Australia's cricket chief has given a vote of confidence to his under fire captain Ricky Ponting after seeing England regain the coveted Ashes with a 197-run triumph at The Oval on Sunday.
updated: Sun May 24 2009 15:55:00
Indian Premier League Chairman Lalit Modi explains why the cricket league is a financial success.
Deccan Chargers are the Indian Premier League champions after Pragyan Ojha led a spirited bowling display to help seal a six-run victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore in Johannesburg.
Captain Adam Gilchrist blasted the fastest half-century in Indian Premier League history to lead the Deccan Chargers into the final on Sunday with a comfortable six-wicket victory over tournament favorites Delhi Daredevils.
Shahid Afridi claimed six victims to pave the way for Pakistan to claim victory by four wickets in their opening one-day international against Australia in Dubai.
South Africa finished their tour of Australia on another high as they beat the home side by 39-runs in the final one-day international to replace the hosts at the top of the world rankings in the 50-over game.
Former Australian Test star Geoff Lawson has been sacked as coach of Pakistan after 16 months in charge.
Adam Gilchrist treated the crowd to a typical quickfire 83 in his final appearance at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) but Australia crumbled to a 13-run defeat to Sri Lanka in their one-day international.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting made a spectacular return to form with 124 to lead Australia to an 18-run victory over India in the one-day series in Sydney.
India collapsed to a 50-run defeat to Australia in the latest one-day international in Adelaide on Sunday after appearing set for their second successive win over the home side.
England captain Paul Collingwood was man of the match as his side hit back after two heavy defeats to take the third one-day international against New Zealand in Auckland.
Australian left-arm paceman Nathan Bracken took five wickets as they thrashed Sri Lanka by 128 runs in their one-day international triangular series match in Sydney on Friday.
Australia thrashed Twenty20 world champions India before a massive 84,000 crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
Adam Gilchrist's glittering Test career drew to a close as the fourth and final Test against India in Adelaide ended in a draw to give the Australians a 2-1 series victory.
Centuries by Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke all but secured the Australia-India test series for the home side on the fourth day of the fourth and final test on Sunday.
World record-breaking wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist has announced he will retire from cricket at the end of the Australian summer.
Indian maestro Sachin Tendulkar made 150 for the 17th time in his outstanding Test career and captain Anil Kumble weighed in with 87 as India amassed an imposing 526 in the fourth Test against Australia in Adelaide.
Sachin Tendulkar responded to the occasion, stroking his 39th Test hundred for India in what will likely be his last Test in Australia.
India ended Australia's brave bid for a record 17th consecutive Test victory by claiming a 72-run win in the third match at the WACA in Perth and reducing the tourists' series deficit to 2-1.
Captain Anil Kumble celebrated his 600th Test scalp as India claimed a 118-run first innings lead on Thursday to leave Australia fighting to achieve a world record 17th straight Test victory.
Australia were accused of unsportsmanlike conduct after equaling their own world record of 16 consecutive Test triumphs with a dramatic 122-run victory over India on Sunday.
Sachin Tendulkar hit his 38th Test century to help India take a 69-run first innings lead over Australia in the second Test match in Sydney.
Australia secured their 15th consecutive Test victory as India crashed to a 337-run defeat on the fourth day of the first Test in Melbourne.
Australian fast bowlers Brett Lee and Stuart Clark claimed four wickets apiece as India crumbled to 196 all out, 147 runs behind, on the second day of the first Test at Melbourne.
Australia regained the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy after thrashing New Zealand by 114 runs in the third and final one-day international at the Bellerive Oval on Thursday to win the series 2-0.
Paceman Shaun Tait and all-rounder Brad Hogg are back in the Australia team to play India in the first test at Melbourne, starting on December 26.
Adam Gilchrist became the first player to hit 100 sixes in Test cricket during an unbeaten 67 out of Australia's 542 for five declared in the second Test against Sri Lanka.
Australia require five more wickets as they target an innings victory in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Brisbane.
Sri Lanka are staring at an innings defeat in the first Test in Brisbane as they trail Australia by 260 runs with two days to go having been made to follow on.
Australia notched up a massive 551-4 before declaring and reducing Sri Lanka to 31-2 at close of play on day two of the first Test at Brisbane.
Jamie Siddons, considered by many experts to be the best Australian batsman never to have played Test cricket, has been appointed coach of Bangladesh's national team.
