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What is wrong with Austrailia? Have they eatten one too many Yorkshire puddings?

FLINTOFF ON FIRE AS AUSTRALIANS CRASH FOR 367

LONDON: Australia, battling to keep their Ashes hopes alive at a murky Oval, lost their last seven wickets for 44 runs after Andrew Flintoff thundered his way to the second five-wicket haul of his career on the fourth day of the fifth and final test on Sunday.
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That's a very good question. What was wrong with the Australians?

I think we lost the Ashes for many reasons.

Firstly, we underestimated England and did not study their team, how they play and their strengths. There were never field settings for certain batsmen including ordinary bastsment like Flintoff, whereas England had a strategy for every Aussie player.

Secondly, we played very poorly. Two of our frontline bowlers Gillespie and Kasprowicz, did not fire at all. In fact Gillespie has hit the worst form of his career and I fear his days as a test player are numbered. England played as well as they could and I take my hat off to them.

Thirdly, our preparation was terrible. We have had no serious opposition since India, almost two years before the Poms. England were match hardened after a tour of South Africa.

Fourthly, Our players are getting on a bit. Most of our team are still brilliant in their own right, but they are heading towards the twilight of their careers. But in saying that I would still only have one or two English payers in the Aussie team.

I also think our loss has been blown out of proportion

We only lost the series 2-1 and in one of the games we were robbed when Kasper was incorrectly given out with 3 runs remaining for victory. The last game where we dominated was also rubbed out due to bad weather and we missed McGrath, the world's best seamer by a mile, for most of the series.

England claim they will become the best team with a couple more series wins, but we lost in their conditions. Let's see them beat us at home. The World XI certainly failed.

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CANCER SCARE FOR FLEMING

New Zealand cricket captain Stephen Fleming is in a "buoyant mood" after the removal of a benign tumour from the jawline near his left ear.
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Congratulations to Brian Lara who has overtaken Allan Border's record for the most runs in test cricket. What a champion, when he was down and out, he rose to score 220 odd against the best bowling attack in the world to take the record.

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SOUTH AFRICA BEATS SRI LANKA

MELBOURNE: South Africa produced a brilliant bowling performance at the death to snatch a tense nine-run victory over Sri Lanka in their triangular series one-day match in Adelaide yesterday.

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SOUTH AFRICA MAY BOYCOTT AUSTRALIA OVER RACISM DURBAN

South Africa would consider boycotting cricket tours of Australia if their players continue to suffer racial abuse on the current tour, a local newspaper reported yesterday.
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What is the matter with Australia, are they on the way down from keeping their record of being the World's unbeatable team once held by the West Indies?

SRI LANKA DEFEATS AUSSIE IN FIRST FINAL

SYDNEY: Sri Lanka scored an upset 22-run win over Australia in the first one-day final at Adelaide Oval yesterday.
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WEST INDIES SLUMP TO ALL-TIME LOW

Batting genius Brian Lara arrives in New Zealand today to the sorry news that his countrymen appear to have lost the will to compete.
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