Melbourne:Australia's generous response to the Asian tsunami relief effort convinced star spinner Muttiah Muralitharan to play for Sri Lanka in the One-day series in Australia, skipper Marvan Atapattu said.
More imagesSydney:Media mogul Kerry Packer combined a love of making money with a typically Australian passion for sport, pausing in his relentless rise as the country's richest man only to revolutionise the international cricket world.
Sydney: The Iraqi war may have prevented Prime Minister John Howard from lavishing praise on Ponting's team in parliament on Monday, but the public will get their chance to salute the unconquered cricket team in an open-air reception in a square in Perth shortly after its arrival from South Africa.
Sydney: Shane Warne's 12-month ban from international cricket sparked mixed reactions from various quarters on Saturday with Test captain Steve Waugh saying it would be very difficult for the leg spinner to force his way back in the national squad.
Sydney: Prime Minister John Howard made a last minute appeal to the International Cricket Council (ICC) to shift Australia's World Cup match with Zimbabwe due to be played in Bulawayo on Monday.
Sydney: Prime Minister John Howard made a last minute appeal to the International Cricket Council (ICC) to shift Australia's World Cup match with Zimbabwe due to be played in Bulawayo on Monday.
Sydney: Cricketer Shane Warne's dramatic exit from the World Cup knocked the looming war with Iraq off the front pages in Australia on Wednesday as the sports-mad nation reacted with bewildered anger to the latest scandal engulfing its spin king.
Sydney: Cricketer Shane Warne's dramatic exit from the World Cup knocked the looming war with Iraq off the front pages in Australia on Wednesday as the sports-mad nation reacted with bewildered anger to the latest scandal engulfing its spin king.
Melbourne: Australia's squad will leave for South Africa on Thursday unsure whether its World Cup cricket match in Zimbabwe will go ahead as scheduled.
Melbourne: Australia's squad will leave for South Africa on Thursday unsure whether its World Cup cricket match in Zimbabwe will go ahead as scheduled.
