Michael Clarke has been christened the captain of the Australian side for the tour of Bangladesh after Ricky Ponting decided to step down from the position. Clarke will take over the role of the leader of both, the ODIs and the Test matches. On this particular tour of Bangladesh, Australia

The Australian side will look to overcome their injury issues before the starof the World Cup but the coach Tim Nielsen has said that he hoped that the selectors did not risk getting in players who were not fully fit for the World Cup. The Australian injury roster grew during their recently co

Ricky Ponting, the current Australian skipper has said that if his side loses to the English cricket team in the forthcoming Ashes, he could well have played his last game as a captain of the Australian cricket team. Ponting has already become the first captain in many decades to lose the Ashe

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suggested that there could be a possibility of having four-day test matches from the future in order to protect the future of the format and enrich it further in order to get the crowds in. Talking to an Indian magazine, Morgan said, "Another th

The Australian cricket team breathed a huge sigh of relief today when captain Ricky Ponting was cleared for the upcoming seven-match one-day series in India. Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel confirmed that Ponting, who suffered a hamstring strain during the ongoing Twenty20 Wor

Australian Institute of Sports today enhanced their chances of making the final of the Buchi Babu Memorial Cricket Tournament by taking a first innings lead of 197 runs against Combined District on the second day of their three-day semi-final match here. In the other truncated se

Cricket Australia will quiz Ricky Ponting and his men on whether they use recreational drugs as part of its plans to draw up a tougher drug policy. According to 'The Age', Swimming Australia is about to introduce out-of-competition testing for recreational drugs and cricket and rugby boards

Australian pace spearhead Brett Lee was Friday ruled out of next month`s World Cup in Caribbean with an ankle injury, Cricket Australia said. It is a shattering blow for the Australians, whose World Cup-strength bowling attack was flayed by New Zealand in last weekend`s 3-0 Chappell H

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