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Sri Lanka scored a convincing eight-wicket win over Australia to top Group `D' of the under 19 World Cup competition at the R

Australia came out the victors in a low-scoring fourth match of the Carlton & United Series at the Sydney Cricket Ground this evening

Australia made it two wins out of two games, beating a spirited Ireland team by 63 runs at the CCC ground in Colombo

The crowd at Manuka Oval numbered 500 at most

The emotion and drama of the first two matches of this Carlton and United Series had provided spectators and commentators alike with plenty about which to eulogise

The Australian Youth side opened their account with a formidable performance against African competitiors Namibia at the P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo in their Group D match today

To say that this was an unusual day in the life of Shoaib Akhtar and of Pakistan cricket in general would be a gross understatement

In many ways, this series has represented both the best of times and the worst of times

So remarkable is the ability of Australian teams these days that the task of successfully standing in the path between them and victory borders on the verge of impossibility

Capitalising upon the opportunities afforded them by a significant improvement in Melbourne's weather, it was two players at opposite ends of the Test cricketing spectrum who emerged as the stars on a magical day three of the Second Test between

Over recent seasons, inclement weather seems to have become more synonymous with the Boxing Day Test than the sense of theatre and excitement for which it has always been renowned

The 'Gabba has long represented a graveyard for Victorian teams, and so it proved again tonight as the Bushrangers plunged to a heavy eight wicket defeat in their Mercantile Mutual Cup clash with Queensland in Brisbane

From the moment that Tasmania rested Ricky Ponting and India left out five key players of its own, it was probably inevitable that the tour match between the sides would not develop into one of the more attractive games of this Australian summer

The Tasmanian batsmen thrashed the depleted Indian attack on the third day of the tourists' game at Hobart on Sunday to give their team a lead of 156 runs with six first innings wickets intact

A make shift Indian bowling line up, bereft of two leading bowlers in Javagal Srinath and Anil Kumble as well as the in form Ajit Agarkar made little impression as the Tasmanian openers put on 166 without loss off 58 overs at stumps on the second day

Rahul Dravid, hitherto struggling to come to terms on the pacy and bouncy Australian wickets, at last struck form on the opening day of their four day match between the Indian tourists and Tasmania at Hobart on Friday

Since the 1993/94 season, Australia has not lost a Test series at home and India not won one away

Other than for one session at its very outset, this first Test between Australia and India here at the Adelaide Oval has been characterised by the home team's indomitable capacity to wear down its opponent

Hurdles keep confronting them and yet Australia's cricketers continue their eminently successful negotiation of most obstacles in their contemporary Test cricketing path

Spectacularly stern middle and late order batting resistance has been the defining feature of this summer of cricket for the home team and so it proved again today on the first day of the First Test between Australia and India here at the Adelaide