Damien Martyn was named Test player for the year and Andrew Symonds the best one-day player.
The fast bowler took five for 58 to follow up on Ricky Ponting's brilliant century as Australia beat India by 18 runs.
England are second in the world Test rankings behind Australia, who have also won 11 out of their last 12 Tests.
Australia's senior cricketers are playing down suggestions they might retire en masse if they win back the Ashes.
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.
Captain Adam Gilchrist said his team will guard against complacency on day 3 of the first Test.
Brad Hodge will replace Ricky Ponting on Australia's cricket tour of India while the captain recovers from a broken thumb.
The recent ODI tour of the Windies have cost the players their top slots.
Seamer Mitchell Johnson claimed his first five-wicket haul in one-day internationals as Australia scored a crushing nine-wicket victory over India in the fifth one-dayer in Vadodara.
Australia, chasing 307 to win, were 212 for four at the close of the fourth day of the first Test against Bangladesh
Bangladesh reduced Australia to 145 for six after piling up a score of 427 in their first innings
Heavy spells of rain in this port city of Kerala have cast a doubt over Tuesday's one dayer, the second in the series, between India and Australia.
'There is a very fine margin between foolishness and bravado,' said the Indian captain, defending his decision not to continue with the match after rain subsided in the first ODI against Australia.
Harbhajan Singh was left out of the Indian line-up because of an injury he sustained during the nets on Friday evening.
The Aussies won the Group B match at the Twenty20 World Cup by 8 wickets and entered the Super Eight stage.
Australia levelled the five-match one-day international series against South Africa at 2-2 after a nerve-shredding one-wicket victory.
Australia beat New Zealand by four wickets in the warm-up match ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup.
India's Test stumper says the two spinners have more variety in their bowling.
Pakistan's captain disagrees with those who believe that Sachin Tendulkar is on the declines. 'He's good for another four-five years.'
'I had no doubt that Rishabh would be the best man for the job.'
The match is being held in Perth. This is Zimbabwe's first Test in Australia.
Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist on Sunday said his side's comprehensive eight-wicket victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League was a small step in restoring their confidence after their disastrous campaign last season.
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His open style of leadership has fetched Australia 10 victories in 13 Tests he has led the team.
Australia could find it difficult to retain their dominance in world cricket when the current squad retires, according to Test opener Justin Langer.
Matthew Hayden provided the recipe for a New Zealand thumping as Australia won the second match by 106 runs.
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.
Jacques Kallis became the first South African batsman to top the PricewaterCooper list in their latest ratings of Test cricketers.
The identification on the Test jersey is an initiative by the ICC to help fans connect with the players.
The upcoming tri-series affords an opportunity to Sachin Tendulkar to make strides in the ICC rankings after falling out of the top 20.
Former Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee led the tributes at much-loved cricketer Rod Marsh's funeral on Thursday, describing the wicketkeeper-batsman who died earlier this month as a unique man with whom he developed a lasting friendship.
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