Australian captain Ricky Ponting on Friday lauded Indian master Sachin Tendulkar even as the world champions celebrated a brilliant one-day win.
An already weakened Australia were dealt another blow in the one-day series in India after Moises Henriques was ruled out of Thursday’s fifth match.
Chris Gayle was reinstated as West Indies captain on Monday to lead a full-strength squad on a three Test tour of Australia later this month.
Australia suffered a major blow on Tuesday when injured pace spearheads Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson were ruled out of the second ODI against India.
Australia are grappling with injuries to three key bowlers ahead of the second one-day international against India in Nagpur on Wednesday.
Australia survived a massive scare from India’s tailenders to snatch a thrilling four-run victory in the first match of their ODI series on Sunday.
World champions Australia will not take victory for granted when they clash with India in a seven-match one-day series starting here on Sunday.
Ricky Ponting said on Wednesday he would prefer to win matches for Australia than chase the record-breaking feats of Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting called for a rethink of one-day cricket to end meaningless dead rubbers as he left for a seven-game series in India.
A breakthrough in negotiations over a West Indies’ player dispute, opening the possibility of a full-strength team to tour Australia next month.
Ricky Ponting has lauded Shane Watson for his match-winning century that led his side to victory over New Zealand in the Champions Trophy final.
Pakistan qualified for the Champions Trophy semifinals after the India-Australia match was abandoned due to rain on Monday night.
England captain Andrew Strauss told his players to show ”character” after a thrashing by Australia left them on the brink of a series whitewash.
Ryan Sidebottom has challenged England to send Australia home trophyless by adding to their Ashes success with Twenty20 and one-day series wins.
Australia’s press on Monday backed Ricky Ponting as the best man to continue leading the national team despite losing the Ashes to England.
Australia took the first day honours in the deciding Ashes Test against England but a potential danger lurks in The Oval’s wearing pitch.
Ricky Ponting has played in 135 Tests but the Australia captain insists he’s never been as excited by one as much as he has been by the Ashes finale.
Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke said his side would do everything they could to have a player of Andrew Flintoff’s class in their side.
Australia’s Shane Watson believes taking a more relaxed approach is the secret to his success in the unaccustomed role of Ashes opener.
