Australia will be eyeing to retain the Frank Worrel Australia West Indies test series trophy wrapped up when they come up against improving West Indies in the second test match at North Sound this coming Friday. The Australians held their own amidst some strong resistance by the Windies

Former Australian Test umpire Lou Rowan today described Harbhajan Singh as a rogue player and said the temperamental off-spinner deserves nothing less than a life ban for slapping India teammate S Sreesanth. "This fellow (Harbhajan) doesn't belong to the game of cricket. He has shown h

Australia fought out of tough backs to a wall situation with a splendid performance that has almost certainly ensured that this test match will be heading for a draw. Matthew Hayden was the star show for the Australians as he played a typically combative century and ensured that the Aust

Australia fought out of tough backs to a wall situation with a splendid performance that has almost certainly ensured that this test match will be heading for a draw. Matthew Hayden was the star show for the Australians as he played a typically combative century and ensured that the Aust

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting's two unbeaten centuries in the Chappell-Hadlee Series gave him his career best rating points of 832 even as he continued his domination at the top of the ICC rankings for the ODI batsmen, released today. Ponting not only ensured his team's 2-0 vi

Michael Clarke maybe the natural heir to Australian captain Ricky Ponting but belligerent all-rounder Andrew Symonds revealed he too cherishes the ambition of leading the side, even if it's just in the one-dayers. Symonds reckons Clarke stood the best chance to succeed Ponting when it co

Shaun Tait staged a comeback after an injury hiatus but Stuart Clark failed to make the cut as Australia today announced a 13-member squad for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy one day series starting in Adelaide on December 14. "After making a huge impact at the World Cup earlier

Indian pacer S Sreesanth's continued inability to "rein himself in" when under pressure could end up costing his side dearly during the upcoming cricket tour Down Under, feels Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds. The burly right-hander, who had a series of confrontations with the

The International Cricket Council has warned the Indian Board that it must abide by its anti-racism code and act seriously on the incident of racist crowd behaviour against Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds in Vadodara. The BCCI has played down the incident only to irk the Australian tea

Stung by the defeat to India at Chandigarh, Australian captain Ricky Ponting is not in a mood to concede more ground and cautioned the home team that they will treat the fifth cricket one-dayer tomorrow as a virtual final. "The last game was a terrific game of cricket and India have mad

Australia captain Ricky Ponting today said his side was well on course for a win against India but losing the in-form duo of Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds at crucial stages dashed their hopes. Ponting said India did well to keep wickets in their hands and rued that his side could not t

S Sreesanth, who was at his belligerent best in the first two cricket one-dayers against Australia before going uncannily quiet in the third match, mellowed down due to criticism of his volatile temper, said Robin Uthappa. "You guys have mellowed him down," Uthappa quipped at the p

Yuvraj Singh's heroic 121 went in vain as a ruthless Australia maintained their stranglehold in the series with a comfortable 47-run victory over India in the third cricket one dayer here today. The formidable Australians rattled up 290 for seven and then bundled out the home team for 24

Having taken a 2-0 lead in the One-day series against India, Australian captain Ricky Ponting today warned his teammates to guard against complacency and said it was important to keep the heat on the home team. Ponting said the lead taken by his team would be "pretty handy" and i

Three-time champions Australia sounded an ominous warning to their World Cup rivals thumping minnows Scotland by a record 203-run margin in the Group 'A' encounter here on Wednesday. The Aussies, smarting under a five-match losing streak and dethroned as world's number one one-day side,

Three-time champions Australia sounded an ominous warning to their World Cup rivals thumping minnows Scotland by a record 203-run margin in the Group 'A' encounter here on Wednesday. The Aussies, smarting under a five-match losing streak and dethroned as world's number one one-day side,

Scotland skipper Craig Wright won the toss and elected to field against defending champions Australia in the 'Group A' opener of the cricket World Cup here today. Australia left out injured all-rounder Andrew Symonds and pacemen Stuart Clark and Mitchell Johnson from the playing XI. Austr

World champions Australia will today take on minnows Scotland here in the second match of the ICC World Cup 2007. The Aussies, who have seen a series of defeats in the past, are also plagued by injuries to key players. The two-time defending champions lost five matches in a row last mont

'Turbunator' Harbhajan Singh has debunked the theory that having visited the Caribbean last year; the Indian team would hold an "advantage" at the World Cup in terms of knowledge of the conditions. "Only when we go there we will know about the conditions. And frankly I don'

Pace bowler Glenn McGrath thinks Australia have time to turn around their form slump before beginning their World Cup defence next month in the Caribbean. The world champions suffered a 3-0 whitewash against New Zealand, the rout completed by a one-wicket win for the Kiwis in Hamilton

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming said the collapse in Australia`s one-day form meant the World Cup starting next month is wide open. The five-wicket defeat of the world champions in Auckland on Sunday was the first time in ten years that Australia had lost four one-day matches in a r

Legendary spinner Shane Warne has launched a fresh attack on Australian coach John Buchanan`s heavy training workload, saying it exhausted the team before the finals leading to its failure in the recent cricket triseries. "If you are playing international cricket, all you wan

Former Australian captain Steve Waugh has said there was nothing wrong with being "under the pump" in the lead-up to a big event such as the World Cup. "You always want to be under pressure. It's a much better situation than going into a world cup and you feel as though ev

Australian batsman Michael Clarke has been ordered to return home from his team's short tour of New Zealand because of a hip problem. Clarke, who was originally selected as vice-captain for the three-match tour, missed Friday's series opener in Wellington after feeling pain in his hip the

Australia are in danger of losing their top position to a resurgent South Africa in the International Cricket Council (ICC) One-day International (ODI) Championship table following the Proteas' series win over Pakistan. ICC said Thursday that if Australia (120 points) lose their up

Australia's stand-in captain Mike Hussey is determined the world champions will not lose their position at the top of the one-day rankings under his leadership. Australia's shock tri-series finals defeat by England and South Africa's win over Pakistan have put Hussey's side under pres

Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been warned not to try and rush back from his shoulder injury too soon in order to play in the World Cup. Symonds has been named in Australia's squad despite undergoing bicep surgery only last week and he looks certain to miss the opening matches

Shane Warne suffered an injury scare in practice on Tuesday in Perth ahead of the third Ashes Test. Warne hurt his right elbow during fielding practice. However, after treatment the 37-year-old appeared to recover quickly and team bosses were quick to play down any concerns about his abi

Australia named a 15-man squad on Tuesday for their icc cricket world cup west indies 2007 defence including injured all-rounder Andrew Symonds and fast bowler Shaun Tait. Symonds is likely to miss the opening matches of the tournament as he continues his recovery from a ruptured bicep te

England registered a win by 92 runs over the mighty Australians in a tri-series one-day international at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday. The victory ends a run of nine straight losses to Australia. Joyce made 107 and Ian Bell 51 to help England an imposing total of 292 for seven from