Opener Ian Bell plundered 187 off 145 balls and Stuart Broad captured four wickets as England crushed the Australian Prime Minister's XI by 60 runs in Canberra on Wednesday. Bell starred in England's imposing 391 for six to set the PM's eleven a run-chase of almost eight runs an over at Manuka Oval.
Australian scribe Samuel Ferris, who was at the receiving end of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's sarcasm-laden jibe for asking about his future plans in international cricket, shared his experience of being invited on the dais by the India skipper.
Images from Day 6 of the Australian Open in Melbourne, on Saturday.
Nathan Lyon grabbed four wickets and Jackson Bird claimed his first victim of the series as Australia restricted England to 238 for nine at stumps on Day 1 of the fourth Ashes Test on Friday.
Off-spinner Dan Cullen has been drafted into Australia's squad for the Champions Trophy in place of injured paceman Stuart Clark.
Shaun Tait fiery spell ensured Australia complete the clean sweep, as the hosts beat Pakistan by two runs in the one-off Twenty20 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
Chasing 294 for victory on a batting pitch, Hardik Pandya (78 off 72) and Manish Pandey (36 off 32) took India to the finish line after Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane had laid the platform for the victory with a 139-run opening stand.
Dr KN Lokesh basks in the joy of his son Lokesh being named in India's Test squad for the tour of Australia in conversation with Rediff.com's Harish Kotian.
The Barmy Army, also paid homage to the late left-hander by chanting "There's only one Phillip Hughes" to the tune of 'Winter Wonderland' during the opening session of the fifth day of the match.
India's poor sporting relations with neighboring Pakistan damaged cricket in the region, a top Indian cricket official said.
Captain Usman Khawaja and his opening partner, Joe Burns, smashed scintillating centuries as Australia 'A' thrashed a hapless India 'A' by 119 runs in the second tri-series match in Chennai on Friday.
Opener Gautam Gambhir says the hundred he scored on the first day of the second Test against England is special because the ball was doing quite a bit in the morning and India was six for one at that stage.
A series win for India in the four Test series against Australia would be a big step in becoming the best team in the world, Indian conditioning coach Paddy Upton said.
India, replying to Australia's first innings of 428, were 110 for 2 at stumps on Day 2 of the first Test.
Images from Day 2 of the three-day warm-up between Cricket Australia Chairman's XI and the touring Indians in Canberra, on Tuesday.
Out-of-favour India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has appealed to the cricket fans to respect Test captain Virat Kohli and his actress girlfriend Anushka Sharma's personal lives.
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Pakistan's cricket coach Waqar Younis believes that his team's first Test win over Australia in 15 years is the beginning of a new era for the game in the troubled country.
India pace spearhead Zaheer Khan is likely to play in Mumbai's next two Ranji Trophy games -- against Orissa at Cuttack later this month and Saurashtra at Rajkot next month. The selectors will monitor his progress in these two games before taking a final call.
The DRS will not be used when India will clash with Australia in the upcoming Test series but Channel 9, the official broadcaster, has decided to stick to technology such as Hot Spot and Eagle Eye for the sake of TV viewers.
Wasim Akram has been approached by the BCCI to be the team's fast bowling coach.
Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar paid tribute to retiring Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson on Tuesday, describing him as a special bowler.
Injury-ravaged and short of match practice he might be, but pacer Brett Lee still found a place in the 15-member Australian cricket squad announced on Tuesday for the World Twenty20 Championships starting next month in the West Indies.
Former Australian skipper Ian Chappell has come under fire for his comment on Proteas fast bowler Kagiso Rabada made during the first Test at the WACA in Perth, which offended the South African fans.
Images from matches played on Day 7 at the Australian Open in Melbourne Park on Sunday
With Mahela Jayawardene named coach of Mumbai Indians on Friday, speculation is rife that former Australia skipper and the IPL franchise coach Ricky Ponting may be in contention for a big role in a revamped Australian cricket.
Shane Watson also named in T20 squad to be captained by Aaron Finch
Sehwag, whose very selection for the tour raised eyebrows as he was not even in the list of probables for the series, has probably been left out to accommodate an in-form Yuvraj Singh.
Australia has had many great cricket captains so why such a fuss about Steve Waugh?
Images from matches played on Day 5 at the Australian Open in Melbourne Park on Friday
Usman Khawaja is not comfortable at being called the first Muslim to play Test cricket for Australia but has no issues if he is known as the first Pakistani-born player to wear the baggy green cap.
Reckoning it could well be his last tour of the region, senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf is keen to score heavily to enhance his stature when Pakistan tour New Zealand and Australia later this year.
Former world number one Andy Murray withdrew from the Brisbane International with a hip problem on Tuesday, further putting in doubt the Briton's prospects of being fit in time for the Australian Open later this month.
Now only Sachin Tendulkar - with 35 hundreds - is ahead of Lara in Test cricket.
MS Dhoni knows how to win World Cups and that goes quite a long way.
IMAGES of the all the action from Day 2 of the Australian Open played at Melbourne Park on Tuesday
The Australia all-rounder feels that the Indian team with its strong batting line-up will find the conditions challenging Down Under.
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