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.
Interesting numbers from day two of Ranchi Test
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.
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.
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.
The world champions, replying to England's 373 took their score from 112 without loss to 277 for two.
The match is being held in Perth. This is Zimbabwe's first Test in Australia.
The left-hander Hayden hammered 150 runs before the tourists closed on 561 for 6 in reply to the Essex first innings of 502 for four.
India's premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin described Mahendra Singh Dhoni as a "massive influence" on his career, revealing that at the beginning of his IPL stint, he was driven by an intense desire to get the former captain's attention. Ashwin got his contract with CSK, one of the most successful IPL sides, in 2008 and said the stint with the three-time IPL champions shaped his career.
US captain Richard Staple said the hammering from Australia in the Champions Trophy match was an experience for his team.
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