Australia lost all-rounder Shane Watson to injury as they comfortably defeated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets to book their place in the semifinals of the world Twenty20 championship in Cape Town.
Australian paceman Brett Lee achieved the first Twenty20 hat-trick as his side eased to a nine-wicket Super Eights triumph at Newlands.
World Cup holders Australia were on the wrong end of one of cricket's great upsets when they crashed to a five-wicket defeat by Zimbabwe in a World Twenty20 contest at a rain-drenched Cape Town.
England won the toss and elected to bat in their critical World Cup Super Eights match against Australia at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Sunday.
Australia pace bowler Glenn McGrath became the highest World Cup wicket-taker when he took his tally to 57 as his side coasted to a 10-wicket win in a rain-shortened Super Eights match against Bangladesh on Saturday.
Shaun Tait's four for 33 and a typically aggressive 72 from Adam Gilchrist were the key contributions as world champions Australia restored normal service by beating England by five wickets in a World Cup warm-up in St Vincent.
Bangladesh secured a stunning pre-World Cup warm-up victory over New Zealand at the 3Ws Stadium on Tuesday.
Australia named fast bowler Shaun Tait, wicketkeeper Brad Haddin and injured all-rounder Andrew Symonds on Tuesday in a 15-man squad for their World Cup defense.
All-rounder Shane Watson has been recalled to the Australian team for the tri-series one-day international finals, as a replacement for the injured Andrew Symonds.
Irish-born opener Ed Joyce scored a century as England ended a run of nine straight losses to Australia by beating the world champions by 92 runs in a tri-series one-day international at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.
Australia held on to beat New Zealand by just eight runs in a high-scoring tri-series one-day international featuring three centuries at the WACA.
Australia amassed a Twenty20 record total of 221 for five as they continued their total domination of England with a 77-run annihilation in Sydney.
Shane Warne marked his farewell Test by showing his prowess as a batsman, hammering an explosive 71 as Australia stayed on course for an Ashes whitewash over feeble England in Sydney.
An emotional Justin Langer has announced he is joining his Australian team mates Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath by retiring from international cricket after the final Ashes test.
Andrew Symonds and Matthew Hayden both made centuries as they shared a 279-run partnership to put Australia in complete control of the fourth Ashes test against England in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Adam Gilchrist flayed England's attack for a 57-ball century and joined Michael Clarke and Michael Hussey in reaching three figures as Australia moved ever closer to regaining the Ashes.
England lost three wickets in the last hour before stumps to crash to 53 for three in reply to Australia's commanding 602-9 declared on the second day of the first Ashes test on Friday.
World champions Australia defeated a fighting New Zealand by 34 runs on Wednesday to reach their maiden Champions Trophy final, in India.
Damien Martyn stroked 78 to spur world champions Australia to a six-wicket victory over England in their must-win Champions Trophy Group A tie on Saturday.
Experienced fast bowler Glenn McGrath has been rushed back into Australia's squad for the Champions Trophy in India.
Australia's cricketers are opposed to a Pakistan proposal to abolish the laws on ball tampering.
Adam Gilchrist steered Australia to a four-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first one-day international in Chittagong on Sunday.
Australia crushed Bangladesh by an innings and 80 runs in the second test at Chittagong, to complete a 2-0 series whitewash on Thursday.
Australia were 76 for one at the close after they had bundled out Bangladesh for 197 on the opening day of the second and final Test in Chittagong on Sunday.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting scored a brave unbeaten century to lead his side to a three-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first test in Fatullah.
Shahriar Nafees struck his maiden Test century to lift Bangladesh to 355 for five at the close of play on day one of the first Test against Australia.
Shane Warne grabbed six wickets as Australia beat South Africa by 112 runs in the second Test in Durban on Tuesday for a 2-0 series triumph.
Australian paceman Brett Lee claimed two late wickets to leave his team in control after the second day of the opening Test against South Africa in Cape Town on Friday.
All-rounder Andrew Symonds will return to the Australian side for the fourth one-day international against South Africa after recovering from a thigh strain.
Skipper Graeme Smith hit a superb century to steer South Africa to a convincing six-wicket win over Australia in their first one-day international.
Tillakaratne Dilshan ran out four players in a brilliant display of fielding to inspire Sri Lanka to a stunning 22-run win over Australia in the first one-day final in Adelaide.
