Australia begin their home summer in an unusually back-foot situation when the Trans-Tasman rivalry is renewed with the first test starting at the Gabba (Brisbane) on Thursday. New Zealand, on the other hand, realize that this is as good a chance as they have come across in recent times to bea

Once the top two sides in the world, South Africa and Australia head into an unusually-short two-test series starting from Wednesday. Cape Town will present the home side its first test match since the New Year's test against India. Australia, on the other hand, are gradually picking up under

Once again South African batting line up collapsed; as a result they were beaten once again by Australia. This time the difference was 93 runs. These two titans will be facing each other once again in the second ODI on Sunday, October 23 at 8:00 GMT. Their first ODI was a rain affected match.

The third and final Test between Sri Lanka and Australia will be played at Singhalese Sports Club in Colombo on Friday, September 16 at 10:00 IST or 4:30 GMT. Australia have now 1-0 lead in the series. It could have been 2-0 but rains saved Sri Lanka in the second Test match at Pallekele. T

For modern test matches limitation of time is five days but it didn't take not more than four days to thrash Sri Lanka in Galle though rain washed away a lot of time of the first test match of three matches series between Sri Lanka and Australia. Australia beat Sri Lanka comprehensively by

The third ODI between Australia and Sri Lanka will be played at the Hambantota ground and the home team will know that they have a mountain to climb. Sri Lanka have lost both their opening matches in the ODI series and another loss here will mean that the series will be lost. That is an eventual

It is the second ODI of the series between Sri Lanka and Australia and there cannot be any doubt that it will be most important one of the series for both the sides. If Australia can win it, it will mean that they will take a 2-0 lead in the series something that will be difficult to overcom

The second ODI between Sri Lanka and Australia will be played at the Hambantota ground on August 14. Hambantota had hosted a few matches in the World Cup this year and that had been its debut at the international level. Sri Lanka had gone into the ODI series as favourites, but the first match l

Australia will continue their tour of Bangladesh with the second game of the three-match series at the Shere Bangla Stadium in Dhaka. The Aussies had won the first ODI of the series rather easily at the same ground and have a 1-0 lead. They will now look to win this game to win the series but mo

The first ODI between Australia and Bangladesh in the three-match series will be played at the Shere Bangla stadium in Mirpur in Dhaka. This is a short series that has been conducted in order to get the ICC calendar requirements out of the way. Bangladesh had been patchy in their Worl

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 35th game of the World Cup will see Australia take on Canada in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. The match will be played on March 16 and will be played at the M Chinnaswamy in Bangalore. This will also be one of those games which have hardly any relevance, thanks to the fact that Austral

Australian captain Ricky Ponting has supported the ICC decision to reduce the number of teams for the ICC World Cup from its next edition. According to Ponting, it does make sense for the ICC to have a World Cup with only the top ten teams. The decision to go ahead with a World Cup with only ten t

South Africa defeated Australia in the second warm-up game for both the sides before the start of the World Cup 2011. This was Australia's second successive loss while South Africa won their second consecutive game. South Africa won by seven wickets and with many overs to spare. Unlike the last ga

India beat Australia in the first warm-up game for both the sides that was played before the World Cup at the M Chinnaswamy in Bangalore. India won by 38 runs and saw the Australian captain Ricky Ponting involved in issues on and off the field. Chasing 215 for a win, Ponting was the lone Australia

Australia will go into the 2011 edition of the World Cup without the presence of Michael Hussey and Nathan Hauritz, both of whom were dropped from the side because of their injury issues. Both suffered from injuries during the recently finished ODI series against England and have not yet recovered s

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

After some one way traffic the series between England and Australia saw England put on a decent show and win their first game of the series. The seven match series is poised 3-1 to Australia. Due to Jonathan Trott's all round performance, the series is alive and kicking. If Australia had won

Australia out of nowhere have found form and discipline to go 2-0 up in the seven match series. England, despite their good starts in the both the game cannot seem to get hold of the situations and force themselves into a winning position. The series which is going into Australia's favour imme

The series is evenly poised after a spectacular Australian show at Perth where they paced England out to win the match and level the series. To retain the Ashes England have to win just one of the two remaining Tests while Australia have to make sure they don't. Former players have said that psychol

England have taken a significant 1-0 lead in the five match Test series with three games to go. The hosts Australia are in all sorts of trouble, their bowling has been abysmal, batting has been dreadful and fielding has been sloppy. England completely outplayed Australia. Australians were chee

The two teams face off in the second one day international on Friday 5th November. This series is important to both the sides in preparation for the World Cup and also significantly important for Australians to gain some momentum before Ashes. Sri Lanka would be confident after impressive star

The short but important series is going to kick off on 3rd November. The series is important for two reasons: World Cup is just around the corner, Ashes is next month. The tour opener T20 was won comprehensively by Sri Lanka. That result may play a significant role on Wednesday's game.

After a historic Test series in which India came out victories, The bitter rivals face off at The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Sunday. The atmosphere would be electrifying as people would fly in to support India. The Test series was exciting, often balance shifting and thrilling. One

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 fifth and the final ODI of the England-Australia series will be play at the Mecca of cricket, the Lord's on Saturday. England has already won the series and were looking for a whitewash, before they lost the 4th ODI rather easily to lead 3-1 now. Australia will look to get back to their be

The Aussie selectors have chosen their list of 25 players who would be awarded the contracts for the next season. Despite dropping the senior guys like Stuart Clark and Nathan Bracken, there were contracts for some of the fresh talents like Doug Bollinger and Ryan Harris for 2010-11. Some of t

The top-order batsman for the Kings XI Punjab, Ravi Bopara is contemplating whether or not to participate in the third edition of the Indian Premier League. He has said that he will not depart for India till he is sure about the security situation in the country and has accordingly delayed his

After the one-sided nature of the ODIs, the fans from around the world, not the least from Australia, will hope that the first T20I between Australia and West Indies will be much more keenly fought. The Aussies had won the ODI series 4-0 with one match being abandoned. There is a new-look Au

The fifth and the final ODI between Australia and West Indies will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. The Aussies have already won the series 3-0 with one abandoned game and will look to make a clean sweep of the series and in the summer by winning it 4-0. The West Indian sid