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SYDNEY— The first three days of the next week’s final Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground have been sold out, officials said on Friday.
SYDNEY - England will find it difficult to put the highs of retaining the Ashes behind them but are determined to win next week’s fifth test and claim the series outright, Jimmy Anderson said on Friday.
Pakistan humiliated New Zealand in the third and final Twenty20 international in Christchurch on Thursday as the Black Caps slumped to their lowest ever total in the game’s shortest form.
Usman Khawaja will have some very big boots to fill when he makes his debut for Australia in the fifth Ashes test next week but the 24-year-old is more concerned about making the most of his call up to the national side.
Ricky Ponting’s hopes of staying on as captain to lead Australia to a pride-salvaging victory in the fifth and final Ashes test have been dashed due to complications with his broken finger.
Flamboyant opener Virender Sehwag will miss the one-day series against South Africa due to an unspecified shoulder injury, the Indian cricket board said on Thursday.
Abdul Razzaq produced a man-of-the-match performance with bat and ball to ensure Pakistan salvaged some credibility and embarrassed New Zealand by 103 runs in their third and final Twenty20 international in Christchurch.
Australia called up uncapped batsman Usman Khawaja to replace injured skipper Ricky Ponting and confirmed Michael Clarke will stand in as captain for next week’s fifth and final Ashes Test.
MELBOURNE - England coach Andy Flower has dismissed talk of a new era for English cricket a day after his team’s retention of the Ashes and said celebrations had already wrapped up and focus shifted to the fifth and final test.
