The turbulent cricket career of Andrew Symonds took another twist on Thursday when the Australia all-rounder was sent home from the World Twenty20 tournament in Britain for an "alcohol-related incident".
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.
All-rounder Andrew Symonds has been left out of Australia's cricket squad for this summer's Ashes series in England -- as selectors decided to reward the players who performed so well in the recent series in South Africa.
Australia's faltering cricket team received a further setback as all-rounder Andrew Symonds was ruled out of the upcoming tour of South Africa.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting led from the front with a quickfire century on the opening day of the second Test against South Africa in Melbourne.
South Africa fought back on day three of the first Test at the WACA, Perth, but are already 322 runs behind after Brad Haddin and Jason Krejza ensured the Australian tail wagged on Friday.
Makhaya Ntini claimed three wickets as South Africa gave Australia some nervy moments on the opening day of the first cricket Test at the WACA, Perth.
Australia have recalled all-rounder Shane Watson for the first Test match against South Africa in Perth on December 17.
Aaron Redmond with 83 led the way for New Zealand as they battled to 262 for six wickets on the first day of the second Test against Australia in Adelaide.
The turbulent cricket career of Andrew Symonds took another twist on Thursday when the Australia all-rounder was sent home from the World Twenty20 tournament in Britain for an "alcohol-related incident".
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.
All-rounder Andrew Symonds has been left out of Australia's cricket squad for this summer's Ashes series in England -- as selectors decided to reward the players who performed so well in the recent series in South Africa.
Australia's faltering cricket team received a further setback as all-rounder Andrew Symonds was ruled out of the upcoming tour of South Africa.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting led from the front with a quickfire century on the opening day of the second Test against South Africa in Melbourne.
South Africa fought back on day three of the first Test at the WACA, Perth, but are already 322 runs behind after Brad Haddin and Jason Krejza ensured the Australian tail wagged on Friday.
Makhaya Ntini claimed three wickets as South Africa gave Australia some nervy moments on the opening day of the first cricket Test at the WACA, Perth.
Australia have recalled all-rounder Shane Watson for the first Test match against South Africa in Perth on December 17.
Aaron Redmond with 83 led the way for New Zealand as they battled to 262 for six wickets on the first day of the second Test against Australia in Adelaide.
Australia struggled with the bat once more as New Zealand maintained a foothold in the first Test with a battling bowling display at the Gabba, Brisbane.
Australia have recalled all-rounder Andrew Symonds in their 13-man squad for the first Test match against New Zealand next week.
It's 6.30 a.m. on a rainy morning in New Delhi. Modern School is closed for the summer, but its sports fields are bursting with energy. Around 30 boys, between the ages of seven and 17 are running around, some swinging bats in the air, others practicing their bowling. They come here five days a week to attend a cricket coaching camp. "Cricket takes commitment," says the star student here, 17-year-old Arjun Gupta.
All-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas has become the first England player to be signed up to play in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL).
Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has been cleared of making racist gestures and spitting at fans during his team's one-day win over Australia on Sunday.
Sachin Tendulkar was back to his best with 63 off 54 balls as India coasted to a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in Hobart and made sure of a place in the finals of the tri-series tournament in Australia.
West Indian Test star Marlon Samuels has been banned from bowling after the International Cricket Council ruled his action was suspect.
Sri Lanka's hopes of qualifying for the final of the one-day international triangular series further receded after Australia beat them by 24 runs in a rain-shortened match in Melbourne.
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India's Harbhajan Singh has been cleared to play in the forthcoming triangular one-day series against Australia and Sri Lanka, after a charge of making racial comments was overturned at an International Cricket Council code of conduct appeal hearing.
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.
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.
Harbhajan Singh is set to be dropped for the third Test against Australia in Perth despite being cleared to play before his appeal against a ban for an alleged racist remark is heard.
Australia bowler Brad Hogg is free to play in this week's third Test at Perth after India dropped a disciplinary case against the leg-spinner on Monday.
