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Australia restricts water use in populous state, as drought persists
New South Wales, home to about a third of Australia’s 25 million people and its biggest city Sydney, last imposed restrictions in 2009.
28 May 2019 3:07 PM
Aussie man gets 10 years in jail for rape, kidnap of British backpacker
Marcus Martin, 24, pleaded guilty to three counts of rape and one count of deprivation of liberty in October last year.
28 May 2019 2:57 PM
Allan Border, Brett Lee reveal dark horses of World Cup 2019
The showpiece event, starting May 30, will see all 10 participating teams playing each other in a round-robin manner.
28 May 2019 2:09 PM
Allan Border shares his top World Cup captains
The 1987 World Cup winning captain said that Kohli has impressed him as he wears his heart on his sleeves.
26 May 2019 12:53 PM
Mark Waugh names his top-three ODI batsmen
Kohli, who clinched all three major ICC awards earlier in the year, will hope to lead his country to a third World Cup trophy.
24 May 2019 5:58 PM
Steve Smith ready to pick up where he left off at World Cup 2019
While the Test format is where Smith has really excelled, he has also been formidable in one-day internationals, where he averages 41.84.
24 May 2019 12:21 PM
Brett Lee picks his top three World Cup 2019 pacers
"What a wonderful bowler," said Lee of Bumrah, who has taken 85 wickets in 49 one-day internationals.
23 May 2019 2:42 PM
'Australia's ability to bowl and play spin will define their WC success': Ponting
Ponting said there were concerns about middle-order's ability to play spin but the return of Warner and Smith has strengthened the team.
23 May 2019 12:09 PM
'Jos Buttler is England's dangerman', says Ricky Ponting
Besides Buttler, England's team comprises of match-winners like skipper Morgan, Bairstow, Root, Stokes and Archer to name a few.
22 May 2019 1:47 PM
Indian-origin Dave Sharma wins Wentworthin seat in Australian federal election
Sharma was a former Australian ambassador to Israel and had claimed the seat of former Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull.
22 May 2019 12:34 PM
Former Aussie opener Michael Slater kicked off plane
Macquarie Sports Radio, citing eyewitnesses, said the row erupted between Slater and two women as they boarded a flight from Sydney.
21 May 2019 1:22 PM
'He just hasn’t been playing any cricket': Langer on exclusion of Hazlewood
Hazlewood expressed his frustration last week at first missing out on a place in the initial squad for England.
20 May 2019 11:43 AM
‘Smith played an unbelievable shot and it felt like Sachin bat’: Langer
Delighted with Smith's progress going into the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019, the head coach called him Australia's success.
20 May 2019 10:54 AM
‘England are red-hot favourites for 2019 World Cup, they deserve to be no 1’: Langer
England has had huge success in the ODI format after 2015 and the success can be credited to their newly adapted aggressive batting style.
19 May 2019 2:09 PM
Conservatives in Australia on course for 'sensational' election victory
Though it is unclear whether the Scott Morrison-led coalition can govern with an outright majority.
19 May 2019 8:57 AM
Voting under way in climate-dominated Australia elections
Between 16 and 17 million people are expected to vote across the vast island-continent, with the opp centre-left Labor party tipped to win.
18 May 2019 9:13 AM
India 'sleeping giant' of women's cricket, says Matthew Mott
The interest in women's cricket in India has been on the rise ever since they finished runners-up in the 2017 World Cup in the UK.
17 May 2019 12:27 PM
Oil prices ease on surprise rise in US stockpiles, but Middle East tensions support
WTI crude futures were at USD 61.39 per barrel, down 39 cents, or 0.6 per cent.
15 May 2019 9:56 AM
Koalas on the verge of extinction
A report claims koalas are ‘functionally extinct’, but what does that mean?
13 May 2019 4:24 PM
'Smith has got his timing and class back': Aaron Finch
Finch is happy that both Smith and David Warner have done incredible work during their time off the field which is showing off.
10 May 2019 5:06 PM
Columns
The government needed to apply the healing touch rather than alienate the Kashmiris at this juncture.
Narendra Modi can now claim that he has accomplished what A.B. Vajpayee and L.K. Advani could not.
Pakistani commentators now fear that if there is now any violence in Kashmir, Pakistan will be blamed and there could be a sharp Indian response.
In Afghanistan, Trump would dearly like to withdraw before his re-election next year, preferably without any more body bags and without loss of face.