Let down by the batsmen, India slumped to a 24-run defeat in the fourth one-dayer against Australia in Mohali.
This defeat not only allowed Australia to level the seven-match series 2-2 but also prolonged the hosts’ wait to become the number one ODI team in the world.
Chasing 251, India got off to a flier with Virender [...]

Australia have suffered another blow in their bid to win the ODI series against India with James Hopes following Tim Paine and paceman Brett Lee home.
Hopes damaged his right hamstring during the first ODI at Vadodara and will return to Brisbane to continue his recovery.
Lee’s elbow injury ruled him out of the series on Friday, [...]

Brett Lee will return to Australia to consult with specialists after being ruled out of the remainder of the India tour.
Injury-ravaged Australia’s campaign in the ongoing one-day series against India received a body blow with pace spearhead Brett Lee ruled out because of an elbow injury.
The 32-year-old would return home midway through the series to [...]

Australia held their nerves to win the first ODI of the seven match series against India in Vadodara by four runs.

A sensational eighth wicket partnership between Harbhajan Singh and Praveen Kumar has gave India hope after the hosts had lost seven wickets.
The writing was on the wall for India when the last recognised batsman, [...]

Indian skipper MS Dhoni said the length of the current series against Australia would give the teams an opportunity to bounce back.
Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting, however, gave a thumbs down to the idea of a seven-match one-day series
Ponting, on his arrival to India, had questioned the logic of playing a long series, saying that it [...]

There was no centurion at Centurion but a string of half-centuries from Australia’s batsmen, led by Ricky Ponting, guided them to 234 for 4 before rain stopped play in the 43rd over. Ponting, Michael Hussey and Tim Paine made valuable contributions and Cameron White lifted the tempo in the latter stages but the weather loomed [...]

Mitchell Johnson sizzled with an unbeaten 73 as Australia began the defence of their Champions Trophy title with a 50-run win over a fighting second-string West Indies at New Wanderers Stadium here today.
Riding on Johnson’s maiden half-century coupled with skipper Ricky Ponting’s brilliant 79 Australia rattled up a challenging 275 for eight after sent in [...]

Ricky Ponting, a superior skipper than his predecessor Steve Waugh, is still the best to lead Australia in Tests, says Ian Chappell.
A lackluster Australia maybe on the brink of losing the Ashes urn to England but according to Chappell, Ponting is still the best man.
Chappell felt the selectors sold Ponting down the river, picking an [...]

England captain Andrew Strauss believes Australia have lost the aura that used to infect Ashes series.

Strauss leads his team into the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston today, weather permitting, feeling very differently about the intimidation level of the opposition.
Previous Australia sides always retained their sense of invincibility whatever the scoreboard situation but that has gone [...]

Suspicious of an England design in choosing Cardiff, Australia are sending a spy there to check on the state of the pitch.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes Cardiff, which has never hosted a Test, has been deliberately chosen ahead of traditional grounds like Old Trafford and Trent Bridge because England want maximum advantage out of [...]