Shoaib strikes early in Melbourne
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Australia posted 92 for two at tea on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan at the MCG in Melbourne. Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden opened the innings for the home side.
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Australia has made a slow but solid start to the first cricket Test against India in Bangalore. After seven overs, the tourists had reached 0 for 14, with Matthew Hayden on 5 and Justin Langer on 4. For up to date scores, visit our live scorecard.
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MELBOURNE, Australia  - Stand-in skipper Yousuf Youhana was leading from the front as Pakistan showed some steel to defy the Australian cricket juggernaut on the opening day of the second Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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Matthew Hayden claimed his 28th Test century to lead an Australian recovery on the opening day of the first cricket Test against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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Never one to do things by half, Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar made a Hollywood-like arrival yesterday at his team&#39;s first training session of their Australian tour.
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â¢ UPDATE 1-Cricket-Injured Shoaib to miss Sri Lanka test October 27, 2004 14:50:08 KARACHI, Oct 27  - Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been ruled out of the second test against Sri Lanka starting on Thursday because of a shoulder injury.
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MICHAEL Clarke&#39;s chances of making a Test debut skyrocketed when Simon Katich padded up to bat at No.3 for Australia in the tour match against Mumbai at the Cricket Club of India&#39;s Brabourne Stadium today.
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Play has begun in the Australian Masters at Huntingdale in Melbourne with around half the field of 120 players completing their first rounds.
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Brisbane, Australia: Australia grabbed two key wickets to have New Zealand on the defensive on the opening morning of the first cricket Test at the Gabba in Brisbane on Thursday.
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Openers Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden got Australia off to a flying start on the opening morning of the second Test against New Zealand at Adelaide.
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AUSTRALIAN crowds are familiar with the sight of a big-hitting left-hander wandering to the wicket at No.7 and turning a Test match on its head.
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Zaheer Khan struck the first blow, removing Australia opener Matthew Hayden India in the third Test test in Nagpur. Hayden and Justin Langer put up a strong partnership, taking the score to 67 when a superb
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Perth - Justin Langer weathered Shoaib Akhtar&#39;s opening pace barrage and counter-punched with his 21st Test hundred to guide Australia from 78 for five to 357 for eight at stumps on Thursday on the opening day of the series-opener against Pakistan.
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Michael Clarke notched a century on his test debut and skipper Adam Gilchrist hit a blazing hundred yesterday as Australia took charge of the opening test against India.
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Justin Langer has said that he relishes the edge-of-the-seat duels with Shoaib Akhtar and termed it as &quot;one of the great battles in Test cricket&quot;.
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Shoaib Akhtar produced a hostile spell of pace bowling to give Pakistan a chance of levelling the series on the second day of the second Test in Melbourne yesterday.
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Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in their opening tri-series limited-over cricket match against the West Indies at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.