England batsman Kevin Pietersen says his side will be ready for the fourth Ashes Test at Melbourne on Boxing Day, as Australia's Peter Siddle vows to continue with his sledging.
Australia included Usman Khawaja in their squad for the fourth Ashes Test against England as a back-up for Captain Ricky Ponting, in case the skipper fails to recover from a fractured finger.
South Africa wrapped up proceedings early on the final day to win the first test against India and take the series lead 1-0 at The Centurion, Pretoria.
It took Australia only 50 minutes on the fourth day of the Perth test at WACA, the third of the series, to take the remaining five wickets and land a 267-run win against England.
Australia restricted England to an abysmal 187 through a brilliant Mitchell Johnson's 6-38 before extending their lead to 200 runs in their second innings on the second day of the third Ashes test at Perth.
The Marylebone Cricket Club's World Cricket Committee (MCC) recommended suggestions which included use of lie-detectors to fight corruption in the Sport.
Australia host England at the WACA, Perth in the third and crucial Ashes test which starts on 16th December.
Australia have sprung a major over-haul of their 12-man squad for the third Ashes test at Perth against England, with the shock inclusion of the little-known Michael Beer raising eyebrows.
Phillip Hughes has emerged as the most likely replacement for Australia's injured opener Simon Katich for the third Ashes test at Perth after the 22 year-old received the backing of his skipper Ricky Ponting.
England nailed Australia's coffin on the final day of the second Ashes test at Adelaide to take a 1-0 lead in the series with three matches remaining after a brilliant 5-91 from Graeme Swann, giving England every chance to retain the Ashes series.
It was cracker till the last ball when England's Kevin Pietersen dismissed Michael Clark to land Australia a heavy blow on day four of the second Ashes test at Adelaide leaving the Aussies at 238/4 needing 137 runs more to avoid an innings defeat on day five.
England seized control with a superb bowling performance against Australia on the first day of the second Ashes test at the Adelaide Oval as James Anderson's 4-51 reduced Australia to their worst start to a test innings in 60 years as they were dismissed for 245.
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting confirmed that his struggling fast bowler, Mitchell Johnson, had been dropped the team to face England in the second Ashes test at Adelaide, on Friday.
Researchers in London have found a new way to treat hamstring injuries and treatment is none other than the patient's own blood.
After their disappointing bowling attack in the second innings against England in the first Ashes test at Brisbane, Australia bolstered their pace attack for the second Ashes Test at Adelaide.
It was a tightly contested second day at the Gabba, when Mike Hussey frustrated England with an unbeaten 81, in the first test of the 2010 Ashes.
Peter Siddle's career best 6/54, including a 9th Ashes hat-trick, stunned England, restricting the visitors to 260 on the first day of the fist test of the 2010 Ashes series.
India was quick to dismantle the New Zealand batting line on the fourth day of the third test in Nagpur, winning by an innings and 198 runs to claim the three-match series 1-0.
Helped by Rahul Dravid's 199, India set New Zealand a huge target of 373 in the third day of the third test at Nagpur.
On the fifth day of the first test against West Indies at the Galle, Sri Lanka, helped by the rain, did enough to secure a draw after the visitors had forced the follow-on on day four.
Rain intervened play after West Indies bowling attack took two early Sri Lankan wickets on the third day of the first test at Galle
New Zealand tied their second test with India helped by a Brendon McCullum double-hundred while Younis Khan's ton secured a draw against South Africa, and Chris Gayle's triple-ton handed Sri Lanka a formidable task.
