A day of twists and turns saw Michael Clarke and Mitchell Johnson join hands with keeper Brad Haddin to bid goodbye to the Indian Premier League in favour of rest for better country commitments. Clarke is expected to lead the Australian side after the retirement of skipper Ricky Poin

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

Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat against India in their third one-day cricket match here today. Australia omitted Brad Haddin to bring in fit-again Ponting, who had missed the first two games due to hamstring injury. India have made just one change by bringin

Australian openers, Mathew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist have given flying start to their team against cricket minnow Scotland in a Group A match here at Warner Park. Australia were 82 runs without loss in the 15th overs. Gilchrist and Hayden are playing on 40 and 38 respectively at this mom

Vice-captain Adam Gilchrist will be available for Australia's entire World Cup campaign following the birth of his third child, Archie, on Saturday. He missed the recent Chappell Hadlee Trophy series defeat to New Zealand, to be with his wife, Melinda. But he is now expected to arrive befor

Matthew Hayden overcame a foot injury to post the highest individual score by an Australian in one day internationals in the third and final Chappell Hadlee Trophy match against New Zealand in Hamilton on Tuesday. With Australia trailing 2-0 in the series, the opener smacked an unbeaten 1

Adam Gilchrist will miss the warm-up matches when the defending champions begin their icc cricket world cup west indies campaign in the Caribbean starting next month. Gilchrist has reportedly been allowed to take compassionate leave as his wife Mel is due to give birth to their third chil