Australia and Pakistan set to wage speed war
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Australia and Pakistan have both delayed naming their teams for the first test starting in Perth on Thursday as they consider adding extra pacemen to their bowling stocks in anticipation of a speed war.
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IT WAS a Boxing Day earmarked for a Pakistan pummelling but, instead, Australia has quite a fight on its hands. Minus injured captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan rode on the back of a blazing 111 by stand-in
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The front line of Australia&#39;s war on terror continues to be fought on Indonesian soil. Last week&#39;s bomb blast outside
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Australia is to spend up to A$450m (US$320m) on cruise missiles to give its military the &quot;most lethal capacity&quot; for air combat in the region.
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Justin Langer is on a roll. He is on the verge of scoring another double ton in the first test match being played between Australia and Pakistan.
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Australia risks starting a regional arms race with its plans to buy aA$450m (Â£176m) cruise missile system for its fighter aircraft, the Indonesian government warned yesterday.
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NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan were engaged in a war of words on Sunday before a key meeting of their foreign ministers on Kashmir, with New Delhi accusing Islamabad of being &quot;unifocal&quot; in its approach to the decades-old dispute.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;S telecommunications players have chosen sides in the pending war to win consumers to the new generation of mobile phones.
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Australia and Pakistan are poised for an explosive bowling duel in the first Test, which gets under way at the WACA ground in Perth today.
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AUSTRALIA&#39;s Olympic sports have begun to prepare for the Asian onslaught they expect when Beijing hosts the next Games in 2008.
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IF AUSTRALIA again thumps New Zealand in Friday&#39;s second Test in Adelaide, another famous rivalry will become more myth than reality.
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Pakistanâs defeat at the hands of the Australians by only 17 runs in the Videocon Trophy final followed by a 10 runs loss at the Lordâs indicate that the Australian supremacy over the world cricket is in danger.
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Head-to-heads: The two teams have met 51 times since 1956-57. Australia hold the advantage with 23 victories while Pakistan have won 11, with 17 draws.
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Australia are in firm control of the first Test with Pakistan after bowling the tourists out for 179 on the second day in Perth. Michael Kasprowicz took five wickets to give Australia a lead of 202 after the
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The ninth Cricket World Cup begins on Tuesday - with holders Australia favourites once again.
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PERTH, Australia  - The Pakistan pace duo of Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami will get their first crack at an Australian Test batsman so far on this tour when they take on a Chairman&#39;s XI captained by Justin Langer in a limited overs match here.
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Pakistan&#39;s Shoaib Malik could play in the first Test against Australia starting on Thursday as he waits for results of tests on his bowling action.