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Sydney, Jan 23: It was meant to be a dress rehearsal for the ODI World Cup next month but the Indian cricket team has been left grappling with selection issues in the ongoing tri-series against Australia and England, failing to find the combination that would be good enough for the marquee event. With two defeats in two matches against Australia and England respectively, there can be no doubt that

Melbourne, Jan 22: Serena Williams was slow to get going before finding her groove to bulldoze Vera Zvonareva and join rampant fellow world number one Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open third round Thursday. With the temperatures again sizzling around 33 Celsius (93 Fahrenheit) at Melbourne Park, the American 18-time Grand Slam champion took time to adjust to the hot and humid conditions

Brisbane, Jan 20: India's experiments backfired in a big way against England on Tuesday, resulting in a one-sided nine-wicket defeat at Brisbane in Game 3 of the Carlton Mid Tri-series. MS Dhoni's uncharacteristic decision to bat after winning the toss was exploited to the hilt by Steven Finn and James Anderson on a responsive track at The Gabba, which allowed them to share 9 wickets for 51 runs

Melbourne, Jan 20: Steven Smith will captain Australia in Friday's Carlton Mid ODI Tri-Series match against England in Hobart in the absence of suspended George Bailey, Cricket Australia said today. Smith's appointment was made following approval by CA's Board of Directors to a recommendation by the National Selection Panel. Smith replaces George Bailey, who is suspended for Friday's match as

Melbourne, Jan 19: Australia will miss George Bailey in the next tri-series match against England as the skipper, on Monday, was handed a one-match suspension for maintaining slow over-rate during Sunday's four-wicket win over India, here on Sunday. Bailey has also been fined 20 per cent of his match fee while his team-mates have been fined 10 per cent of their match fees. Since Bailey had

Melbourne, Jan 19: Australian opener David Warner has been fined by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after an on-field dispute with Indian batsman Rohit Sharma during Sunday's one-day international in Melbourne. Australia won a thrilling match by four wickets but the result was marred by another ugly spat between the teams. Warner told reporters on Monday he had been fined half his match

Melbourne, Jan 18: Australia romped home to a four-wicket victory over India in the second One-Day International (ODI) of the tri-series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). It went down to the wire although Australia seemed in control in control of their run-chase. Aaron Finch’s 96 had put Australia on course, but then India hit back with crucial wickets. Ultimately, they won with a few balls

Melbourne, Jan 18: Rohit Sharma anchored the Indian innings with a scintillating 138 before Mitchell Starc's career-best six-wicket haul helped Australia restrict the visitors to 267 for 8 in the second one-dayer of the cricket tri-series at MCG, here today. Opening the innings, Rohit blasted nine boundaries and four sixes in 139 balls to produce his sixth ODI hundred and third against Australia

Jan 18: Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has thrown his weight behind allrounder Stuart Binny's selection in India's World Cup squad. "Irrespective of all the debate, the best seam allrounder in India has been picked," Dhoni said ahead of India's Carlton Mid ODI Tri-series opener against Australia on Sunday. Binny's inclusion, ahead of Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa and Murali Vijay, has been the talking

New Delhi, Jan 18: Delhi High Court has sought the response of Boxing India (BI), Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and boxer Laisram Sarita Devi on a plea challenging her suspension by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) for refusing to accept the bronze medal at the Asian Games in South Korea. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued a notice to the boxer