There was nearly a huge upset in Colombo, but USA, Nepal and South Africa all waltzed through in the Plate Championship quarter finals

Adam Gilchrist’s 67-ball hundred guided Australia to a nine-wicket win in the VB Series decider in Brisbane tonight.

Less than six months after their last meeting, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are to play again, but the outcome is unlikely to be different.

Shahid Afridi has been ruled out of the remainder of the Pakistan/India one-day series after aggravating a rib injury.

Glenn McGrath is in doubt for Australia’s one-day leg of their South Africa tour which gets under way later this month.

Chasing 289, Yuvraj, Dhoni and Tendulkar all produced wonderful innings to put India 2-1 up in the series.

India and Pakistan both have continued injury problems leading up to the third ODI in Lahore.

England go to India in February looking to recover from their 2-0 defeat at the hands of Pakistan late in 2005.

A recharged Australian outfit took the 2nd VB Series final in emphatic fashion.

Chris Cairns has put in a man of the match performance in his last outing for his province, leading Canterbury to a five wicket win.