Wayne Arthurs rode his booming serve to a 7-6 6-4 6-3 victory over Mounir El Aarej to give Australia a 1-0 lead over Morocco in their Davis Cup World Group playoff.
Santiago Freixa scored twice in Spain's 3-1 victory over the World cup runners-up.\n\n
The Tasmanian Cricket Association has dispelled doubts about the unpredictable nature of the track for the three-day match between the Indian and Australia 'A'.
"Staying grounded is a little bit easier here than in India," the Indian coach said.
He hit an unbeaten 140 as Australia posted 221 for 2 in their second innings at close on day 2 of the second Test against Sri Lanka.
The Australian team of Wayne Arthurs and Todd Woodbridge teamed up to beat Alex Corretja and Feliciano Lopez in the crucial doubles rubber.
The brothers claimed to be victims of an anti-Muslim conspiracy and accused police of fabricating evidence against them.
India coach Rajinder Singh believes the Asian style of attacking hockey will be the key to success.
Australia beat Papua New Guinea by nine wickets at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium
The Aussies scored onc ineach half for their second victory in the Hockey Australia Men's Challenge.
The ace off-spinner, who underwent a hernia operation in November, is likely to play in Thursday's game.
Earlier, in the third place play-off, Pakistan squandered a 1-0 lead against Australia 'A' to lose the tie 2-1.
Number 11 Ashton Agar made an astonishing record 98 on debut as Australia seized control of the first Ashes Test against England on a wildly fluctuating second day at Trent Bridge on Thursday.
India, Australia, Australia 'A' and Pakistan will play two tournaments between May 28 and June 8, in Perth and Sydney.\n\n
Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Friday said he will sign an agreement with India to sell uranium for non-weapon use. "Prime Minister Modi and I will today sign a nuclear cooperation agreement that will finally allow Australian uranium to India," he said while addressing a meeting, organised by industry chambers including CII and Ficci.
The 18-member team will be picked from among the 31 probables on May 12.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard made a public appeal on Wednesday for England to hand the Ashes urn over to Australia, saying it may give the battered English team an incentive to win the trophy back.
Lleyton Hewitt and Mark Philippoussis scored comfortable victories in the opening singles against Britain.
India A were back to winning ways as they defeated hosts South Africa 'A' by 18 runs via Duckworth Lewis Method in the second round-robin encounter of the tri-series tournament.
All-rounder Stuart Binny tormented the East Zone batsmen with his controlled swing bowling as they lost as many as 14 wickets with South Zone marching towards a comprehensive innings victory at the end of second day in the semi-final of the Duleep Trophy.
- 'Always strong at the psychological game, the Aussies put the pressure on the opponents, knew how to handle the pressure themselves and exploited virtually every situation to their advantage' - 'They are firmly and categorically told never to allow success to go to their heads. You don't find Australian cricketers getting even a little complacent'
Shreyas Iyer, whose swagger is taking batting to the next level, tells Rediff.com that when he gets the opportunity to don India colours he will make it count.
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Australia have named swashbuckling batsman Aaron Finch captain of the Twenty20 cricket team, replacing George Bailey, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Monday.
Karnataka youngster K L Rahul on his elation at being selected for the upcoming Test series against Australia and how he worked on his technique to improve his batting skills.
Sri Lanka's victory in the first Test at Galle will rank among the greatest comebacks of all time.
Ever since he saw him bat for the first time, as a tiny 11-year-old at his academy, Mangalore-based Karnataka State Cricket Association coach Samuel Jayaraj knew KL Rahul was destined for bigger things.
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