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Aussies down Lanka A game that didnt rise a millimetre above the mediocre met a deserving end. So incensed, it appeared, were the elements with the quality of cricket dished out by Australia and Sri Lanka at the MCG on Friday that the rains decided to put a premature end to all-round misery.

Ive to score runs: Ponting In the middle of a prolonged run drought, Ricky Ponting admitted on Friday night that selection panel head Andrew Hilditch had asked him in Adelaide earlier this week if he felt the need for time away from the game in a bid to get out of his slump.

Batting let us down: Sanga Kumar Sangakkara has been the lone Sri Lankan batsman to fire in this tri-series, and the vice-captain therefore had every right to lash out at the rest of the line-up after the islanders slumped to their fourth defeat in six games at the MCG on Friday night.

Narain is eighth fastest in practice The challenges of driving on a street circuit were very much evident during the two one-hour practice sessions for Sunday's A1 GP here with the Netherlands topping the main practice session in the afternoon. India's Narain Karthikeyan was eighth on the time charts.

We do have stars in our side: Dravid While the common perception however ill-founded it may be about the Vijay Mallya-owned Bangalore side may be that it doesn't have as many exciting names as some other teams in the Indian Premier League, Rahul Dravid who will lead the Royal Challengers begged to differ.

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Rahul Dravid says he is excited to lead the Bangalore Royal Challengers in the Indian Premier League starting on April 18.DH photo

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