Axing Symonds for being ‘too Australian” wrong, says former cricketer Jones

MELBOURNE - Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones has criticized Cricket Australia and the team management for axing Andrew Symonds, and suggested that he has paid a price for being “too Australian.”

Symonds career in jeopardy after being dumped from Oz squad

MELBOURNE - Troubled all-rounder Andrew Symonds is being sent home from the World Twenty20 cricket tournament in England for breaking a number of team rules related to alcohol and other issues.

`Cricketers could mend Australia’s reputation over attacks’

MELBOURNE - Australia’s cricket captain Ricky Ponting and his team may be able to repair the country’s reputation as a safe place for Indian students, a senate hearing has been told.

Navratilova terms grunting players cheats

MELBOURNE - Tennis legend Martina Navratilova, who won 18 grand slam titles, has called grunting female players cheats, and asked that something to be done to end the noise on court.

Symonds axed from Australia A team

MELBOURNE - All rounder Andrew Symonds’ fall from grace appears to be complete with his omission from an Australia A side to take on Pakistan A in several matches in Queensland this winter.

‘I am not an Ashes traitor,’ says Buchanan

MELBOURNE - Former coach John Buchanan has denied suggestions that he had sold out Australian cricket by meeting with English officials last week.

Players being harassed by drug testers: Nadal

MELBOURNE - World No.1 Rafael Nadal launched a broadside at world sport’s new doping rules, claiming players were being harassed by testers.

Philippoussis fighting to save his Melbourne home

MELBOURNE - Former Australian tennis star Mark Philippoussis is facing financial collapse, with creditors saying that he has stopped paying the mortgage on his Williamstown home in bayside Melbourne.

Johnson eyes batting in top six

MELBOURNE - Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson believes he can bat in the top six, raising the possibility he could become the game’s top all-rounder.

Australia to use Ashes series to prove their best: Ponting

MELBOURNE - Skipper Ricky Ponting insists that Australia will use the Ashes series to show it is still the most intimidating force in world cricket.

Michael Clarke says Lara Bingle’s a crazy driver

MELBOURNE - Australian cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke has admitted that he is scared of her fiancie Lara Bingle’s driving.

Ponting declared fit to play after an injury scare

MELBOURNE - Australian captain Ricky Ponting has been cleared to compete in the World Twenty20 after suffering an injury scare in practice at Trent Bridge in Nottingham ahead of the tournament.

Lara Bingle, Lee Furlong no-shows at WAG counselling session

MELBOURNE - Cricket WAGS Lara Bingle and Lee Furlong were no-shows at yesterday’s special counselling seminar held at the team’s pre-Ashes camp on the Sunshine Coast.

Australia wants 12-man pre-Test tour games

MELBOURNE - Cricket Australia has requested the England and Wales Cricket Board for permission to play an extra man in its two tour matches to allow all five quicks an opportunity to build cases for a first Test inclusion.

Australia to play six Tests against Windies, Pak at home in 2009-2010

MELBOURNE - Australia will play six Tests, 10 one-day internationals and three Twenty20s against the West Indies and Pakistan in 2009-2010.

Champions League dilemma for IPL’s overseas players

MELBOURNE - Indian Premier League’s (IPL) overseas players are finding it tough to choose between their home teams and lucrative Indian franchises for the Twenty20 Champions League to be played later this year in India.