 Australia avoided an unwanted record as they cruised to a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the third and final one-day international at Brisbane's Gabba ground on Sunday.© AFP Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke has dismissed recent reports of a rift within the team. According to reports, Clarkes leadership and attitude were both called into question by his teammates following the 2-1 defeat in the three-match ODI se© ANI Tue, 09 Nov 2010 06:00:20 GMTWith the countdown towards the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 reaching the 100-day mark, Sri Lanka has laid down a marker to the other 13 teams by claiming second place in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI championship after a confidence-boosting series win© ANI Mon, 08 Nov 2010 06:24:31 GMTCricket Australias decision to rest skipper Ricky Ponting from final ODI encounter against Sri Lanka has drawn wide criticism from cricketers who see it as a sign of a cricket system that has lost its way.© ANI Mon, 08 Nov 2010 05:35:30 GMTAustralia''s one-day crowd crisis worsened on Sunday when a record low turn-out trickled into the Gabba to see the hosts deliver a dead-rubber thumping of Sri Lanka.© ANI  Sun, 07 Nov 2010 09:45:04 GMTAustralia avoided an unwanted record as they cruised to a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the third and final one-day international at Brisbane's Gabba ground on Sunday.© AFP  Sun, 07 Nov 2010 07:30:04 GMTAustralia, trying to avoid a record eighth straight international defeat, hit back in the final one-day international, bowling Sri Lanka out for 115 at the Gabba here on Sunday.© AFP Sat, 06 Nov 2010 10:07:46 GMTAustralian all-rounder Shane Watson is determined to see his team come up with a pre-Ashes confidence-booster against Sri Lanka at the Gabba here on Sunday in the third and one-day cricket international.© ANI Sat, 06 Nov 2010 09:32:52 GMTSkipper Ricky Ponting Saturday rubbished media reports that suggested disharmony in the struggling Australian side which is looking for its first win since July.© ANI Sat, 06 Nov 2010 08:01:20 GMTDismissing concerns over poor crowd turn out for one-day series against Sri Lanka, Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland has maintained that one-day cricket was far from dead and still remains most popular among the fans.© ANI Sat, 06 Nov 2010 07:56:33 GMTWhile captain Ricky Ponting feels that the Australian cricket team retains its positive frame of mind despite a Twenty20 loss and a one-day series loss to Sri Lanka, the view beyond the dressing room is that the team is in trouble, and is being outpl© ANI Sat, 06 Nov 2010 06:14:18 GMTTo help Ricky Ponting prepare for the upcoming Ashes series, the selectors have rested the Australian skipper from Sundays final ODI against Sri Lanka.© ANI Sat, 06 Nov 2010 05:49:17 GMTAfter being handed out a one-day series lost for the first time on Australian soil by Sri Lanka, the Australian cricket team would do well to heed legendary cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers words that “no cricketer is truly down in the dumps until© ANI  Sat, 06 Nov 2010 04:00:05 GMTAustralian newspapers accused Ricky Ponting's men of embarrassing, hapless and woeful play against Sri Lanka after the visitors scored their first-ever series success Down Under.© AFP  Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:30:05 GMTSri Lanka claimed their first-ever series success in Australia with a win against Ricky Ponting's team in the rain-marred second one-day international at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.© AFP Fri, 05 Nov 2010 07:56:40 GMTSri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara wants the team to show considerable improvement after their miraculous one-day cricket win over Australia.© ANI Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:54:12 GMTCalamity has befallen Australian cricket, and according to columnist Peter Roebuck, Australia needs to start playing cricket to stop the orgy of speculation observed of late.© ANI Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:57:17 GMTSouth Australian Callum Ferguson, who scored a blazing century against Western Australian last week, has been called into the Australian one-day squad for the rest of the one-day series with Sri Lanka.© ANI Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:48:57 GMTSri Lanka on Wednesday won the nail-biting Melbourne ODI against Australia by one-wicket, powered by a brilliant 132-run ninth-wicket partnership between Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga.© ANI  Wed, 03 Nov 2010 13:15:07 GMTStand-in captain Michael Clarke said Wednesday Australia's inability to kill off opposing teams was becoming a serious issue.© AFP | 