India resumed their controversial tour of Australia on Wedneday as International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed insisted that cricket's governing body would not be held to ransom over the Harbhajan Singh affair.
India's tour of Australia has been overshadowed by ugly allegations of racism -- a row in which both sides feel offended
India have suspended their tour of Australia until their appeal against the three-match ban handed to spinner Harbhajan Singh is heard.
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.
Matthew Hayden defied a leg injury to post a fine century and keep alive Australia's hopes of a record-equaling 16th consecutive Test victory in the second match of the series against India on Saturday.
VVS Laxman hit a sparkling century as India hit back against all-conquering Australia on the second day of the second Test in Sydney.
All-rounder Andrew Symonds rescued Australia with a brilliant undefeated 137 as they closed the opening day of the the second Test against India in Sydney on 376 for seven wickets.
India have been set an imposing victory target of 499 as Australia continued their domination of the first Test in Melbourne on the third day.
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.
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.
India will play old rivals Pakistan in the World Twenty20 Championship final in Johannesburg on Monday, after defeating Australia by 15 runs in a thrilling match in Durban, left-hander Yuvraj Singh lashing 70 off 30 balls.
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 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.
Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds will have to undergo surgery after rupturing the biceps tendon in his right shoulder during his team's tri-series loss to England on Friday.
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.
With their morale shattered by Andrew Symonds and Matthew Hayden, England suffered further embarrassment when it emerged that secret plans, purporting to detail Australia's weaknesses, found their way into the opposition's hands in Melbourne.
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.
World champions Australia defeated a fighting New Zealand by 34 runs on Wednesday to reach their maiden Champions Trophy final, in India.
New South Wales bowler Stuart Clark has been rewarded for his performances in the 3-0 Test whitewash of South Africa by being named as one of Australia's 25 contracted players for the next 12 months.
Andrew Symonds smashed an unbeaten 103 to inspire Australia to a 67-run victory over Bangladesh in Fatullah and a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match one-day series.
Adam Gilchrist steered Australia to a four-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first one-day international in Chittagong on Sunday.
Captain Ricky Ponting's flawed century put Australia in command on the first day of the second Test against South Africa on Friday.
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.
Captain Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds have been ruled out of the Australian team for the second one-day international against South Africa on Friday.
Australia tore up the record books to thrash Sri Lanka by 167 runs in the second one-day final at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Brett Lee ripped through the South African batting and Andrew Symonds and Mike Hussey piled on the runs to help Australia to an 80-run win in their one-day match.
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting scored his 26th Test century and became only the third batsman to amass 1,500 Test runs in a calendar year before South Africa took control on the opening day of the second Test.
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.
Andrew Symonds and Michael Clarke smashed a series of batting records to help Australia amass 322 for five in the second Chappell-Hadlee one-day match against New Zealand.
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.
Batsman Simon Katich has been dropped from Australia's squad for next week's second Test against West Indies and been replaced by Brad Hodge.
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.
England and world champions Australia completed an extraordinary finish to tie their triangular series one-day final at Lord's.
Australia, inspired by Andrew Symonds and Brett Lee, rebounded from a string of wretched results to trounce England by 57 runs in their triangular series day-nighter.
Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds has been banned for two games for staying out late before the world champions' shock five-wicket defeat against Bangladesh in Cardiff on Saturday.
Seamers Darren Gough and Jon Lewis took seven wickets for eight runs in 20 balls as England stunned Australia to win their first Twenty20 international by 100 runs on Monday.
Australia's cricket selectorrs dashed any hopes that Darren Lehmann could make a Test comeback when they left the batsman out of their 25-strong list of contracted players for 2005-06.
A superb display of pace bowling by Glenn McGrath lifted Australia to a 10-run win over New Zealand in their opening one-day international.
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.
Fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz captured five wickets at Lord's to follow an unbeaten 104 from Andrew Symonds as Australia held their nerve on Saturday to edge Pakistan by 10 runs in a one-day international.
Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn struck fluent half-centuries to lead Australia to a five-wicket victory in the third one-day international 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.
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