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  England's tour of Australia
Steve Waugh refused to speculate on the possibility of a 5-0 Ashes series whitewash following Australia's convincing win over England in the first Test. The Australian skipper said: "We're going to play as well as we can in the second Test and take it from there.

"We'll play aggressively and positively and if we play well enough, we can win the next Test match."

Waugh singled out opening batsman Matthew Hayden for special praise after the burly Queenslander scored 300 runs in the match.

It reinforced Hayden's position as the number one ranked Test batsman in the world.

"Matty Hayden is batting almost as well as anyone in the history of the game at the moment," he commented.

  West Indies in India
Sourav Ganguly has called on his bowlers to stand up and be counted after India slumped to another one-day loss against West Indies in Nagpur.

The visitors lead the seven-match series 2-0 after a Chris Gayle century inspired them to victory with four balls to spare.

And under-pressure skipper Ganguly was quick to lay the blame at the feet of his attack.

"To win, we need to take wickets which we did not do," Ganguly said after watching West Indies lose just three wickets.

"We just did not look a side that is hungry enough in these two games. We need to work on our cricket.

"We did not create much chances to put pressure on them."


West Indies captain Carl Hooper praised centurion Chris Gayle after he led his side to their second consecutive win against India on Saturday to put them 2-0 up in the seven match one-day series.

"Gayle batted beautifully," he said, after the opener hit 103 to guide West Indies to a seven-wicket win, the tourists reaching 280 for three with four balls to spare in reply to India's 279 for nine in the 47 overs a side game.

Hooper praised his batsmen for piling pressure on India's leading spinners Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble, who have struggled so far in the series after tormenting West Indies during their 2-0 test series defeat.

They managed only one for 116 in the first Jamshedpur match on Wednesday which the visitors won by four wickets off the last ball and went wicketless in Nagpur.

"As it has turned out, Harbhajan and Kumble are a bit under pressure," he said.

  Miscellaneous
New Zealand's leading players have stepped in to settle the dispute that has threatened India's forthcoming tour, according to newspaper reports.

Captain Stephen Fleming and star all-rounder Chris Cairns have entered negotiations with New Zealand Cricket (NZC) authorities after negotiations through the players union failed, the Sunday Star-Times reported.

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