“When you take all those things into consideration, the way we are continuing to improve our cricket is fantastic,” said Ricky Ponting after that game. The assertion is difficult to disprove. In Mohali, Australia made 250 and bowled and fielded better than India had to level it 2-2. In Hyderabad, on Thursday, they inflicted a painful three-run loss on India who, lifted by Sachin Tendulkar’s 45th ODI century, threatened to chase down 351. They may be depleted, but Australia’s bowlers and fielders have put pressure on the Indian batsmen – like Adam Voges’ stunning take to send back MS Dhoni – resulting in six run-outs and dismissals at crucial junctures.

For a the side that was ousted from the top spot after the series loss to South Africa earlier this year, Australia stormed back via a 6-1 win over England and the Champions Trophy title. Undoubtedly the prospect of taking home a third trophy will spur them on. The sixth ODI in Guwahati could decide the series and while it’s hard to predict a winner, the high of two straight wins may just tilt the balance against the hosts.

Two losses have turned the series around and put India under pressure. The home side’s win in Nagpur was a comprehensive rout – the batsman piled it on and the bowlers put the stranglehold on the Australian top order and kept up the pressure, the fielders backing them up. In Delhi Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh made easy work of the modest target of 230 on a tough track, often making the visitors appear complacent.

This is a similar situation to the one India found themselves in during the seven-match series in England in 2007. They were 3-1 but managed to claw back to 3-3, only to lose the decider.

Knowing Dhoni’s captaincy they won’t be thinking about Wednesday’s game in Mumbai, but India know they’re up against it here. India have not lost a bilateral series since the last time Australia toured in 2007. Since 2006, they’ve lost just two bilateral series out of 14. That is an outstanding record and improving that against the No. 1 side is a massive incentive.

India only once won a bilateral series against Australia, having gone winless since 1986. Tomorrow presents an opportunity to reverse that trend.

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David Haye produced a punch-perfect performance to cut Russian giant Nikolai Valuev down to size and win the WBA heavyweight title in Germany tonight with a majority decision points victory.

The Englishman was attempting to the fill the boots left empty by Lennox Lewis’s retirement in 2003 by winning a portion of the one-time ‘richest prize in sport’ at the Arena Nurnberger Versicherung.

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David Haye says he will prove he is more than a ‘mouthy little Englishman’ against Nikolai Valuev.

The Londoner has vowed to back up his taunts when he takes on the seven-foot WBA heavyweight champion in Nuremberg on Saturday night.

Haye has upset the Russian and his camp with his pre-fight taunts and was at it again at the head-to-head press conference at the Maritim Hotel, claiming the champion has fought nothing but fighters past their best.

Valuev’s camp responded by claiming they would “shut his dirty mouth up”, but the Brit remained unbowed and says he will back up those words when it really matters.

“He hasn’t fought anyone of my calibre; he’s never fought anyone in their prime or someone so fired up,” Haye said.

“I’m not one of these guys he’s used to fighting. I’m not over-the-hill, I’m not tainted, I’m not past my sell-by-date. I am fresh, I am ready.

“Training has gone great and I am gonna make him look silly on Saturday night. I am going to embarrass him, knock him out.”

“He’s never fought anyone as fast or who punches as hard as me, or as accurate. I know he feels I’m a little mouthy man from England, but he’s gonna be in for a rude awakening when that bell goes.”

Promises

Valuev, flanked by his trainer and representatives from Sauerland and Don King Promotions and speaking through a translator remained unruffled.

Haye’s jibes are nothing new to a man who has had 52 fights, eight of them for the WBA title, and he says he will prove that talk is cheap come Saturday.

And he urged the Londoner to carry on making promises in the final countdown to fight night, insisting they have not bothered him one bit.

“It’s nothing unusual, I’ve had it in most of my fights, it’s not unusual to hear someone will knock me out,” he said.

“To say something before the fight is easy, but you have to prove and show it in the ring.

“On Saturday we will see what you can show us. You’ve still got a few more days to tell us what you intend to do, but we will see on Saturday what will happen.”

