Cricket Australia said there is no change in the status of the Australia captain's thumb injury.
The World Cup would be a better tournament if there are fewer teams, Australian captain Ricky Ponting said, ahead of his team's opening match against eleventh-ranked Zimbabwe in Ahmedabad on Monday.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting is least bothered about the talk that his side are not the favourites to win Cricket World Cup this time but said they have the wherewithal to lift the coveted trophy for the fifth time.
Ponting also scooped the Captain of the Year award and was named captain of both ICC ODI and Test teams of the Year.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Wednesday said he was unaware why Michael Hussey was not given more time to regain fitness but added that the uncertainty over when he would recover could be the reason for dropping him from the World Cup squad.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting is baffled by his team's poor run of form but concedes the "doom and gloom" around the team will only be dispelled when they start winning again.
A call on David Warner's participation in the IPL game against Gujarat Titans will be taken only after the fitness test ahead of the match.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting, said, despite India's bowling woes in the recent few months, their batting is quite capable of winning games especially with the return of Yuvraj Singh and Virender Sehwag.
Ricky Ponting has suggested that cricket boards across the world take a leaf out of New Zealand's book and avoid scheduling international fixtures around the time the Indian Premier League (IPL) is on.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting on Monday attempted to diminish the Ashes fervour by stating that his team is desperate to triumph in India.
Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has revealed before the London court that he was with New Zealand batsman Brendan McCullum when the latter received a phone call from Chris Cairns regarding business proposal linked to match-fixing.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting says he can no longer be at his 'absolute best' with the bat but that should hardly be a surprise or concern as even an icon like Sachin Tendulkar is not at his peak anymore.
England's bowling attack will struggle to bowl out Australia in the Ashes if they prepare flat wickets
After their ignominious exit from the Twenty20 World Cup Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said they badly missed Andrew Symonds, whose absence affected the balance of his side.
Cricket's image has taken a beating due to the match-fixing scandal surrounding the Pakistan team, Australian captain Ricky Ponting said on Sunday as he called on the ICC to act fast and clean up the game.
Elated after leading his team to a second successive Champions Trophy title, Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said the "devalued" event has been revived in this edition, giving a much-needed boost to one-day cricket.
'All the fans in Australia are going to see a very, very, good player.'
Punjab Kings batter Shashank Singh is preparing for the upcoming IPL season with a focus on countering the 'familiarity factor' and improving his game.
Australia's two-time World Cup-winning captain Ricky Ponting believes India will have to over some mental demons to win an elusive ICC trophy.
The Australian skipper joined his family following the death of a relative.
Australia's grip on the first Ashes Test has been tempered by injuries to captain Ricky Ponting and fast bowler Glenn McGrath.
Ponting told Nine Network's 'A Current Affair' program that "They're (the BCCI) entitled to do whatever they think is appropriate at the time, but to me that would be a little bit extreme. "From what I, and the rest of the Australian players can take from the first two tests is a lot of fun and a lot of enjoyment. "You'd like to think that one little incident like this wouldn't bring undone all the great work that's been done over a long period of time."
Ricky Ponting's rant about England's alleged lack of respect for the spirit of the game rings hollow because Australia is the team which violates it most, said Ashes winning coach Duncan Fletcher.
Australia's captain was annoyed with his bowlers for letting India get so close in the first ODI. Only Peter Siddle was spared. That's because he gave away just four runs in the final over, with India needing nine for victory.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting has conceded that he would have to play through pain during the entire World Cup due to his finger injury.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has rated Brian Lara ahead of Sachin Tendulkar as he feels that the West Indian helped his team win more matches.
Vice-captain Adam Gilchrist was voted Australia's best one-day player.
A man who boasts a strike rate of 159.22 in the shortest format, Head became the fifth Aussie cricketer to score most runs in an over in T20Is.
Captain Ricky Ponting has dismissed talks of Australia being underprepared for the World Twenty20 Championships by missing the Indian Premier League (IPL) and said his side is instead "in the best shape" following the break before the big event. Ponting along with Michael Clarke and Mike Hussey, deliberately skipped IPL preferring rest ahead of a busy summer for them.
US captain Richard Staple said the hammering from Australia in the Champions Trophy match was an experience for his team.
The Australian captain urged his batsmen to get back to their best form.
Punjab Kings spin bowling coach Sunil Joshi says opener Prabhsimran Singh is showing 'greater maturity' this IPL season.
His recent poor run notwithstanding, Australian cricket team's stand-in skipper Ricky Ponting says he is still "worth a place" in the side but concedes that reputation alone won't be enough to get him the selectors' nod all the time.
Even before the day was through the Aussie media were singing hosannas to their Test captain-in-waiting.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting said his bowlers were a bit off the line with the reverse swinging ball in the Mohali Test and paid the price for that.
Captain Ricky Ponting has promised to maintain Australia's aggression against the West Indies in the team's quest to climb back to the top of the ICC Test world rankings.
Rival captains Anil Kumble and Ricky Ponting unveiled the Border-Gavaskar trophy at a simple function in Bangalore on Wednesday, the eve of the first Test.
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