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One bats at the top of the order; the other at the bottom

It almost had to happen, really

Last Friday in Durban, Steve Waugh and Mark Boucher went out at Kingsmead for the toss at the start of the third Test

Australia's champion legspinner Shane Warne will miss the first two Standard Bank One-Day Internationals against South Africa with a hamstring strain, it was learned on Thursday night

Guarded optimism pervaded both the Queensland and Tasmanian camps today as key players Stuart Law and Damien Wright took major steps forward in their races against time to overcome injuries ahead of the Pura Cup Final starting here on Friday.

DURBAN, South Africa - Ricky Ponting will begin his one-day captaincycareer against Shaun Pollock on Friday after the South Africanallrounder declared himself fit for the seven-match series againstAustralia.

Captain Jamie Cox said Tasmania would be the underdog as it tried to win its first four-day cricket championship in the Pura Cup final against Queensland, which starts at the Gabba on Friday.

Reflecting on South Africa's five-wicket victory over Australia at Kingsmead on Monday, acting captain Mark Boucher made a revealing admission

Roger Telemachus and Andrew Hall have been recalled to the South African squad for the Standard Bank One-Day International Series against Australia which starts at the Wanderers on Friday

Queensland selectors are likely to wait until Wednesday before making a decision on the availability of Stuart Law for the team's Pura Cup Final clash against Tasmania, starting at the 'Gabba on Friday.

Left arm paceman Andrew Downton and left arm spinner Xavier Doherty have been included in the enlarged squad that Tasmania will take to Brisbane for the Pura Cup Final against Queensland, starting at the 'Gabba on Friday.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Monday in Cape Town that Sri Lanka would host the ICC Champions Trophy in September

Steve Waugh said aggressive batting had been the reason Australia and South Africa had reeled off two of the highest successful run chases in Test cricket in the last seven days.

Some 66 overs into South Africa's second innings Australia found inspiration under Durban's blazing sun from an unlikely quarter

It may have been a popular refrain 12 months ago but predictions of Australia's impending decline don't really look like materialising right now

Brett Lee has backed South Africa's controversial speed guns by declaring he is bowling faster than at any time during his eventful career as the Test series winds down.

A defiant Greg Blewett century was enough for South Australia to hold WA to a draw after Warriors paceman Jo Angel etched his name further into Australian first class record books today.

The third Castle Lager/MTN Test match see-sawed through its second day at Kingsmead on Saturday at such a furious pace that at times it was difficult to keep up with it

Measures to revise the role of Test match referees following last November's notorious

Ricky Ponting showed more leadership qualities with the bat by helping cover for another mixed return from the Waugh brothers in the third cricket Test against South Africa in Durban.