South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini ripped through Australia's fragile middle-order to skittle them for 258 on the opening day of the first Test.
Australia have named a new-look squad, including one-day debutant Brad Hodge and uncapped paceman Michael Lewis, for the one-day series against New Zealand.
Ricky Ponting rescued Australia from an early batting collapse with a captain's century on the opening day of the first Test match against the West Indies.
Matthew Hayden completed a century and Adam Gilchrist was racing towards another as Australia amassed 331 for six on the opening day of the ICC super Test with the Rest of the World.
Australian fast bowler Brett Lee ripped the top off the World XI's batting lineup to lead his side to a 156-run victory in the third and final one-day international.
Adam Gilchrist scored Australia's fastest ever limited overs century to help his country wrap up their one-day series against the World XI with a 55-run win.
Leg spinner Cameron White, rushed into the Australia squad after an injury to Brad Hogg, has been named in the team for the opening one-day match against the World XI in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Simon Jones and Ashley Giles took three wickets apiece as ruthless England threatened to force Australia to follow on in the third test at Old Trafford.
Left-arm spinner Ashley Giles answered his critics in the best possible fashion as England took control of the second Ashes test against Australia.
Brett Lee ripped the heart out of the England batting and Ricky Ponting stroked a century as Australia cruised to a seven-wicket win to level their three-match one-day series 1-1 at Lord's.
England and world champions Australia completed an extraordinary finish to tie their triangular series one-day final at Lord's.
Adam Gilchrist smashed an unbeaten run-a-ball half-century and Glenn McGrath edged closer to his 500th career wicket as Australia seized control of the third and final test with New Zealand.
Damien Martyn completed his 12th test century to put Australia in control of the second test with New Zealand.
Glenn McGrath captured six wickets as Australia bowled out New Zealand for 433 on the second day of the first test.
Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath produced a devastating spell of fast bowling to destroy Pakistan's top-order as Australia won Friday's opening one-day final in Melbourne by 18 runs.
Ricky Ponting scored his first century as test captain to put Australia in control of the final test against Pakistan.
Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar produced a fiery display as Australia battled to 203 for five by the close of the second day of the second test.
Australia demolished New Zealand's bowlers to open up a 211-run lead with two days remaining in the first test.
Off spinner Harbhajan Singh continued his dominance over Australia, routing them for 93 on a crumbling pitch to bowl India to a dramatic 13-run win in less than three days of the fourth and final test.
Anil Kumble kept home hopes alive on the second day of the fourth test in Bombay on Thursday after Australian pace bowler Jason Gillespie helped rout India for 104.
Jason Gillespie bowled Australia to their first series win on Indian soil since 1969 with a day to spare in the third match of the four-test series.
Australian captain Adam Gilchrist said he was disappointed when rain forced the second test against India to be abandoned as a draw on the final day.
Indian leg-spinner Anil Kumble achieved his sixth 10-wicket haul in tests to raise his side's hopes of a series-equaling win in the second test against Australia in Madras.
Shane Warne claimed the world test wicket-taking record on Friday but was still upstaged as Virender Sehwag smashed 155 to give India the edge over a bungling Australia in the second test.
Shane Warne equaled the world record for Test wickets but it was fellow leg-spinner Anil Kumble who stole the limelight with seven wickets for 48 runs on the first day of the second Test in Madras.
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Glenn McGrath took five wickets on his test return as Australia skittled Sri Lanka for 97 before setting them 312 to win after the second day of the first test on Friday.
Darren Lehmann scored his fifth test century to help Australia reach 314-6 at the close on the opening day of the third test against Sri Lanka.
Adam Gilchrist smashed 140 not out as Australia regained the initiative on the second day of the second test against Sri Lanka.
Australia vice-captain Adam Gilchrist was fined half his match fee for dissent on Tuesday for showing dissent in a one-day game against Sri Lanka.
Leg spinner Shane Warne has completed his rapid return to top-level cricket with his selection in the Australian Test side to tour Sri Lanka next month.
Australia were facing a desperate battle to avoid their first series loss at home in over a decade after India tightened their grip on the fourth Test in Sydney on Sunday.
Indian superstar Sachin Tendulkar seized the stage on day two of the fourth and final test against Australia to put the tourists in a dominant position at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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