Ponting best since Bradman, says Steve Waugh

Brisbane:Former Test skipper Steve Waugh believes Ricky Ponting will go on and make 50 Test centuries and be rated Australia's best batsman since the great Don Bradman.

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Ponting better prepared for Ashes, says Taylor

Sydney:Australian captain Ricky Ponting will be better prepared for anything he may encounter in this year's Ashes cricket series against England, former Test skipper Mark Taylor said.

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'Crucial for Australia to unearth genuine all-rounder'

Sydney: Australian selector Allan Border has challenged the nation's cricketers to help end the search for a world-class all-rounder.

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Thatscricket- Cricket News - Additional pacer: Ranatunga raps Board

Colombo: Former Test skipper Arjuna Ranatunga has lambasted the Sri Lankan Cricket Control Board for not sending an additional fast bowler to South Africa, where the island's side crashed to its heaviest Test defeat at Cape Town on Thursday.

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