Opener Matthew Hayden has been recalled to Australia's squad for next week's fourth and final Test against India after recovering from injury.
India recalled Virender Sehwag for Yuvraj Singh and dropped spinner Harbhajan Singh for paceman Irfan Pathan.
Chris Rogers will replace the injured Matthew Hayden, while Shaun Tait replaces spinner Brad Hogg for the third Test against India.
The veteran posted his 38th Test hundred (154 not out) to guide India to a massive 532, 69 more than Australia's first innings score of 463.
Andrew Symonds scored an unbeaten 137 as Australia rallied from 134-6 to 376-7 at stumps on the first day of the second Test against India.
India were six without loss at stumps on Day 3 after Australia set them a mammoth target of 499 runs for victory,
Fast bowler Shaun Tait and all-rounder Brad Hogg have been recalled to the Australia side for the first Test against India.
Michael Clarke, tipped to succeed Ricky Ponting as the Test captain, was named Australia's captain for the Twenty20 match against New Zealand at the WACA on December 10.
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Australia's Phil Jaques will replace the retired Justin Langer in the first Test against Sri Lanka.
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Australia have called up batsman Adam Voges as cover for injured captain Ricky Ponting on their one-day tour of India, Cricket Australia said on Monday.
The minnows of cricket beat the ODI World champions by five wickets in their opening match of the Twenty20 World Cup.
Australia beat New Zealand by four wickets in the warm-up match ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup.
Australia's 14-year domination of international cricket is officially over after they failed in their attempt at a smooth succession plan.
Batsman Mike Hussey believes four teams will be the main threats to Australia when they defend their World Cup title in the West Indies.
The ace golfer went down to American Stewart Cink in the opening round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play.
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming believes that Australia are not the overwhelming favourites in the West Indies.
New Zealand beat Australia by five wickets after successfully chasing down Australia's record Eden Park total of 336 for 4.
New Zealand reached their victory target with 23 overs to spare, skipper Stephen Fleming ending on 70 not out and Lou Vincent hitting Mitchell Johnson for six to seal the win and finish unbeaten on 73.
The 30-year-old paceman is a doubt after rolling his ankle in training on Thursday.
They announced a 15-man squad on Tuesday for the World Cup starting next month in the West Indies.
Paul Collingwood hit a superb century to guide England to a nailbiting four-wicket victory over Australia in the opening tri-series final match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.
Mike Hussey will lead Australia for the three-match Chappell-Hadlee Trophy one-day series against New Zealand.
Victorian top-order batsman Brad Hodge also held on to his place for the tri-series one-day international finals.
Australia's captain was voted best player, and also won the Test Player of the Year and One-Day Player of the Year awards.
The Indian wicketkeeper jumped one spot to occupy the third place in the ICC ODI player rankings.
The winner of Tuesday's match between England and New Zealand will take on the hosts in the best-of-three finals.
Tendulkar climbed four places to be joint 18th alongside Sri Lanka's Upul Tharanga.
Australia beat New Zealand by eight runs a high-scoring tri-series ODI.
Australia beat New Zealand by two wickets for their fourth straight victory in the tri-series.
Mike Hussey defended his decision not to walk after surviving a close appeal for caught behind against England.
The pair will replace Stuart Clark and Ben Hilfenhaus in a reshuffled team for the fourth match of the triangular series.
Brad Hodge will take his place in the team with Adam Gilchrist assuming the captaincy.
Australia continued their dominance over England with a record-breaking 77-run victory in their one-off Twenty20 match.
Australia beat England by 10 wickets to win the fifth Test and complete their first Ashes series whitewash in 86 years.
England were 114 for five in their second innings, just 12 runs ahead on Day 3 of the third Ashes Test.
Shane Warne crowned his international farewell with a brilliant half-century to put Australia in control of the final Ashes Test against England on Thursday.
England were 234 for four at close on the opening day of the final Test.
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