Brendan Nash

A batting collapse from the West Indies top order has seen Australia take control at stumps on day two of the opening Test at the Gabba.

Doug Bollinger has been reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the fourth day's play in the second cricket Test against West Indies in Adelaide.

Australia's ploy to get inside information from the West Indies camp before the Test series went futile as Brendan Nash, they had banked on refused to divulge the trade secrets.

Rejoining his county duty after a brief hiatus, Gambhir made a patient 36 during his side Essex's County Championship Division Two 4-day match against Kent.

The West Indies won the toss in the second Test against Australia, elected to bat and finished the final session with momentum to be 336/6 at stumps.

Chris Gayle and all-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard have been denied central contracts by West Indies Cricket Board for 2011-12 season.

Australia needed just one more wicket to win the third and final Test as West Indies ended the fourth day at 308 for nine at WACA in Perth on Saturday.

Iconic Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar lost the coveted number one spot in the ICC Test rankings to South Africa's batting mainstay Jacques Kallis.

Struggling with his form, a downcast Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting crashed out of top 20 Test batsmen list for the first time in the latest ICC rankings.