A wonderful debut double-century for Brad Hodge has put Australia in an unassailable position heading into the final day at the WACA.

England went 3-1 down in the ODI series today after their wobbly batting lineup collapsed thanks to some superb Pakistani bowling.

Harbhajan Singh reduced Sri Lanka to 131 for five in reply to India’s score of 398, with VVS Laxman completing a century in Ahmedabad

Pakistan bowler Shabbir Ahmed has been banned for one year after being found to have bowled illegally twice within a two year period.

Justin Langer has been ruled out of the Boxing Day Test against South Africa, after suffering from a hamstring injury.

A day dictated by Australia’s batsmen has seen the home side take their 2nd innings lead to 272 runs over South Africa.

VVS Laxman’s steady unbeaten 71 helped India recover from 97-5 to reach 247-6 at the end of the first day’s play in Ahmedabad.

Steve Harmison is in doubt for the 4th ODI after coming down with flu and missing Sunday’s training session.

The 2006-2007 Chappell-Hadlee series will once again be played in New Zealand.

Australia and South Africa finished the 2nd day of the
first Test with scores level, Australia had lost one wicket
in their second dig