Sydney:The Australian government signalled Friday that it is likely to call on the country's world champion cricketers to cancel a planned tour of Zimbabwe this year.
The stage is set for some fiery action as we reach the decisive phase of the World Cup; just three matches away from discovering the World Champion team.
Mumbai:Australians were at the heart of two of the biggest cricketing stories of 2006 with controversial umpire Darrell Hair excluded from the ICC elite panel after Pakistan blamed him squarely for their forfeiture of the Oval Test in August.
Dubai:Australian skipper Ricky Ponting would look to recapture the top spot in LG ICC ODI Rankings for batsmen, which he lost to Indian stumper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, when the World Champions start their one-day campaign against Bangladesh in Chittagong tomorrow.
London:Australian opener Matthew Hayden believes England were an arrogant side under Nasser Hussain but have improved to become a more sociable team under the leadership of Michael Vaughan.
Dubai:Australia's dominance of both forms of the game was rewarded today as the ICC gave away a cheque of 500,000 dollars to Ricky Ponting's World Champion team for being the top side for the second successive year in the Test as well ODI Championship table.
More imagesLondon:Australia made it three One-day International wins in as many games against Pakistan at Lord's but the world champions were pushed all the way in a thrilling encounter.
London: England captain Nasser Hussain insisted on Monday his side was not fearful of taking on world champions Australia later this year despite its appalling record in Ashes contests.
New Delhi: The countrywide raids carried out by the Income Tax Department at the residential and business establishments of cricketing icons will strengthen the case of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing match-fixing in Indian cricket, at the prosecution stage.
New Delhi: The countrywide raids carried out by the Income Tax Department at the residential and business establishments of cricketing icons will strengthen the case of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing match-fixing in Indian cricket, at the prosecution stage.
