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Ricky Ponting brings out the reverse sweep during his 92, England v Australia, 4th ODI, The Oval, June 30, 2010

• Whitewash would be devastating for Oz: Bollin

London: Australia quick Doug Bollinger admits being on the wrong end of a 5-0 one-day international series clean sweep by England would be "devastating".

The left-arm paceman nearly helped bowl Australia to a spectacular victory in the third one-day international at Old Trafford on Sunday.

England, who defend the Ashes in Australia later this year, were cruising to victory but lost six wickets for 18 runs before Tim Bresnan saw the side to a one-wicket win with five bal...

• 1978 Botham bowls into cricket history

Cricketing star Ian Botham has become the first man in the history of the game to score a century and take eight wickets in one innings of a Test match. The Somerset all-rounder's blistering performance helped bring England victory by an innings and 120 runs in the second Cornhill Test.

He hit 108 runs in England's first innings and today took eight wickets for just 34 runs to contribute to Pakistan's second innings total of all out for 139.

In fact, Tony Greig is the on...