Australian fast bowler Brett Lee plans to take a break from cricket in an attempt to cure the injury problems that have cast doubts over his future.
Brett Lee starred with bat and ball as New South Wales Blues stunned Trinidad & Tobago to win the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 final in Hyderabad by 41 runs.
Australia scored a dramatic two-wicket win over Pakistan off the last ball of their match at Centurion Park on Wednesday to reach the semifinals of the Champions Trophy.
Australia paceman Brett Lee is pressing for a return in the fourth Ashes Test at Headingley after proving his fitness following a rib injury.
Michael Clarke scored his 12th Test century and shared a record stand of 185 for the fifth wicket with Marcus North as Australia easily batted out for a draw in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston.
Fast bowler Brett Lee has been ruled out of the first Ashes Test match against England in Cardiff on Wednesday after a scan showed the 32-year-old has torn his abdominal muscle.
The world's top-rated Test nation Australia crashed out of the Twenty20 World Cup after losing by six wickets to Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge.
Chris Gayle showed his liking for the shortest form of international cricket by blasting 88 as the West Indies thrashed Australia by seven wickets in the World Twenty20 Group C opener on Saturday.
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.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has claimed that the inclusion of New South Wales pace bowler Doug Bollinger in the Australia side for the third cricket Test in Sydney is a sign the hosts lack 'clarity' in their selection policy.
Australian fast bowler Brett Lee plans to take a break from cricket in an attempt to cure the injury problems that have cast doubts over his future.
Brett Lee starred with bat and ball as New South Wales Blues stunned Trinidad & Tobago to win the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 final in Hyderabad by 41 runs.
Australia scored a dramatic two-wicket win over Pakistan off the last ball of their match at Centurion Park on Wednesday to reach the semifinals of the Champions Trophy.
Australia paceman Brett Lee is pressing for a return in the fourth Ashes Test at Headingley after proving his fitness following a rib injury.
Michael Clarke scored his 12th Test century and shared a record stand of 185 for the fifth wicket with Marcus North as Australia easily batted out for a draw in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston.
Fast bowler Brett Lee has been ruled out of the first Ashes Test match against England in Cardiff on Wednesday after a scan showed the 32-year-old has torn his abdominal muscle.
The world's top-rated Test nation Australia crashed out of the Twenty20 World Cup after losing by six wickets to Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge.
Chris Gayle showed his liking for the shortest form of international cricket by blasting 88 as the West Indies thrashed Australia by seven wickets in the World Twenty20 Group C opener on Saturday.
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.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has claimed that the inclusion of New South Wales pace bowler Doug Bollinger in the Australia side for the third cricket Test in Sydney is a sign the hosts lack 'clarity' in their selection policy.
Jean-Paul Duminy scored his maiden Test century and shared a remarkable ninth wicket partnership with Dale Steyn as South Africa took command against Australia in Melbourne.
South Africa face an uphill battle in the second Test against Australia in Melbourne after struggling to 198 for seven on the second day -- still trailing by 196 runs.
A composed century from captain Graeme Smith has put South Africa within range of winning the first Test against Australia, although the tourists will need to complete the second-highest run chase in history to do it.
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.
Australia strengthened their position after the second day of the second Test against New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval, closing on the overall lead with seven wickets in hand.
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.
An unbeaten century from Simon Katich set Australia on course for probable victory against New Zealand in the opening Test in Brisbane.
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.
A Sourav Ganguly century and two wickets for Test debutant Amit Mishra put India in control on day two of the second Test against Australia in Mohali.
Brett Lee snapped up five wickets for five runs in a devastating 18-ball spell to earn Australia a first innings lead of 127 against West Indies in the second Test at St Johns, Antigua.
Australia leg-spinner Stuart MacGill has announced he will quit international cricket at the end of the ongoing second Test against West Indies.
Stuart Clark bowled Australia to a 95-run victory in the first Test against the West Indies at Sabina Park with a four-wicket burst on the final day.
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.
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.
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.
Australia thrashed Twenty20 world champions India before a massive 84,000 crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
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.
Australia are facing defeat in the third Test against India in Perth with both openers dismissed in their pursuit of a challenging 413 to claim a record 17th straight win.
India slipped from 198 for two to 297 for six by the close of the first day of the third Test against Australia in Perth.
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.
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.
The West Indies beat South Africa by five wickets in the one-off Twenty20 international at St George's Park on Sunday.
Kumar Sangakkara scored his first century against Australia as Sri Lanka set up the chance of an unlikely victory going into the final day of the second and final Test in Hobart.
Brett Lee claimed four second-innings wickets and eight for the match as Australia overwhelmed Sri Lanka by an innings and 40 runs in the first Test at Brisbane.
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.
Australian paceman Brett Lee achieved the first Twenty20 hat-trick as his side eased to a nine-wicket Super Eights triumph at Newlands.
