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    "title": "Ricky Ponting predicts sweep for Aussies in Ashes",
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    "excerpt": "Sydney, Nov 14 (Cricketnmore) Ahead of the gruelling five-Test Ashes rubber against England starting on November 23 in Brisbane, mind games from both sides have begun with former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting predicting a sweep for the hosts.\r\n",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Sydney, Nov 14 (Cricketnmore)<\/strong> Ahead of the gruelling five-Test Ashes rubber against England starting on November 23 in Brisbane, mind games from both sides have begun with former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting predicting a sweep for the hosts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ponting, who led Australia in 77 Tests and four Ashes campaigns, however favoured the tourists to win the historic day-night fixture in Adelaide, as the conditions will favour the swing duo of James Anderson and Stuart Broad in the second game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;My prediction is that I think it will be four-nil Australia, and I think the best chance that England have got will be in Adelaide where a night game, pink ball, the night time conditions will suit Anderson and Broad down to the ground,&quot; Ponting was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;But if they don&#39;t win that one, I can&#39;t see them winning one.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ponting also hit back at English greats Sir Ian Botham and Graeme Swann&#39;s comments on the home side&#39;s poor batting line-up, saying England should &quot;be looking in their own backyards&quot; rather than casting aspersions on Australia&#39;s personnel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Botham recently described Australia&#39;s top-order batting line-up as &quot;one of the poorest I&#39;ve seen&quot; while former off-spinner Swann -- who quit cricket mid-tour during Australia&#39;s 5-0 Ashes whitewash in 2013-14 -- claimed it was &quot;one of the weakest (batting) line-ups they have had&quot; over the past two decades.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I think they (Botham and Swann) should be looking in their own backyards before they start worrying about ours.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I don&#39;t remember seeing too many England teams, certainly in the last 15 years anyway, with some of the batsmen that I&#39;ve seen them play over the last six to eight months.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Some of the guys I&#39;ve seen I&#39;m not too enamoured with,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I&#39;ve been a bit more outward than normal about this one because I honestly think that Australia will win really easily,&quot; Ponting added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>While the first Test will be played at the Gabba in Brisbane, the second match will be played from December 2-6 at Adelaide.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The WACA Ground in Perth will host the third game from December 14-18 while the Boxing Day Test will be hosted at the MCG in Melbourne followed by the final Test from January 4-8 at the SCG in Sydney.<\/p>\r\n",
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