Monty Panesar captured five wickets on his Ashes debut to help England bowl out Australia for 244 on the opening day of the third Test.
Australia named all-rounder Andrew Symonds in place of the retired Damien Martyn in their team for the third Ashes Test against England.
They jumped a rung to fourth in the latest update after their win over England in the ongoing Champions Trophy.
The actor is to star in a film alongside Hollywood biggies Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.
The 81st Annual Academy Awards, if trends are anything to go by, seem to be more or less on the same page with me this season, which is a peculiar feeling indeed since I'm used to ranting about the results. However, this year the Academy's likely winners and my who-should-win picks are uncannily mirroring each other, a fact displayed in this list of the nominees. The Academy picks are marked by the [A] sign, my picks are marked by the [R] sign.
With a MVPI of 1128 the Royal Challengers Bangalore captain has set records that even he might find hard to surpass.
Glenn McGrath was named in Australia's provisional 30-man squad for the Champions Trophy.
Australia beat Bangladesh by four wickets in the first ODI
Barring Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, all players have declared their allegiances to IPL franchises over their respective countries' domestic sides ahead of the upcoming Champions League Twenty20.
Promising off-spinner Daniel Cullen replaces medium pacer Mick Lewis in the 14-man squad for the Bangladesh tour.
The Australian paceman took four wickets to lead his team to an 80-run win over South Africa
Bubba Watson conjured a miraculous par from pine straw to become only the third left-hander to win the Masters with an emotional playoff victory over Louis Oosthuizen at Augusta National on Sunday.
Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist and Brett Lee have been left out of a 12-man Australian squad to play South Africa in a one-off Twenty20 international next week.
Injury-plagued England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has been left out of IPL champions Chennai Super Kings' final 15-member squad for next month's Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa.
Pace bowler Nathan Bracken has been named ahead of legspinner Stuart MacGill for Australia in the first Test.
Australia play the final group game against Bangladesh at Canterbury on Thursday.
India go into their penultimate league match against Australia with the form of some key batsmen being a concern.
Tiger Woods stayed on course for an eighth title in nine starts worldwide in Thursday's second round at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship as second seed Phil Mickelson was knocked out. World number one Woods sealed a comfortable 3&2 win over fellow American Arron Oberholser but left-hander Mickelson was beaten 2&1 by 31st-seeded Stuart Appleby of Australia in a high-quality encounter.
India will seek to take advantage of Brett Lee's absence as they go into the seventh ODI against Australia.
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was on Sunday, January 6, banned for three Test matches after International Cricket Council Referee Mike Procter upheld the Australian team's charge that he racially abused Andrew Symonds.
India bowled Australia out for 212 then added 52 runs for the loss of one wicket, reaching stumps on day two with an overall lead of 170.
Australian batsman Michael Clarke on Sunday said he spoke to Anil Kumble and sorted out the contentious issues raised by the Indian skipper after the acrimonious Sydney Test.
Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was on Sunday night banned for three Test matches after the ICC Match Referee Mike Procter upheld the Australian charge that he had racially abused their all-rounder Andrew Symonds, a decision against which the Indian team will appeal within 24 hours.
VVS Laxman smashed 109 and Rahul Dravid a watchful 53 to guide India to 216 for three at stumps on day two of the second Test.
The Australian captain has been ordered to rest because of a slight thigh strain for the fourth ODI against New Zealand.
The league is expected to start on April 18, 2008 and will feature eight franchised city teams, who will compete for the grand prize of US $ 3 million.
Australia lead Sri Lanka by 407 runs with nine second innings wickets in hand on the third day of the second Test. The Australians had the option of making the Sri Lankans bat again after bowling them out for 246 -- 296 runs behind the home side's first innings total of 542 for five declared.
Fomer England captain Mike Atherton feels players will now be duty bound to keep walking when they feel they are out.
With their bowlers and batsmen hitting form, a buoyant India is looking to carry the momentum into the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup.
Statistical highlights of the third ODI between India and Australia at the Ferozshah Kotla in Delhi on Saturday.
Australia's vice-captain was fined 50 per cent of his match fee for breach of the ICC's code of conduct.
The two were embroiled in a controversial incident during the second ODI against Sri Lanka.
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