Stuart Broad claimed a career-best five for 23 to help England thrash South Africa by 10 wickets in the second one-day international in Nottingham on Tuesday.
Adam Gilchrist's decision to move states and stay behind the stumps 13 years ago was rewarded on Saturday when he replaced Ian Healy as Australia's most successful Test wicketkeeper.
Michael Clarke, tipped to succeed Ricky Ponting as the Test captain, was named Australia's captain for the Twenty20 match against New Zealand at the WACA on December 10.
The Aussie wicketkeeper says that after looking at the Indian youngsters, he began to wonder whether his days as a power-hitter are all but over.
They announced a 15-man squad on Tuesday for the World Cup starting next month in the West Indies.
Mike Hussey will lead Australia for the three-match Chappell-Hadlee Trophy one-day series against New Zealand.
Ponting and Gilchrist, who hit centuries in the first Test against Bangladesh, today joined a select club of batsmen.
Retired Australian stumper Adam Gilchrist says the inaugural Indian Premier League was comparable to the Olympics when they were in Sydney. 'But the Olympics was about two weeks, this was 45 days every night,' he was quoted as saying by The Australian.
Brad Hodge will take his place in the team with Adam Gilchrist assuming the captaincy.
The South African wicketkeeper said he is after Ian Healy's mark of 395 dismissals in Tests.
Australia's stand-in captain said Brad Haddin, who filled in for Ponting in the first ODI, did a great job.
Brett Lee claimed the first hat-trick as Australia thrashed Bangladesh by nine wickets in a Super Eight game of the Twenty20 World Cup.
The serial blasts in Jaipur may have left Shane Warne and Shane Watson in absolute panic but fellow Australian Adam Gilchrist refrains from any knee-jerk reaction and hopes the show --the Indian Premier League-- will go on.
Australia's stand-in captain acknowledged the world champions were comprehensively outplayed in the opening one-day international against South Africa.
Gilchrist, 34, the leading one-day stumper, caught Kevin Pietersen off left-arm paceman Mitchell Johnson for one run to reach the milestone.
Much before hitting his "best ever Twenty20 knock" to power Deccan Chargers into the final of the Indian Premier League, Adam Gilchrist knew his side would win by six wickets. In fact, he had written this prediction on a piece of paper on the morning of the semi-finals.
Shane Watson was the most valuable player of IPL 2008. Who will it be this time? Any of the top five ranked players has a chance, with Suresh Raina being the current favourite.
The fast bowler took five for 58 to follow up on Ricky Ponting's brilliant century as Australia beat India by 18 runs.
Australia will use this month's Malaysian one-day tournament to try out different players and combinations, their captain Ricky Ponting said on Saturday.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting may be struggling to cope with the demands of a long summer in the spotlight and a hectic schedule.
.His match-winning knock against Sri Lanka on Friday may have given him a "perfect" farewell at the WACA but retiring Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist said it would count for nothing if his side fails to rein in a rampaging Indian team in the ongoing tri-series.
Adam Gilchrist scored a century in his last match at the WACA as Australia easily beat Sri Lanka in the CB Tri-series.
The 35-year-old said continuing with his Test career is a priority for him and he is prepared to quit the shorter version of the game for this.
Australia named an unchanged squad on Monday for the second and final Test against New Zealand in Adelaide which starts on Friday.
Australia left wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist out of an 18-man squad for next month's tri-nations tournament in Malaysia.
World champions India were beaten by Australia by nine wickets in a low-scoring Twenty20 match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. The Indians were bundled out for a paltry 74 in 17.3 overs and the home team rattled up the required runs in just 11.2 overs.
The dropped catch of VVS Laxman in the Adelaide Test was the moment which compelled Adam Gilchrist to decide that it was time quit.
Michael Clarke said Australia would do everything to win the Adelaide Test as a tribute to Adam Gilchrist.
Fomer England captain Mike Atherton feels players will now be duty bound to keep walking when they feel they are out.
Australia's stand-in captain Adam Gilchrist won the toss and elected to bat in the first Test against India.
Left-arm seamer Mitchell Johnson, who consistently claimed top-order wickets during the recent ODI series in India, is also likely to get the nod ahead of Shaun Tait.
Captain Ricky Ponting stroked 107 not out while Adam Gilchrist smashed a 26-ball half century to guide Australia to a seven-wicket victory in their first one-day match against New Zealand in Adelaide on Friday.
The ace leg-spinner is in favour of making Michael Clarke vice-captain of the Australian cricket team.
'The revenue is going to go down significantly, 50% they are banking on at the moment and that's an optimistic position, I believe. The players will take a whack.'
South African great AB de Villiers revealed that he sees a lot of himself in young Australian batsman Josh Philippe.
Australia's captain scored a brave unbeaten century in a three-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first Test.
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