Rogers refuses to play in Victoria’s day-night Sheffield Shield match

"there are still a lot of unknowns and doubts about it from my perspective, so I've decided to sit this one out"

“There are still a lot of unknowns and doubts about it from my perspective, so I’ve decided to sit this one out”

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Australia opening batsman Chris Rogers has refused to play in Victoria’s day-night Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania due to fatigue and his discomfort with using a pink ball.

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Ponting wants corruption to be tackled hard and fast

"We've all been aware of a certain amount of corruption in the game for a long time now and there's always just been a bit of smoke, there hasn't been much fire around it"

“We’ve all been aware of a certain amount of corruption in the game for a long time now and there’s always just been a bit of smoke, there hasn’t been much fire around it”

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Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting has announced that he wants the sport’s governing bodies to tackle corruption hard and fast in order for it to be expelled from the game once and for all.

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‘I still have huge aspirations to play one more Test’, says Graham Onions

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“I am convinced that eventually I will get into that side”

England pace bowler Graham Onions continued to be overlooked during the recent Ashes series and may carry on sitting on the bench when the national team head to the Land Down Under for the second leg of the historic series, despite finishing atop the wicket-takers list in the recent county season.

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