New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum set a new record for the fastest Test century after lunch on the first day of the second Test against Australia on Saturday when he clouted exactly 100 runs in 54 balls.
Pankaj Advani completed a clean sweep of the 150-up and Timed formats titles after trouncing England's Robert Hall 1928-893 in the final of the World Billiards Championship in Leeds, on Wednesday night.
England are second in the world Test rankings behind Australia, who have also won 11 out of their last 12 Tests.
All-rounder Mitchell Marsh leads a 14-man squad packed with international experience, a group featuring Alex Carey, Ashton Agar, Peter Handscomb, Head, Jon Holland, Usman Khawaja, Joel Paris, Matthew Renshaw and Chris Tremain.
'Those who know Tendulkar well used to say that Tendulkar loved McEnroe's brain explosions because that was how he sometimes felt himself but he was never bold enough to reveal his inner self to the world.'
The reasons behind Australia's dominance: Readers' response.
His open style of leadership has fetched Australia 10 victories in 13 Tests he has led the team.
Riding on a superb all-round show, Gemini Arabians registered a massive 78-run win over Libra Legends in the opening match of the Masters Champions League Twenty20 tournament at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday. Put into bat, Gemini Arabians posted a massive 234 for three in their allotted 20 overs and in response the Libra Legends could manage only 156/8. The hero of the Gemini win was the pair of Kumar Sangakkara (86 runs 43 balls, 6x4, 7x6) and opener Richard Levi (62 runs, 43 balls, 4x4, 3x6). Together, they stitched together an 84-run partnership for the second wicket after skipper Virender Sehwag (21) got the tournament off to a rollicking start with a six off the first ball.
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.
National Football League will fine teams if players on the field refuse to stand for the national anthem
'Baggy Green worship made me want to puke'
Matthew Hayden provided the recipe for a New Zealand thumping as Australia won the second match by 106 runs.
'Dhoni was a very shrewd captain in terms of his out of the box thinking and getting the work done.'
Jacques Kallis became the first South African batsman to top the PricewaterCooper list in their latest ratings of Test cricketers.
Andrew Symonds claimed a career-best five for 18 as Australia won the tri-series match by ten wickets.
India's Test stumper says the two spinners have more variety in their bowling.
Rajneesh Gupta picks fun sledging through the decades.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly will join compatriot Virender Sehwag and other top cricketers from around the world in the inaugural edition of the Masters Champions League Twenty20 tournament, to be held in the United Arab Emirates in January.
New Zealand slumped to 11 for two in their second innings, trailing Australia by 80 runs, at the close of play on the third day of the third and final Test.
Australia crushed New Zealand by 122 runs at Napier on Saturday to complete a 5-0 sweep of their one-day series.
Australia cruised to a seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in their fourth one-day international in Wellington on Tuesday.
20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history. Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.
An Indo-Pak team could take on a Rest of the World team in four one-day matches this September or January 2005.
Abdul Razzaq's all-round performance helped Pakistan hand Australia their first defeat of the ODI series.
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first Indian wicketkeeper and the fourth overall to effect 300 dismissals in One Day Internationals when he caught Ross Taylor, off the bowling of Mohammed Shami, in the opening ODI against New Zealand in Napier on Sunday.
Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee have been left out of a 12-man Australian squad to play South Africa in a one-off Twenty20 international next week.
Justin Langer helped Australia recover from a top-order collapse to reach 357 for eight on the first day of the first Test against Pakistan in Perth.
The match is being held in Perth. This is Zimbabwe's first Test in Australia.
