Indian and Australian cricket teams arrive in Guwahati for 6th ODI

November 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - After the run-feast at Hyderabad, fans can expect another high-scoring entertainer between India and Australia in the sixth One-Day International at the Nehru Stadium here Sunday. Chief curator of Assam Cricket Association (ACA) Sunil Barua said the batting friendly track could produce a 300-run chase.

November 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Security has been tightened for the sixth one-day international between India and Australia to be played here on Sunday. Police and sources said that a three-tier security blanket has been thrown in and around the Nehru Stadium, the venue of the match.

October 31st, 2009 MOHALI - Over 2,000 students from different schools in Punjab will come to the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium here to witness the day-night match between India and Australia Monday, an official said Saturday. "Over 2,000 students from various towns and villages of Punjab will come here Monday to see the match," PCA president I.S.

October 27th, 2009 PUNE - Former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist has said that despite going one down to the Kangaroos in the seven match ODI series, hosts India still remain a very competitive team. Talking to reporters here on Monday, Gilchrist said: "The Indian cricket team at the moment still remains a very competitive cricket team." "It is one of the best in the world and of course in the short versions of the game on any given day anyone can beat anyone.

October 24th, 2009 BARODA - Indian cricket team on Friday sweat it out at the nets here, ahead of the first of the seven match One-Day International (ODI) series against Australia. Ace batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag were seen practicing hard as Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar and Harbhajan Singh bowled to them.

October 23rd, 2009 MUMBAI - Tim Neilson, coach of Australian cricket team, on Thursday termed the upcoming One-Day International (ODI) series against India as "a challenge". India will play a seven-match ODI series against the visiting Australians, with the first match to be played at Baroda on Sunday.

September 23rd, 2009 SYDNEY - Skipper Ricky Ponting is worried at the prospect of facing an under strength West Indies side during the opening game of the Champions Trophy, which would be followed by the start of the Australian cricket season against the same team. The Australians' opening pool game of the Champions Trophy is against a Windies line-up severely weakened by a contract dispute, which will give the world champions a look at what side could arrive this November.

September 12th, 2009 MUMBAI - Former President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Raj Singh Dungarpur died on Saturday following a protracted illness at his Worli home in Mumbai. Seventy-four-year old Dungarpur was reportedly suffering from Alzheimer.

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.

September 7th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting announced his retirement from Twenty-Twenty cricket on Monday, citing his desire to keep playing Test and 50-over internationals as the main reason. Cricket Australia revealed he will remain the captain of the Australian Test and one-day sides but will step away from the international T20 scene.

July 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first of the seven One-day international cricket series between India and Australia will be a day-night affair at Jaipur's Sawai Mansingh Stadium Oct 25. The Australian team will arrive here Oct 21 and will leave for Jaipur the next day, according to the tour itinerary released by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Friday.

June 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - For someone who has been closely associated with India, Steve Waugh surely knows how cricket is run here. And the Australian legend Friday felt his former coach John Buchanan could have had a mix of India and Australian support staff for a better working arrangement in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

June 19th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian cricketer Brad Hodge today joined Indian students and members of Victoria Police on the cricket pitch to promote a message of harmony. Representatives of the groups formed mixed teams to take part in a game of Laneway Cricket in Melbourne's CBD.

June 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh has said that he was disappointed about the recent chain of attacks on Indian students in Australia. Waugh, who met Home Minister P.

June 6th, 2009 JABALPUR - Cricket-lovers performed a special puja at the Sai Baba Temple in Jabalpur for the success of the Indian cricket team in the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday. "We have taken a oath here and prayed to Sai Baba that the Indian cricket team retains the Twenty20 World Cup.