One of international cricket's fiercest rivalries resumes after six weeks when Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 'Men in blue' battles it out with Michael Clarke's team at the Sydney Cricket Ground for a place in the final of the ICC's showpiece event against New Zealand, who beat South Africa by four wickets in a thriller in Auckland on Tuesday. A factfile on the teams.
Australia dominated with bat, ball and in the field to post their second successive innings victory over Pakistan
Rajneesh Gupta presents interesting numbers at the start of India-Australia Test series.
Australia's cricketers have returned home from their triumphant tour of India with an unexpected problem over the make-up of their team.
Pre-tournament favourites Australia currently occupy third spot in Pool A.
The ICC on Tuesday confirmed that TV umpire communications during decision-making will be put to air for the knock-out stages of the World Cup.
The December 19-21 match will be India's final preparation for the third test against Australia starting in Melbourne on December 26.
Maxwell was both mocked and praised after video emerged of him making a 'choking' gesture.
'I think there's a bit of safeguarding towards the potential of India not coming (on a tour in December/January) which is worth something like 250 to 300 million dollars'
Before rain intervened in the Old Trafford Test to leave Australia's Ashes comeback hopes in grave doubt, an annoyed Michael Clarke remonstrated with umpires after they ordered players off the ground for bad light on Sunday.
Some New Zealand players may have decided to call time on their One-day or international careers but there will be no immediate announcements to allow Australia to bask in their World Cup triumph, skipper Brendon McCullum said on Sunday.
With two confident teams going head-to-head in a blockbuster World Cup semi-final on Thursday, it could be the tiniest mis-judgement, the smallest detail that decides whether Australia or India emerge triumphant.
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After facing allegations of racially vilifying South African born former coach Mickey Arthur and a revelation about Michael Clarke considering Shane Watson a 'cancer', Cricket Australia is set to be in more trouble as Nathan Bracken prepares to take the board to the New South Wales Supreme Court on July 31.
Fast bowler Jason Gillespie and opening batsman Michael Clarke guided Australia to a convincing 3-0 series whitewash over Zimbabwe.
Australia beat New Zealand by 87 runs in the third one-day international in Auckland on Saturday to take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.
Abdul Razzaq's all-round performance helped Pakistan hand Australia their first defeat of the ODI series.
Michael Clarke finished on 103 not out to guide Australia to a nine-wicket victory over Pakistan.
Former Australian skipper Mark Taylor has come out and praised Virat Kohli for the way he marshalled the Indian team in the first Test here, saying the young batsman knows how to play cricket Down Under.
Michael Clarke and Adam Gilchrist blasted centuries as Australia opened up 211-run lead in the first innings at the end of the third day in the first Test.
Jacob Oram blasted a career-best 126 not out to help the Kiwis reach a first innings total of 353. Australia were 197 for four in reply.
George Bailey is resigned to the idea that he may well go from captaining Australia against England in the opener to being dropped.
'My teammates are always telling me to sit down because I'm making them nervous,' the latest Aussie prodigy tells Deepti Patwardhan.
The selectors saw a spark in Michael Clarke and showed faith in him. Now, says former Aussie batsman Michael Slater, he is repaying that faith.
Captain Michael Clarke gave a graphic illustration of the raw emotions of the Australia team when he broke down repeatedly while paying tribute to former team mate Phillip Hughes on Saturday.
The 23-year-old credited his success on a dry, spin-friendly pitch in Bangalore to the experience he had gained in ODIs.
Australia captain Michael Clarke is disappointed at the alleged involvement of international cricketers in match-fixing but was "happy, satisfied and confident" that his own team were not corrupt, he said on Wednesday.
