Cricket great Sam Loxton, a member of Australia's 1948 Invincibles team, has died at the age of 90.
The twin blasts in Bangalore has sounded alarm and the Cricket Australia said they would talk to the Indian Premier League authority soon to take stalk of the security situation in the country.
In an unpublished newspaper column, the Australia all-rounder panned Cricket Australia for not allowing the players join the Indian Premier League.
Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday said Saturday's serial blasts in New Delhi will have no impact on Ricky Ponting's team's upcoming India tour, unless it is otherwise persuaded. He said Australia's tour is on and as scheduled, the team was planning to leave for the subcontinent on September 21.
Peter Young, spokesman for the Australian Cricket Board, said the safety of players comes first and all the standard procedures laid down before undertaking a foreign tour would be applied in this case as well. His statement came after the serial blasts in Delhi in which more than 20 persons lost their lives and more than 90 are still in various hospitals in the capital receiving medical attention
Australian officials say they are obliged to go ahead with their scheduled tour of Zimbabwe despite calls from the government to boycott the trip.
Blasts in India do not trigger the kind of security concerns that they do in Pakistan's case, says Cricket Australia while insisting that it cannot be accused of hypocrisy if it opts to play in India but refuses to tour Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. Australia tour India in October and would be carrying out a security inspection in the country next month to assess the situation.
Cricket Australia said it would investigate the team's reported rude nudging of BCCI president Sharad Pawar.\n
Cricket spectators in Sydney have been warned that they will be thrown out of grounds if they indulge in racist behaviour against fellow spectators or players.
India suffered its worst One-Day International series defeat in New Zealand, losing 0-4, after being trounced by 87 runs in the inconsequential fifth and final match in Wellington on Friday.
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