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There are other reasons as well. New Zealand are here without a coach and Pakistan’s man, Intikhab Alam, is more a manager than a modern-day coach. So for the first time in many years, we will be watching cricket, essentially, coach-less. As cricket comes to the end of a decade in which coaches have assumed the significance of unelected advisors to government – they are important but no one can decide why – it is a timely, if no doubt temporary, step back to a forgotten time.

On the field will step two of cricket’s most powerful current captains. After recent fudges at home, Daniel Vettori and Younis Khan have the kind of control, say and influence captains around the world could only hope for. Vettori has selection duties, is his side’s key allrounder and matchwinner and is taking on more coaching duties after the exit of Andy Moles. Younis, having resigned, has come back as captain with greater security, a more amenable management setup and presumably a free hand over selection matters, as most Pakistan captains have had. Admittedly, his grip will always be more fragile than Vettori’s.

And there will still be much else to keep an eye on. Shane Bond continuing his return to international cricket, the forgotten Scott Styris trying to capitalise on others’ injury misfortunes, the perpetual hope of a hand or two from Brendon McCullum. Pakistan will eagerly monitor the ongoing development of Mohammad Aamer and Umar Akmal, as well as the return of some real openers at the top of the order.

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India’s latest setbacks occurred at the Feroz Shah Kotla, where Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag picked up injuries, making them doubtful starters for the Mohali game. Gambhir was struck on the neck by a full-blooded pull from Ponting while fielding at short leg and a yorker from Peter Siddle crashed into Sehwag’s foot. Only on the morning of the game will it be known whether either batsman will be fit to play.

Australia, meanwhile, had a third player from their original tour party flying home because of injury. James Hopes picked up a hamstring strain in the first one-dayer, remained with the squad longer than fellow casualties Brett Lee and Tim Paine, but hadn’t recovered quickly enough for him to be able to play the remaining ODIs. Clint McKay, the Victoria seamer, was the latest addition to the Australian squad after Moises Henriques and Graham Manou. Mitchell Johnson seems to be pulling through the series despite a sore ankle. Other national hopefuls might be watching tomorrow’s match thinking they might be next to receive a call from Andrew Hilditch.

The schedule isn’t kind to the injured either. The teams left the Kotla only at midnight after Saturday’s game. Their arrival in Chandigarh was delayed and by the time they reached, there were fewer than 24 hours to go before Dhoni and Ponting are scheduled to toss. Provided both of them remain injury-free of course.

The added incentive to tomorrow’s contest is that if India win, they will claim the No. 1 ranking in one-day internationals. If Australia prevail, they will stretch their current one-point lead to three.

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For India, there isn’t much they can improve on their Nagpur effort, although they’ll be keen for Sachin Tendulkar to post his first decent score of the series. MS Dhoni’s remarkable century in the second match, combined with strong efforts from Suresh Raina and Gautam Gambhir, have given Australia plenty of headaches leading into the Delhi encounter. The one key difference between Nagpur and Delhi should be the Feroz Shah Kotla pitch, which is not expected to produce a particularly high-scoring match.

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However, Shakib, who has won the last two series as stand-in captain, is still in form and helped the hosts wrest the advantage back with a brilliant hundred in the last match. The Bangladesh battery of spinners, key to their dominance over Zimbabwe, shook them up on Thursday again, underlining exactly how important it is to guard against spinners in the subcontinent.

The trend in Mirpur so far has seen teams batting first struggling with the conditions, while scoring has been much easier under lights. However the big boys – Hamilton Masakadaza, Tatenda Taibu and Mohammad Ashraful – are yet to really stamp their class on the series, so Saturday could be the day.

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The key will be their battle against Bangladesh’s army of spinners, who have been vital in ensuring the home team’s superiority over Zimbabwe in the past few years. Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak shook them up on Tuesday by taking three in an over but the visitors managed to overcome that to post a comfortable win.

The major concern for Zimbabwe is the fitness of their captain, Prosper Utseya, who picked up an ankle injury in the first ODI. It is still unclear whether he will play on Thursday; Masakadza will take over the reins if Utseya doesn’t recover in time.

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