“Our approach would be winning the series four-nil”
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Opening batsman Murali Vijay is brimming with confidence ahead of India’s four-Test series against Australia later this month, and has gone as far as saying that his side will “be winning the series four-nil”.
India celebrate after beating South Africa 3-0
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India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin claimed yet another five-wicket haul to lead his side to a 337-run win and a 3-0 series victory over South Africa on the fifth day of the fourth Test in Delhi.
England celebrate after beating Australia 3-2 to recapture the Ashes
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Australia gave captain Michael Clarke and opener Chris Rogers the perfect farewell as they thrashed England by an innings and 46 runs on the fourth day of the fifth Test at The Oval.
“We’ve learned a lot from that last tour and we’ve started to play some really good cricket so it’s going to be a great contest”
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Australia head coach Darren Lehmann believes that the national team have learnt important lessons from their last Ashes series in England, which they lost 3-0.
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“England have had a lot of success against Australia since 2009 – it’s very much [been] one-way traffic”
In the 2010-11 Ashes series Andrew Strauss led England to a 3-1 win over Australia in the Land Down Under, but the former captain is not hestitating to predict the same scoreline when his successor, Alastair Cook, leads the national team into hostile territory next month.
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The West Indies last toured India in November 2011
The highly-anticipated series between India and the West Indies has been confirmed and will begin on October 31 and conclude on November 27.
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“For the most part, they were pathetic”
With numerous media outlets and former players hailing England’s 3-0 victory over Australia in the recently concluded Ashes series, legendary West Indies pace bowler Michael Holding has opted for a much different approach as he believes “Australia played a lot better than many expected and England, in my view, were below par”.
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England’s celebration carried on late into the night
With the crowd cheering and the champagne bottles popping, England had once again asserted themselves as the dominant side in their battle against Australia for the coveted Ashes urn.
