There’s room for both of us
MICHAEL Clarke has scoffed at suggestions there is no room for both he and Steve Smith in Australia’s World Cup XI because their roles are too similar.
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Bailey happy leading on Clarke’s watch
SINCE George Bailey made his debut as skipper, he’s always felt like he’s warming the big chair for Clarke, but doesn’t believe it’s a thankless task.
Johnson, Hazlewood in cotton wool
MITCHELL Johnson and Josh Hazlewood will be kept on ice until the one-day tri-series final, but there are no concerns over their fitness.
Lehmann settles on World Cup first XI
AUSTRALIA might be chopping and changing their way through the ODI series, but Darren Lehmann confirmed he already knows what his World Cup XI will be.
Local cricket has Marsh set for return
MITCHELL Marsh is set to return against India on Sunday, as he races the clock to prove he deserves to be in Australia’s first-choice World Cup XI.
Dravid: Clarke selection ‘un-Australian’
INDIAN batting great Rahul Dravid says the selectors’ gamble to include an injured Michael Clarke for the World Cup is “un-Australian.”
Zampa could have helped spin to win in Cup
AUSTRALIA has named its 15-man squad to win the World Cup and the selectors have put together a quality unit – but one glaring omission was the absence of a wrist-spinner.
‘It’s un-Australian’ to select Clarke
CUP COUNTDOWN: Rahul Dravid says Michael Clarke’s selection was ‘un-Australian’, while Pakistan’s players have been banned from discussing religion.
White, Marsh face World Cup audition
CAMERON White or Shaun Marsh? Who will cast their name forward for World Cup selection should Michael Clarke’s dodgy hamstrings fail to repair.
Will a batsman score 300 in an ODI?
AS bats get bigger and boundaries get smaller, it’s only a matter of time before seemingly untouchable marks in one-day cricket are within reach.
ICC promises sledging crackdown
WORLD cricket’s governing body has promised to come down hard on players who verbally abuse opponents at the upcoming World Cup.
Who’ll fill in if Clarke’s not fit?
GEORGE Bailey’s one-match ban is set to force Australia’s selectors to reveal who is in line to replace Michael Clarke in the World Cup squad.
‘He’s the best cricketer on the planet’
CUP COUNTDOWN: IF Australia is to win the World Cup it needs to overcome the best cricketer on the planet, according to Adam Gilchrist.
ICC plans to rid World Cup of sledging
THE ICC will reportedly launch an unprecedented crackdown on sledging and player misbehaviour during the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Bailey unfazed by Cup uncertainty
GEORGE Bailey says he isn’t bothered by the prospect of being dropped from Australia’s World Cup team if Michael Clarke returns from injury.
Why Behrendorff is ready for big stage
UNFORTUNATELY for Jason Behrendorff, the closest he’ll get to the Cricket World Cup is a romantic hot-air balloon ride above Canberra with the trophy.
Australia’s massive World Cup stuff-up
MATTHEW Hayden can’t believe selectors have left one of our Test heroes out of the Australian squad for next month’s World Cup.
Only one spot open for Clarke and Bailey
GEORGE Bailey faces the unusual scenario of captaining Australia in its World Cup opener and then being dropped for the next match.
‘Realist’ Doherty not quite an X-factor
XAVIER Doherty admits he’s likely to miss many of Australia’s World Cup games and reveals he had no idea if he’d make the squad at all.
Marsh in all-round Aussie dogfight
INJURED all-rounder Mitchell Marsh may not bowl before the World Cup, but he’s set to return as a batsman for Australia during the tri-series.
Finisher Faulkner a walk-up Cup starter
AUSTRALIA can’t fit all four of their World Cup all-rounders in their best XI, but James Faulkner has done enough to be automatically selected.
World Cup still on Wade’s radar
MATTHEW Wade says he will be ready to put on Brad Haddin’s World Cup gloves if required as he prepares to open without Aaron Finch.
Why Hazlewood looms as Aussies’ wildcard
JOSH Hazlewood looms as Australia’s key paceman for the 2015 World Cup. Here are five reasons why the event could be the making of the fast bowler.
Why Maxwell had selectors in a spin
GLENN Maxwell could well be Australia’s most important player at the Cricket World Cup — but not for the reason you think.
World Cup: All 14 squads in full
THE squads for all 14 competing nations in the ICC World Cup in Australia and New Zealand have been finalised.
Maxwell smart move by Cup selectors
GLENN Maxwell was nervous he would miss the cut, but his teammates are backing him as the man to return cricket’s showpiece trophy to Australia.
Aussie squad missing mystery options
AUSTRALIA has missed a trick by not picking Queenslanders Cameron Boyce and Ryan Harris in its World Cup squad, writes Ben Dorries.
Starc brushes aside body language issue
AFTER being belted around by India and Shane Warne in Brisbane, fast bowler Mitchell Starc looks to have got his confidence back.
‘Arrogant’ Warner scared of no one
DAVID Warner admits it might sound arrogant, but he’s not scared of any bowlers at the World Cup because he’s already “taken most of them down”.
Why Clarke selection could haunt Aussies
AUSTRALIA is walking a tightrope with its desire for a settled World Cup camp, introducing a rule for Michael Clarke that could come back to haunt them.
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