Australia captain Ricky Ponting on Monday said if the match-fixing slur on his team's Sydney Test win over Pakistan is proved right, all individual milestones by his players in that game would be "tainted".
Mitchell Starc's send-off celebration after dismissing Indian opener Murali Vijay did not find approval from captain Steven Smith.
Cricket Australia (CA) Chief Executive James Sutherland has ruled out the possibility of former leg-spinner Shane Warne coming out of retirement to play in the Boxing Day and Sydney Tests of the Ashes series.
Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck has described the current Pakistan Test squad as a lightweight team, saying its performance have been 'awful' in the ongoing series Down Under.
South Africa retained the iconic Reliance ICC Test Championship mace and with it won a cash award of $500,000 following its 2-0 series win over the West Indies in Cape Town on Tuesday.
Cricket Australia (CA) has sought the details of its investigation into Pakistan's tour Down Under from the International Cricket Council (ICC) but insisted that the series was won fair and square by the hosts.
'There is the World Test Championship final, which we are aiming at, so we need to win a few games to achieve it.'
Continuing his tirade against Twenty20, embattled Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf on Thursday blamed the proliferation of this format for his team's bizarre defeat in the Sydney Test against Australia.
What happened at the Gabba on January 19, 2021 now sits at the pinnacle of India's most significant Test wins, declares Faisal Shariff.
'Pant can be your match-winner, he has the X-factor.'
The ghost of match-fixing has returned again to haunt the Pakistan cricket team, and this time it is wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal who seems to be under its glare.
Andrew Symonds claimed India spinner Harbhajan Singh 'broke down crying' while making peace after the infamous 'monkeygate' episode had sent the former Australian all-rounder into a downward spiral.
'It's important we learn from this and when we get back together as a red ball team, we face India and we can hopefully play our brand of cricket'.
After retiring from international cricket, former Australian opener Matthew Hayden intends to work with the government on an aboriginal cricket programme.
While efforts are being made by both Indian and Australian players to keep emotions under control in the current Test series, former stumper Adam Gilchrist questioning Sachin Tendulkar's honesty during the spiteful Sydney Test could open fresh wounds.
Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has been ruled out of next week's fourth Test against India because of the injury he sustained to his right hamstring during the third game in Melbourne.
Spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav left Australia reeling on 236/6.
South Africa will be without their injured captain Graeme Smith in the two Twenty20 and five ODI matches against Australia and Johan Botha would lead the side in his absence, coach Micky Arthur said in Sydney on Thursday.
Graeme Smith may have led South Africa to the pinnacle in the limited overs cricket but he is still comfortable with Shane Warne in the forefront of the Rajasthan Royals team in the Indian Premier League.
Harbhajan Singh's appeal against a three-Test ban for racial abuse got underway in the Adelaide Federal Court on Tuesday morning.
Not having Pant on that plane to England is a bigger surprise considering his stellar performances
Australian pace spearhead Brett Lee feels the Sydney Test furore that almost derailed India's cricket tour Down Under was a result of "contentious umpiring" and the World champions' much-cricticised behaviour was in no way responsible for the controversy.
Former New Zealand captain John Reid has lambasted Sunil Gavaskar for his comments against white Match Referees and demanded an action from the International Cricket Council (ICC) against the Indian batting great.
After former wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist created quite a stir with his revelations about the infamous Sydney Test in his book, it is the turn of skipper Ricky Ponting to give his take on the racism row that shook world cricket.
The whole of Australia maybe waiting with bated breath to know if Andrew Symonds will eventually tour India but his bete noire Harbhajan Singh says he just could not care less.
Out of the game for more than a year because of injury, all-rounder Andrew Flintoff is on the comeback trail with the England Lions in India.
Andrew Symonds was amused by the fact that he fetched more than captain Ricky Ponting and Brett Lee in the IPL auction.
What does the stump microphone recording, a new element in the racial charge against Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, show?
BCCI Chief Sharad Pawar is expected to discuss the controversial ban on Harbhajan Singh when top officials of the International Cricket Council meet in Dubai on Monday amidst the raging racism row and the umpiring blunders in the Sydney Test.
India have slipped a place to be seventh in the latest ICC Test rankings after losing the four-match away series against Australia 0-2.
The way we recovered from the Sydney defeat and won at Perth was just great, said the Indian skipper.
Unfazed by the happenings after the recent Sydney Test between India and Australia, West Indian umpire Steve Bucknor is ready to extend his contract with the International Cricket Council for another year.
ICC president elect David Morgan wants an increased use of technology to ensure against a repeat of the on-field controversies that marred the Sydney Test between India and Australia.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting said India skipper Anil Kumble had asked that the agreement of trusting the word of fielders on contentious low catches be cancelled at a meeting to iron out their differences.
India's coach-in-waiting Gary Kirsten on Sunday praised skipper Anil Kumble for leading by example in the ongoing series against Australia and said he would try to help the players focus on cricket after a tumultuous week in the aftermath of the Sydney Test.
Australian batsman Michael Clarke on Sunday said he spoke to Anil Kumble and sorted out the contentious issues raised by the Indian skipper after the acrimonious Sydney Test.
Australian cricketer Brad Hogg could be let off with a lighter punishment as the word 'bastard' allegedly used by him during the ill-tempered Sydney Test was not nominated by Anil Kumble among the racially offensive terms before the start of the series, a media report claimed.
India captain Anil Kumble hopes his tourists and Australia can put their controversial Sydney Test behind them when the two rivals meet again in the third match of the series at Perth next week.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly provided another perspective on the on-field behaviour of the under-fire Australian team, saying their conduct on the final day of the Sydney Test showed how desperate they were to win that match.
Former Australian skipper Steve Waugh has batted for a referral system to allow teams to challenge umpiring decisions.
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