Aussies chasing win No. 300
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MELBOURNE - Australia will start its bid for a 300th Test win when it takes on Pakistan today, a special day in the national sports calendar Down Under when the Melbourne Cricket Ground hosts the annual Boxing Day match.
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HE might have spun out on the second corner but Australia&#39;s rookie Champ car driver David Besnard recovered in style to record the best ever finish by a local driver at the Indy 300 yesterday.
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The opener Justin Langer became Test cricket&#39;s highest run-scorer this year with a fighting century in Perth to give Australia, at one stage 78 for five, the upper hand in the first Test against Pakistan.
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Australia&#39;s captain, Darren Lockyer, inspired them to a Tri-Nations victory over New Zealand at the second attempt, but they had to lift their game in the second half at a packed Loftus Road.
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Australia batted cautiously in their second innings to build a lead of 300 runs over India with nine wickets in hand in the third cricket Test here.
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Hot favourites Australia have no intention of underestimating New Zealand tomorrow in what should be the most competitive ICC Champions Trophy clash so far.
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The three favourites for this year&#39;s Sydney to Hobart yacht race are battling for the lead along the New South Wales south coast.
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Excitement is building with less than three hours to go until the first Ashes Test between Australia and England.
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NAGPUR - World champions Australia have marched boldly towards their first series win in India in 35 years after taking an imposing 415-run lead with seven wickets in hand in the third Test.
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Having gone 0-7-2 in three previous World Cups, the Australian team came up with a strong performance in Hangzhou on Wednesday.
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AUSTRALIA has moved into the semi finals of the ICC Champions Trophy with a convincing seven wicket win over New Zealand. After New Zealand recovered to scramble 9-198 off their 50 overs, Australia reached
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Australia face a tall order to win a world-record 17th consecutive Test after ending day three against India on 65-2, chasing 413 for victory.
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Australia were 362 for seven wickets at the close of play on the first day of their third cricket test against India on Tuesday.
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Australia are eager to get stuck into New Zealand when they meet in a crucial Champions Trophy decider on Thursday. The clash at The Oval will determine which side progresses to the semi-finals from Group A.
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Indian tail-enders Irfan Pathan and Harbhajan Singh held up Australia's push for victory in the first test on Sunday with a defiant ninth-wicket partnership of 72.
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NAGPUR, India : World champions Australia conquered the final frontier here when they won their first series on Indian soil in 35 years with a 342-run rout in the third Test.
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Australia need just one wicket to claim victory over New Zealand in the second Test in Adelaide. The tourists had lunch on day five on 243 for nine, chasing 464 to win - a Test record for a team batting last