Openers Mike Hussey and Matthew Hayden hit centuries as Australia, replying to the West Indies' first innings of 149, amassed 256 for 1 by close of day 2 in the second Test.
Matthew Hayden's chances of playing in the third Test in Perth are slim with the opener saying he was not sure whether he can recover in time for the match beginning January 16.
The opener's record-breaking knock of 380 against Zimbabwe was 'phenomenal performance concentration-wise', said Steve Waugh.
Australia, chasing England's first-innings total of 373, closed a truncated second day of the fifth Ashes Test on 112 without loss
While former Test batsman Michael Slater has called for the axing of his old opening partner Matthew Hayden.
The scheduling of the ICC Champions Trophy in the English autumn has perplexed the Australian captain.
Cricket should be seen as a game only and not be mixed with politics, former Indian Test cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar said.
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Matthew Hayden says Australia are the leading cricketing team in the world because its players don't play for personal milestones.
Indian vice-captain Rahul Dravid led the Test batting honours for the second straight week.
Australian head coach Justin Langer has one piece of advice for young sportsperson across the world -- stay away from social media. With the advent of social networking sites, sportsperson around the world, at times, have to deal with abusive and threatening messages online and Langer believes "zero social media" is the key.
Australia beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in their last Super Eights game to enter the last four of the Twenty20 World Championship.
Stuart Clark took five wickets for 55 on his debut to snatch the advantage for Australia on the first day of the first Test against South Africa.
The West Indies captain posted the highest individual Test score on Monday, passing Matthew Hayden's 380 on the third day of the fourth and final Test against England.
Sri Lanka were set 352 to win the first Test after Australia, 161 runs behind after the first innings, amassed 512 for 8 on day 4.
Matthew Hayden provided the recipe for a New Zealand thumping as Australia won the second match by 106 runs.
Interesting numbers from day two of Ranchi Test
Australia's chairman of selectors, Trevor Hohns, said that the left-hander was being given a rest to freshen up.
Australia's skipper said the opening pair got more runs than he had expected in the tri-series match against Zinmababwe.\n\n
Australia were 229 for three in their first innings, trailing West Indies by 176 runs
The Australian opener became the first player in Test cricket to score 1,000 runs in four consecutive calendar years.
An elated Mumbai Indians' mentor Sachin Tendulkar said that staying together in adverse situation has been key ingredient to their franchise's success in the Indian Premier League cricket tournament.
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