Ponting hosts black tie dinner for cricket WAGs in London

September 26th, 2009 LONDON - England's Wags are raising their voices against their ban from next year's World Cup. Coach Fabio Capello said Cheryl Cole, Victoria Beckham, Alex Curran and the others would meet their husbands and beaus just once in a week when in South Africa.

September 21st, 2009 LONDON - Despite England coach Fabio Capello's ban, WAGS (Wives And Girlfriends) will visit South Africa just to see their men after matches. Capello has banned WAGS from the team's World Cup headquarter in 2010 because he fears a repeat of their drunken frolics which resulted in England's loss in 2006.

September 13th, 2009 LONDON - Australian captain Ricky Ponting has endorsed Michael Clarke as his successor to captain Australia's Twenty20 side. Cricket Australia is yet to announce who will lead the team following Ponting's decision to retire from Twenty20 internationals to concentrate on his Test and one-day career, but Ponting believes the 28-year-old Clarke, who was skipper for Australia's first three one-day internationals against England, has earned his stripes.

September 13th, 2009 LONDON - Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has made it clear he wants to return to England for the 2013 Ashes. Ponting said that having made the decision to retire from Twenty20 cricket internationally, he was hopeful about prolonging his Test career and making it to the 2013 Ashes squad.

September 12th, 2009 LONDON - England's WAGs have blasted coach Fabio Capello after he banned them from the World Cup in South Africa and laid down strict rules for them. Capello insisted that his stars will not go to the tournament for a holiday, and warned their wives and girlfriends: "If you don't like it, don't come." He ruled that his current squad can have just one day with their partners and families after each game next summer.

September 11th, 2009 LONDON - England coach Fabio Capello has laid down strict laws for WAGs, and is determined that team takes the World Cup in South Africa seriously. England's last trip to the World Cup finals turned into a circus when the WAGs took over the picturesque town of Baden Baden in Germany.

September 7th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting announced Monday that he will retire from international Twenty20 matches. Ponting will remain captain of the Australian Test and one-day sides but will step away from the international Twenty20 matches in an effort to prolong his playing career.

August 28th, 2009 LONDON - Brit actress Kacey Barnfield has for a long time been known as a former child star of TV's Grange Hill, but now at the age of 21 she is turning out to be one of the sport's hottest WAGs. Barnfield, from Enfield, north London, who is dating England cricket ace Stuart Broad, 23, was pictured posing in lingerie after she signed to the International Model Management (IMM) agency for two years.

July 16th, 2009 LONDON - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has told his team not to lose focus in the wake of Andrew Flintoff's retirement announcement. "Whenever he plays ...

July 5th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian bowler Mitchell Johnson's fiancee has hit back at the controversy surrounding the inclusion of WAGs in Ashes Tour. Jessica Bratich, who recently got engaged to Johnson and is also a karate champ, branded the controversy 'ridiculous'.

July 3rd, 2009 LONDON - With just five days left for the Ashes, Australian captain Ricky Ponting again made it clear that he is not happy with John Buchanan's decision to join the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as an adviser. "I just hope I don't see him with an England jumper on.

June 10th, 2009 LONDON - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting is backing veteran batsman Mike Hussey and fast bowler Brett Lee to find their best form in time for the Ashes. Ponting says he is satisfied with Hussey's efforts so far on the tour.

June 5th, 2009 LONDON - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting believes Cricket Australia officials did all they could for Andrew Symonds before banishing the wayward all-rounder from the World Twenty20 squad over another alcohol-related incident. "We gave him the appropriate amount of time, he'd done everything that was required of him, and unfortunately for him and for us, he's come back in and this has happened again," Fox Sports quoted Ponting, as saying.

May 30th, 2009 LONDON - Ace footballer Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen recently enjoyed dinner at the famous celeb eaterie, Nobu, in London. The couple stepped out for dinner ahead of the FA Cup final between Everton and Chelsea.

May 28th, 2009 LONDON - England may scupper Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting's plans to field an extra player in each of Australia's two Ashes warm-up matches. In what would be the first shot across Australia's bow, the hosts are reportedly opposed to allowing Ponting to play an extra man in both games as he seeks to give all five quicks an opportunity to push for selection.