Matthew Hayden’s second World Cup hundred in four days helped to put Australia in a dominant position in their rain-interrupted Super Eight match against West Indies.

Matthew Hayden’s second successive World Cup hundred powered Australia to 322 for six against West Indies, in the first Super Eight match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.

Ricky Ponting proved an unlikely ally in England’s bid to reach the Commonwealth Bank Series final with a magnificent century as Australia beat New Zealand by five wickets in Melbourne.

James Franklin removed both openers as New Zealand kept the pressure on Australia in their Commonwealth Bank Series clash in Melbourne.

ANDREW FLINTOFF has urged England’s hierarchy to collect the views of their entire beaten squad to ensure the humiliation of the Ashes whitewash was not “a pointless exercise.”

UNDERFIRE coach Duncan Fletcher has admitted he made selection blunders in choosing the England team for the disastrous Ashes series against Australia.

ENGLAND have launched an investigation into how their detailed bowling plans for the fourth Ashes Test were leaked and broadcast on Australian radio station ABC.

ADAM GILCHRIST is confident Australia will retain their status as the world’s best Test side even though several of their great players are approaching the end of their careers.

Matthew Hoggard produced a four-wicket haul to halt Australia’s fightback and keep England’s hopes of victory in the second Ashes Test alive.

England’s hopes of making further inroads into Australia’s batting line-up were undermined by a stubborn fourth wicket stand in the second Ashes Test.

ANDREW FLINTOFF is confident he has seen enough of a response from his under-fire England squad to believe they can be competitive in the remainder of the Ashes series.

Damien Martyn, Jason Gillespie and Michael Kasprowicz paid the price for Australia’s Ashes failure Tuesday when they were axed from the Test squad to face a World XI next month.

KEVIN PIETERSEN toasted the best day of his life after his maiden Test hundred sealed England’s first Ashes success for 18 years.

SOUTH London’s murky weather conditions made another telling contribution towards ending England’s long wait for Ashes success, inching the hosts towards their historic prize in the deciding Oval Test yesterday.

England’s hopes of mounting a fightback in the deciding Ashes Test were frustrated by Australia’s best opening partnership of the summer at The Oval.

ENGLAND narrowly failed to claim a major advantage in the Ashes series after Australia clung on to claim a draw in another tense and dramatic finish to the third Test at Old Trafford.

SIMON JONES and Ashley Giles bowled England into a strong position at stumps on the second day of the third Ashes Test against Australia at Old Trafford yesterday.

BRETT LEE took two late wickets to remove some of the shine from England captain Michael Vaughan’s 166, the first century of this Ashes series, on the first day of the third Test at Old Trafford yesterday.

ENGLAND had a great second day in the Edgbaston Test against Australia to give themselves a clear advantage yesterday.

GLENN MCGRATH’S superb spell of four wickets for three runs in 23 balls saw Australia beat England by 239 runs to win the first Ashes Test with more than a day to spare at Lord’s.

Kevin Pietersen was given a harsh introduction into Test cricket after Australia ruthlessly exploited his fluctuating fortunes to take command of the opening Test at Lord’s.

GLENN McGRATH settled back into his usual Lord’s routine to secure his place in cricket’s hall of fame and ruin England’s fine start to the first Test yesterday.

Brian Lara today made cricketing history as he set a world-record Test score of 384 and counting.

AUSTRALIA clinched their third Cricket World Cup with a thumping 125-run victory over India.

Mark Butcher marked his 50th Test for England with a determined century today after he battled through an uncertain start to his innings in the final Test against a new look Australian line-up at the SCG.

BARMY Army chanting may have cost England the chance to push for an incredible victory in the fourth Test after their loud support aided Australia’s successful struggle to a five-wicket win at the MCG.

THE Ashes series’ two most experienced campaigners – Alec Stewart and Steve Waugh – experienced contrasting fortunes on the opening day of the fourth Test.

Steve Waugh hit a defiant half-century to power Australia towards a major first innings total in the fourth Test at the MCG today to demonstrate his determination to continue his illustrious international career.

Australia lead by 278 runs after the third day of the opening Ashes Test in Brisbane.

Australia's one-day game against Ireland has fallen victim to the weather.