Adam Gilchrist’s 67-ball hundred guided Australia to a nine-wicket win in the VB Series decider in Brisbane tonight.

There was nearly a huge upset in Colombo, but USA, Nepal and South Africa all waltzed through in the Plate Championship quarter finals

Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh will return home to recover from injuries, to ensure they are fit for the upcoming England series.

Shane Watson returns, as McGrath, Dorey, Hopes and Jaques miss out on spots in Australian One Day International team for South Africa.

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has been fined 10% of his match fee, and the rest of his team 5%, for a slow over rate against India.

Chasing 289, Yuvraj, Dhoni and Tendulkar all produced wonderful innings to put India 2-1 up in the series.

Glenn McGrath is in doubt for Australia’s one-day leg of their South Africa tour which gets under way later this month.

Chris Cairns has put in a man of the match performance in his last outing for his province, leading Canterbury to a five wicket win.

A recharged Australian outfit took the 2nd VB Series final in emphatic fashion.

England go to India in February looking to recover from their 2-0 defeat at the hands of Pakistan late in 2005.