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Team Australia is the best thing to have happened to cricket
As far as I am concerned, Team Australia is the best thing to have happened to cricket in the recent past. The players comprise a talented, committed, professional unit that is created by a system focused on excellence in cricket, writes Viv Richards.
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Gilchrist credits squash ball after final heroics
Adam Gilchrist credited a squash ball stuffed inside his glove after pulverising Sri Lanka's bowlers with his match-winning 149 in the World Cup final on Saturday.
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McGrath likely to be bowling coach after retirement
World Cup's Man-of-the-Tournament Glenn McGrath, who retired from international cricket on Sunday, is likely to remain with the champion team though in different capacity.
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McGrath confirms his place among all-time greats
McGrath, who was named Player of the Tournament at the World Cup after taking 26 wickets, bids farewell to international cricket at the fifth spot in the list of all-time greats in Test and one-dayer rankings for bowlers.
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McGrath's career ends in typical fashion - on a high
Glenn McGrath finished in the only way possible: with a wicket and a win.
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Ponting hails unbelievable Gilchrist knock
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting hailed Adam Gilchrist for his "unbelievable" 149 after sweeping to an unprecedented hat-trick of consecutive World Cup titles on Saturday.
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There is a gulf between us and the rest: Ponting
Australian captain Ricky Ponting said his team's fourth World Cup triumph and third on the trot showed the chasm between the four-time champions and the rest of the cricketing teams.
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Prime Minister Howard praises Australia, McGrath
Bleary-eyed Australians celebrated a third consecutive World Cup win on Sunday morning, with Prime Minister John Howard among those who watched Ricky Ponting's side triumph over Sri Lanka in Barbados.
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Factbox - Glenn McGrath
Factbox on retiring Australian bowler Glenn McGrath, who was declared player of the World Cup after he helped Australia to win an unprecedented hat-trick of titles on Saturday.
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Australia crush Sri Lanka to clinch World Cup hat-trick
Australia lifted the World Cup trophy for a record third successive time after claiming victory over Sri Lanka in a rain-shortened final on Saturday.
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