as human- MADRID (AP) - Real Madrid is itarian of the year; Italy’s Flavia hoping its recovery from an embar- Pennetta and Argentina’s Gisela rassing thrashing by Barcelona Dulko as doubles team of the year; begins Saturday when it plays and the Czech Republic’s 20-year-old Valencia. Petra Kvitova, a Wimbledon semi- Monday’s 5-0 rout moved Birmingham City fans confront Aston Villa fans and the police after winning their English League Cup quarter-final soccer match finalist, as newcomer of the year. Barcelona two points clear of at St’ Andrews stadium, Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Simon Dawson) Madrid, handed coach Jose BY STUART CONDIE Mourinho’s squad its first defeat of World Cup bid. I’m sure that’s already because Liam Ridgewell was offside, and the season and showed Madrid still LONDON (AP) - Nikola Zigic scored decided, and let’s hope England gets it Villa equalized moments later through has a long way to go if it is to end with six minutes left Wednesday to give because it deserves it.
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