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    "excerpt": "Australian vice-captain Haddin said Thursday Australia had \u201cearned the right\u201d to take no risk in the drawn Third Test and sew up",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Sydney, Jan 1 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;\">(CRICKETNMORE)<\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"> Australian vice-captain Haddin said Thursday Australia had &ldquo;earned the right&rdquo; to take no risk in the drawn Third Test and sew up the Border-Gavaskar series - defending skipper Steven Smith&rsquo;s tactics at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Smith decided to bat till lunch on the fifth day despite building up a sizable lead, giving his bowlers only 70 bowlers to dismiss India. The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led visitors were reduced to 142 for six in 55 overs. India then improved to 174 for six in 66 overs when the young Australian skipper accepted the draw.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Smith, 25, later defended his move, saying his bowlers were tired and the pitch was unresponsive in their push for victory.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">But the experienced wicketkeeper said Australia will be single-minded on achieving victory in Sydney.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;We earned the right to play the way we did in Melbourne. We&rsquo;ve played India totally out of the series. Come Sydney, if we get ourselves into that situation, it&rsquo;d be different because we&rsquo;ve taken India out of the series,&rdquo; he was quoted as saying by news.co.au.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;We knew exactly where the game was going, what path it was, and we were very happy with where it ended up with a series win. We&rsquo;ve won a series, now it&rsquo;s to Sydney to shut it out.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">IANS<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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