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Australia will not be complacent in the remaining Ashes Tests despite snatching the series in three matches, Glenn McGrath vowed

Michael Vaughan will not play in the final two Tests of the Ashes series and a decision on whether he will lead England's one-day campaign will be made this week

Duncan Fletcher claims to have the confidence of the England players and will continue to review his position on a six-monthly basis despite the crushing Ashes loss in Perth

Andrew Symonds has retained his place in Australia's squad despite a lean game at Perth with the bat after Australia named an unchanged line-up for the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne

Martin Snedden, the chief executive of New Zealand Cricket, will step down to take up a similar role with the company running the 2011 Rugby World Cup

Duncan Fletcher's position as England coach will be reviewed after the World Cup according to David Collier, the ECB's chief executive

Sam Collins rounds up all the domestic action in South Africa for the week ending December 17, 2006

Graeme Smith spoke to the media after India's triumph at the Wanderers

Dravid praises all-round team performance, says they will be ready for SA backlash

Following a report in South Africa's Sunday Times over South Africa vice captain Jacques Kallis's alleged refusal to sing the national anthem, Gerald Majola, Cricket South Africa's CEO, met the player today to discuss the issue.

The ICC has backed the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) decision to appeal against the lifting of bans on Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammed Asif

Stats highlights from the last day of the Perth Test

Pakistan have included Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif in their preliminary 25-man squad for next month's tour of South Africa, despite continuing uncertainty over their doping cases

The Test was packed with incidents that were both great cricket and high drama

Three cricketers who've been there, done that, analyse the factors in India's win

Nottinghamshire have announced that Bilal Shafayat has rejoined the club in a three-year deal.

Ricky Ponting had just completed the most significant Test victory of his 33-match reign and still he could not escape from his lowest moment as leader

Shane Warne has usually registered his major wicket-taking achievements on overseas tours, but on Boxing Day he will have the chance to raise his 700th Test victim on his home ground in Melbourne

After England's victory in the 2005 Ashes, a gung-ho ABC news journalist kicked open the saloon doors to Ricky Ponting's post-match press conference, and before anyone else could open their mouths, had launched into an immediate demand for the Australian

It's Ricky Ponting's birthday on Tuesday and he was planning to stay up till midnight while toasting his Ashes-winning present. "Actually, it's 3 o'clock now so I might not make it," he said. His on-field staying powers are obviously better than his off-f