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Australian Ricky Ponting's side were bundled out of the World Twenty20 yesterday after defeats to Sri Lanka and West Indies, and have no competitive matches scheduled in the next fortnight ahead of their first Ashes warm-up against Sussex.

Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has said that he would continue to play the hook and pull shots, and hopes to improve on its accuracy even as teams pepper him with short balls.Asked if teams would continue to test him with the short ball from here on, Ponting said:

Is this the face of India s cricketing future? Meet Arjun Tendulkar, 10, son of Sachin Tendulkar.Arjun is participating in his first nationwide cricket tournament representing MIG Cricket Club at the Under-13 Cadence Trophy in Pune, which has clubs from across India taking part. And no Tendulkar - senior or junior - can be given a miss.

Pakistan Cricket Board PCB on Tuesday appointed Mohammad Yousuf as the Test and ODI captain for the upcoming Australia tour, while former captain Younus Khan has been dropped from the team.

Jacob Oram has announced his retirement from Test cricket but will continue to play one-day and Twenty20 matches for New Zealand.

Despite all the recent setbacks and criticism MS Dhoni's charisma continues to rule..

Indian batsman Vinod Kambli on Sunday announced his retirement from international cricket but said he was still available to play domestic cricket.

Australia today retained the number one spot in the ICC Test Championship table following their 175-run win over South Africa in the second Test here.By virtue of this victory, Ricky Ponting's men are assured of USD 175,000 in prize money after they have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

It started with a third-ball duck and ended in a leg-side wide. Those were the events that bookended Australia's lamentable three-day ICC World Twenty20 campaign, and symbolised the struggles encountered by Ricky Ponting's men in comprehensive defeats to West Indies and Sri Lanka.