Clint McKay

Victoria Bushrangers have roped Ross Taylor as a last-minute replacement for Sohail Tanvir to play in the domestic Twenty20 Big Bash.

Cricket Australia announced separate squads for the first two ODIs against Pak so that more national players could turn up for their domestic sides in Big Bash tournament final.

Australia are trying to talk up their opposition and the West Indies are putting up an optimistic front.

April 5 marks the 15th anniversary of MS Dhoni's first international century - a knock that marked his arrival as the "next big thing in Indian cricket".

Skipper Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson returned from a short break in the 15-member Australian squad announced for the ODI series against Sri Lanka.

Wade Seccombe, coach of Brisbane Heat's BBL title-winning team, is appointed as Melbourne Renegades' high-performance manager, while Clint McKay takes on the same role for Melbourne Stars. These moves aim to boost both teams' on-field performance and align with Victoria's high-performance program, led by Graham Manou, emphasizing talent management and T20 skills development.

Australia produced arguably its best performance of the summer to record a crushing 140-run victory over Pakistan in the 2nd One-Day International at the SCG.

England skipper Andrew Strauss won the toss and chose to bowl against Australia A in their four-day tour match at Hobart's Bellerive Oval on Wednesday.

Star all-rounder Shane Watson and pacer Doug Bollinger on Wednesday returned to Australia's 13-member squad after a brief break for the first two One-dayers of a five-match series against the West Indies starting February 7.

Injured batsman Simon Katich retained his place, while Australia's National Selection Panel picked an unchanged 13-man squad for the inconsequential third and final Test against Pakistan, commencing from January 14 in Hobart.

The inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League will feature 56 foreign cricketers, not one of them Indian, after the seven franchises made their choices in a closed-door players' draft system.

Ryan Harris picked up his first five-wicket haul to help Australia beat Pakistan by 40 runs in the third ODI at Adelaide. Australia sealed the 5-match series 3-0.

Wondering what were the Victorian Bushrangers boys up to after they won the recent match against the Delhi Daredevils?

All-rounder Vettori played 113 Tests and 295 one-day internationals for New Zealand and worked alongside current Australia coach Andrew McDonald with Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.

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.

Australia included Daniel Christian in their 15-member T20 squad but made no change to their One-day side for tour of New Zealand starting February 26.

India maintained its number one spot in the ICC ODI table while Virat Kohli retained his number three position among batsmen in the latest rankings.

They have been removed from the 25 players contract list for 2010-2011 to make way for Ryan Harris, Clint McKay, Tim Paine, Steven Smith and Adam Voges.

Ricky Ponting's elbow injury earned left-handed opener Phillip Hughes a call-up as cover for the Australian captain for the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan.

Australian spin legend Shane Warne and Michael Clarke are all for a Twenty20 showdown when they lead their respective teams in an All-Star match in Brisbane.