Sri Lanka's only practice match ahead of their opening Commonwealth Bank Series fixture against India on Wednesday was abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain at the Manuka Oval in Canberra.
Australia Women ended their series of matches against New Zealand's Women on a winning note at the MCG. In a match played prior to the men's Twenty20 against India at the same venue, Australia's ladies completed a 4-1 success in the same format to go with a 1-0 success in the Rose Bowl One-Day Internationals.
Australia scored a convincing 31-run win over India in the first Twenty20 International in Sydney to inflict another defeat on the struggling tourists.
Batting first, Australia battled their way to 171 for four between rain showers and then held India to 140 for six as Daniel Christian and David Hussey took two wickets apiece.
New Zealand won a low-scoring fourth Twenty20 International over Australia Women by six wickets to take their first victory of the tour.
Kate Broadmore returned figures of three for nine as Australia were restricted to 92 for seven in 18 overs of a weather-interrupted encounter before New Zealand closed on 95 for four.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) 2015 Cricket World Cup Local Organising Committee has met with the Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, and Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key, in Melbourne Australia.
To mark the occasion, the Prime Ministers were each presented with a specially produced ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC2015) bat signed by the captains of the Australian and New Zealand cricket teams, Michael Clarke and Ross Taylor.
Australia have named their 14-man squad for the first three matches of the Commonwealth Bank One-Day International Series, leaving out wicket-keeper Brad Haddin and batsman Shaun Marsh.
Queensland's Peter Forrest and Victoria's Matthew Wade are poised to make their One-Day International debuts against either India or Sri Lanka in the first round of matches.
Australia Women retained the Rose Bowl Trophy with a convincing nine-wicket victory over New Zealand Women in the third and final One-Day International at Blacktown International Sportspark.
New Zealand were dismissed for 125, failing to recover from being reduced to 39 for four and their target was easily overcame by Australia, who closed on home in just 16.4 overs.
Australia wasted little time in wrapping up a 298-run win over India on the final day of the fourth and final Test in Adelaide, completing a 4-0 series clean sweep in the process.
Having been set 500 to win, India resumed on 166 for six and were swiftly dismissed for 201 as they crashed to their eighth successive defeat away from home.
The second One-Day International between Australia Women and New Zealand in Sydney was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
The result follows the first game, which was also abandoned after just 22 overs were possible at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The opening One-Day International between Australia Women and New Zealand Women was abandoned after just 22 overs were possible in Sydney.
In that time, New Zealand had reached 100 for two as they set about building a platform before the weather intervened.
A cricket video for Cricket World TV about the latest cricket news looking back at two major stories - Australia's fine start to the fourth and final Test against India in Adelaide and the changes sweeping through Sri Lanka Cricket.
A look ahead to a busy week that sees three Test matches get underway in Australia, United Arab Emirates and New Zealand.
In Adelaide, Australia take on India, then in Abu Dhabi, Pakistan take on England in high spirits following their ten-wicket win in the opener in Dubai and finally, New Zealand meet Zimbabwe in Napier.
Australia have drastically overhauled their Twenty20 International squad, naming George Bailey as their new captain and recalling Brad Hogg.
Bailey will lead the side with David Warner as his vice-captain in the two matches against India on 1st and 3rd February.
Australia Women moved into an unassailable 3-0 series lead over New Zealand Women by winning the third Twenty20 International in Sydney by seven runs.
Batting first, Australia posted 134 for eight and they then restricted New Zealand to 127 for eight in reply as Lisa Sthalekar returned four for 18.
Australia Women's bowlers set up a convincing 59-run win in the second Twenty20 International against New Zealand Women in Sydney.
In a low-scoring match, Australia went 2-0 up in the series after scoring 128 for five from their 20 overs and then dismissing New Zealand for just 69 in reply.
Jessica Cameron smashed 59 in 41 balls before Australia Women clinched a four-wicket win over New Zealand Women in the first Twenty20 International in Sydney,
Cameron hit eight fours and a six as her side closed on 148 for six with one ball to spare after New Zealand had managed to post 145 for seven.
Australian wicket-keeper Brad Haddin will be returning to his roots when he captains the Prime Minister's XI against Sri Lanka in February.
Haddin grew up in Canberra and he will lead the side against the touring Sri Lankans in a one-day game at the Manuka Oval on 3rd February.
Australia have named an unchanged 12-man squad for the fourth and final Test against India, which gets underway in Adelaide on 24th January.
Although the squad is unchanged, off-spinner Nathan Lyon is expected to come back into the side at the expense of one of the seam bowlers.
David Warner blasted himself into the record books and to this week's Cricket World Player of the Week award with an innings of supreme power in Perth over the weekend.
His century on day one of the third Test between India and Australia came off only 69 balls and was the joint fourth fastest of all time in Test cricket - equalling the effort of Shiv Chanderpaul in 2002 in Guyana, and trailing only Sir Viv Richards (56 balls), Adam Gilchrist (57 balls) and John Gregory (67 balls).
Australia romped to an innings-and-37-run victory over India on day three of the third Test in Perth to move into an unassailable 3-0 series lead.
They produced a ruthless performance on the final day to take the remaining six Indian wickets for just 89 runs, Ben Hilfenhaus doing the bulk of the damage with four for 54, as India were bowled out for 171 in their second innings.
