John Buchanan, who coached Australia to the last two of their three successive World Cup wins, has backed Ricky Ponting to lead them back into the final again in 2011 despite their recent Ashes humiliation.
Despite turning down an offer to coach England, John Buchanan could be seen in a consultancy role with Andrew Strauss' team at the forthcoming Ashes series against Australia.
'Ponting would have been dropped had he not retired in 2012'
IMAGES from the Australian Open matches played on Friday.
Former Australia cricket coach John Buchanan is to take up a short-term consultancy role with the England and Wales Cricket Board later this month.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the USTA would take "extraordinary precautions" to protect players, including robust testing, additional cleaning, extra locker room space and dedicated accommodation.
Former Australia assistant coach Jamie Siddons is suing Cricket Australia because he hurt his shoulder throwing cricket balls, local media reported on Thursday. Fox Sports television said Siddons had lodged a writ in the Victorian Supreme Court seeking compensation for the damage to his right shoulder.
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The Australian team may have been on decline since he took over as the coach but Tim Nielsen continues to have the backing of the country's board, which today extended his contract until the 2011 World Cup. Nielsen's contract was due to expire after the 2009 Ashes tour of England and Cricket Australia (CA) said it is "delighted to have retained his services for the next three years".
Batsmen Usman Khawaja, Adam Voges and Joe Burns have been rewarded for their strong form over the past 12 months by being awarded central contracts by Cricket Australia on Friday.
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The Australian coach said he noticed Kevin Pietersen always fielded in the outfield away from his team mates.
Tim Paine explained why he had been in no mood to celebrate the draw.
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The Aussie wicketkeeper reached hundred off 57 balls in the third Ashes Test against England on Saturday.
"Make 700 and bowl them out for under 150 on the last day," Buchanan told a news conference when asked about his team's strategy.
A summary of the second day's play at the US Open.
From rocker Mick Jagger to former prime minister John Major, the English were gripped by cricket mania as England met Australia in the decisive final Ashes Test.
IMAGES from Australian Open matches played at Melbourne Park on Friday
Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea finished second in Ashe/Smith Group after losing to the Italian pair of Fabio Fognini and Simone Bolleli in their last group match in the ATP World Tour Finals , at the O2 Arena, in London, on Thursday.
The 33-year-old will play his last Test when he faces India in the 5th Test at the Oval on Friday.
The decision left everyone wondering if the on-field umpires faltered in calling off the game, but the Vidarbha player, said nothing like that had happened.
During Buchanan's time in charge, the Australians set a world record of 16 consecutive Test wins and 21 straight limited-overs victories.
Having enjoyed two successful stints with Australian cricket, American fielding guru Mike Young, who has also had a stint with India in December last year, is set to join the Kangaroos once again ahead of the ODI tri-series against India and England.
Images from Day 1 of the US Open in New York, on Monday.
Australia dropped batsman George Bailey from the squad for their three-Test tour of South Africa on Monday and brought uncapped Alex Doolan and Shaun Marsh into the 15-man party. Bailey made his debut in the first Test of the recently-concluded Ashes series, but scored only 183 runs at an average of 26 as an unchanged Australia romped to a 5-0 sweep of England.
IMAGES from Day 3 of the 1st Test between England and Pakistan played at Lord's on Saturday
He leads the men's seedings ahead of defending champ Roger Federer, with Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov seeded third.
Australia have put fast bowlers Doug Bollinger and Nathan Coulter-Nile on standby for next week's third Ashes Test against England in Perth should any of the current pacemen break down during the second Test in Adelaide, starting on Thursday.
As many as 10 decisions by rookie West Indian umpire Joel Wilson and Pakistan's Aleem Dar were overturned by the Decision Review System during last week's Edgbaston Test. There were at least five more errors that went unreviewed.
The success of the American women at this year's US Open is nothing else than a reward from the Williams sisters' inspiration
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Rohit Sharma won the prestigious Maruti Suzuki ESPN Cricinfo award for the third year in a row.
Novak Djokovic heads into his US Open final clash with Juan Martin del Potro on Sunday knowing he faces a challenge - a very big challenge indeed.
IMAGES from Day 7 of the US Open on Sunday
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