Paceman Ryan Harris and spinner Michael Beer both nabbed four wickets to dismiss the local side for 201, with Dwayne Smith the best of the batsmen hitting 62, before the tourists were 81-2 in response. Opener Shane Watson made 42, partner Ed Cowan fell for 12, with Michael Clarke (11) and Ricky Ponting (eight) the not out batsmen overnight. Harris said the pitch did not over much in terms of grass, but it did not stop the strike bowler from throwing his name in the selectors' ring for fir...

Gaunt played in three Tests, debuting at Durban in January 1958. His second Test was at The Oval in 1961, taking 3-53 in the first innings, and his third Test was against South Africa at Adelaide in 1963-64.   He toured New Zealand with Australian teams in 1957 and 1960 and was flown to South Africa in 1957-58 as a replacement for the injured Ian Meckiff and John Drennan.   He was also a member of Richie Benaud's victorious Ashes tour of England in 1961.   In first-class cric...

The fifth edition of the T20 tournament gets underway on Wednesday with the Super Kings favourites to defend the title they won with a convincing win over Royal Challengers Bangalore last year.   "Albie Morkel has done a really good job (as a pacer). Our spinners Jackie (Shadab Jakati) and R Ashwin have been fantastic," Bollinger said.   "So I don't think we feel that much pressure. We won back-to-back IPL editions.   "I think we are pretty relaxed going into the fifth se...

Last month the duo were playing in the Bupa Sheffield Shield final loss against Queensland, but neither man did enough to secure their positions for next summer. Drew bowled just seven overs in the first innings of the final and went for 56 runs, while he wasn't used in the second innings as the Tigers came within three wickets of pulling off a miraculous victory. Kruger also had a disappointing match, making just one in the first innings before failing to trouble the scorers in his second ...

The Windies have won just three of their last 28 Tests, slipping to seventh in the rankings on the back of the poor run.   The teams shared the spoils in both the one-day international and Twenty20 series, and Ponting said it was important Australia stayed focused ahead of the Tests.   "We spoke about it yesterday, about how competitive we think they'll be and how prepared we have to be to win the Test matches over here," Ponting said after training at Kensington Oval, as Australia ...