Australia erased the embarrassment of their humiliating loss to Zimbabwe by crushing old rivals England by eight wickets in the World Twenty20 championships in Cape Town.
Australia remain favorites for the World Cup despite losing their last five one-day matches, captain Ricky Ponting said as his team prepared to fly out to the Caribbean on Wednesday.
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.
Mike Hussey showed why he is regarded as the best finisher in one-day cricket when he guided Australia to a four-wicket win over England in a low scoring tri-series international at the Gabba on Friday.
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.
Australia beat England by six wickets with 19 balls to spare on an extraordinary final day to win the second Test and take a 2-0 lead in the Ashes series on Tuesday.
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.
Australia have put their faith in pace, by picking five fast bowlers in a 13-man squad for next week's first Ashes test against England in Brisbane.
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.
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.
Damien Martyn completed a century as Australia edged to a tense two-wicket victory over South Africa in the third test in Johannesburg.
Ashwell Prince led South Africa's recovery with an unbeaten 79 after wickets tumbled on the first day of the third Test against Australia on Friday.
Brett Lee and Ricky Ponting put Australia in a commanding position in the second test against South Africa on Sunday.
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.
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.
Brett Lee and Brad Hogg took five wickets for 10 runs in 5.1 overs to bowl South Africa out for 186 and give Australia a 59-run victory in their latest triangular series one-day match.
Jacques Kallis and Ashwell Prince completed half-centuries in a 144-run stand to lead a South African fightback on the opening day of the third and final Test against Australia.
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.
Shane Warne broke Dennis Lillee's world record for the most wickets in a calendar year to trigger a South African batting collapse on the second day of the first Test.
Uncapped left arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has been called into Australia's one-day squad to replace Brett Lee for the final match of the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series against New Zealand.
Australia's Brett Lee produced a fast bowling spell bristling with hostility to lead his side to a 147-run win over New Zealand in the first one-day match in Auckland.
Australia has completed a three-match clean sweep of its test cricket series against the West Indies in Adelaide Tuesday.
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.
Australia seized immediate command of the second Test with West Indies, skittling the tourists for a dismal 149, then wiping out almost half the deficit.
Australia crushed West Indies by 379 runs with a day to spare in the first Test at the Gabba, condemning the tourists to one of their heaviest ever defeats.
Glenn McGrath gave the new generation of West Indies pacemen a lesson in accuracy to put Australia in total control on the second day of the first Test.
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.
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.
Australia pace bowler Glenn McGrath has been rested for the second one-day international against the World XI and replaced by Stuart Clark.
Justin Langer mixed lavish strokes with a little luck as Australia, chasing England's first-innings total of 373, closed a shortened second day of the fifth Ashes Test on 112 without loss.
Essex opener Alastair Cook celebrated his selection as England's young cricketer of the year by smashing a superb double century against Australia at Chelmsford on Saturday.
England won a nailbiting Fourth Test against Australia by three wickets at Trent Bridge to take a 2-1 lead in the Ashes series.
Australia have selected uncapped 22-year-old fast bowler Shaun Tait to replace Jason Gillespie for the fourth Ashes test starting on Thursday.
Ricky Ponting scored a match-saving century and tailenders Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath survived the last four overs as Australia salvaged a draw in a dramatic climax to the third Ashes test.
Opener Andrew Strauss scored his maiden Ashes hundred before England declared Sunday at 280 for six, setting Australia a massive target of 423 runs to win the third Test at Old Trafford.
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.
Australia's Brett Lee has recovered from a knee infection in time for the third Ashes test against England starting at Old Trafford on Thursday.
Brett Lee was released from hospital Wednesday and headed to Manchester to rejoin the Australian team on the eve of the third Test against England at Old Trafford.
Andrew Flintoff outshone Shane Warne to take England to the brink of victory in the second test against Australia at Edgbaston.
Shane Warne took six wickets and Brett Lee four to put Australia back in the second Ashes test on Saturday as England were dismissed for 182 in their second innings.
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.
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'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.
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.
Australia maintained their unbeaten run in the one-day tri-series with victory over the West Indies by 73 runs at the Adelaide Oval.
West Indies' tour of Australia next month is jeopardized again because of the players' demand for $500,000 in appearance fees, says West Indies Cricket Board official Chetram Singh..
Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action, the International Cricket Council said on Monday.
A rock-hard WACA pitch in Perth is set to showcase a head-to-head between the two fastest bowlers in world cricket as Australia face Pakistan in the opening Test on Thursday.
New Zealanders Scott Styris and Brendon McCullum were cleared to play in Friday's third and deciding one-day international in Brisbane after being cleared of charges from Wednesday's 17-run loss to Australia.
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Five Zimbabweans will make their debuts in the first Test against Sri Lanka after four players, including former captain Heath Streak, ruled themselves out.
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.
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