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Berry named assistant coach

FORMER Victoria cricket captain Darren Berry will return to the Bushrangers as an assistant coach.

Ireland to host India, Proteas

IRELAND will host limited overs matches against India and South Africa next month, the Irish Cricket Union said.

Sri Lanka's losers return

SRI Lanka's World Cup cricketers returned to an elaborate welcome home today after being stranded in London after Tamil Tiger rebel air raids in Colombo.

Pidge leaves with one more joke

GLENN McGrath moved into retirement today with the cheeky brand of humour that morphed his Pigeon nickname for being a skinny pest in cricket dressing rooms around the world.

Gilly wouldn't pick himself

A MODEST Adam Gilchrist felt he tested the patience of Australia selectors by taking so long to score a maiden World Cup hundred.

Woolmer case turns to cameras

JAMAICAN police are continuing their attempts to try and identify dozens of people caught on video cameras at the hotel where former Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was murdered.

Ponting plan was spoiled

RICKY Ponting revealed Glenn McGrath was denied the chance to bowl the last over of his career in the World Cup final as Australia returned home today.

Snub powers Katich to big runs

FORMER Australia batsman Simon Katich showed no ill-effects from being dumped by Cricket Australia overnight, smashing an unbeaten double century for his English county championship side.

MacGill exposes Zimbabwe tour

STUART MacGill, who boycotted Australia's previous tour of Zimbabwe three years ago, wants his teammates to take a closer look at the desperate situation in the crumbling African nation.

Jason dizzy at contract

FALLEN star Jason Gillespie clutched for his calendar when told he had retained his contract with Cricket Australia.

Neutral umpires have failed

AS the fallout from a tragic and shambolic Cricket World Cup continued among lingering Australian celebrations, cricket experts from around the world claim the game's best umpire, Simon Taufel, should have officiated in the final.

Stuff-ups OK if made at the top

IT is difficult to know which quality best highlights the International Cricket Council: breathless hypocrisy or complete farce.

New additions in Australia Haus

TASMANIA swing bowler Ben Hilfenhaus was one of five new faces handed a central contract today as Australia plans for life without its retired stars.

Hayden has 'job to do'

WORLD Cup hero Matthew Hayden is to play on, eager to help usher in the next generation of Test stars.

Bashar retains captaincy

BANGLADESH has retained Habibul Bashar as skipper and dropped batsman Rajin Saleh from the one-day squad to play visiting India this month.

Earlier Reports

• Pay day: Lucky Johnson living it up
• Fast track: Tait arrives on the big stage
• Central contracts: Redbacks clan wait on deals
• Comment: Money knocks out sporting worth
• Sri Lanka: Moody undecided on future
• Veteran: Wrong'un puts Hogg in Test frame
• Cup bonus: $180,000 for doing nothing
• Report: Sarwan new Windies captain
• Dick Motz: Ex-skipper finds paceman's body
• ICC view: Woolmer, finale 'upstage' Aussies
• BBC report: Woolmer 'poisoned first'
• Farcical Finale: ICC sorry for Cup calamity
• Future bright: Moody regrets final cut short
• 4-496: Surrey blasts one-day record
• World Cup win: Farce ruins Cup defence
• Grip: Gilchrist reveals secret of success
• Cape Town: Woolmer's body arrives home
• Chaos: I'm to blame, Crowe says
• Man out the tournament: Pigeon flies to high retirement
• Man of the match: Gilly lauds incredible triumph
• Last word: McGrath's final fling
• New horizons: McGrath bound for bush
• Second final: Jayasuriya kept faith
• Jayawardene: Aussies are 'no supermen'