Australia completely dominated day one of the fourth and final Test against India in Sydney as they closed on 348 for two with four batsmen scoring at least a half-century.

Australia opening batsman David Warner has promised his team won’t cut down on the verbal volleys at the Indians during the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) which starts on Friday December 26.

Australia, having taken an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the Commonwealth Bank test series, are in with a dilemma ahead of the Boxing Day test as three of their players, Shane Watson, David Warner and Mitchell Starc are nursing injury concerns.

After a week full of glittering performances around the world, David Warner's twin centuries in Adelaide have won him the Cricket World Player Of The Week award.

The International Cricket Council has fined Indian pair Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli as well as Australian David Warner following incidents in the first Test at the Adelaide Oval.

Any Adelaide Test always comes alive on the last two days. It was the same story with the ongoing Australia versus India match as things got heated in the middle. David Warner was at the centre of it.

David Warner scored his second century of the match as Australia extended their lead over India to 363 runs at stumps on day four of the first Test at the Adelaide Oval.

On an immensely emotional day for Australian cricket, David Warner shone through and struck his tenth Test hundred against India in the first Test at the Adelaide Oval.

David Warner struck a century and dedicated it to the late Phil Hughes as Australia closed day one of the first Test against India in Adelaide on 354 for six.

David Warner struck a century before Australia collapsed, losing five wickets for 54 runs, enabling Pakistan to close day three of the first Test in Dubai 189 runs ahead.

Australia closed day two of the first Test against Pakistan on 113 without loss after Sarfraz Ahmed's 80-ball century helped Pakistan reach 454 all out in Dubai.

Australia's spin bowlers bamboozled Pakistan's batsman and David Warner then struck 54 not out as they won a low-scoring one-off Twenty20 International in Dubai by six wickets.

The Sunrisers Hyderabad kept their slim hopes of qualifying for the Indian Premier League 2014 play-offs alive with a six-wicket win over the Chennai Super Kings in Ranchi.

Sunrisers Hyderabad openers Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner put on a century partnership as they beat the Royal Challengers Bangalore by seven wickets to stay in the Indian Premier League 2014 play-off hunt.

The Sunrisers Hyderabad handed the Mumbai Indians a fifth consecutive Indian Premier League 2014 defeat with a 15-run win as the tournament bade farewell to Dubai and the United Arab Emirates.

Sunrisers Hyderabad batsmen Aaron Finch and David Warner have both been reprimanded for dissent following their side's Indian Premier League 2014 victory over the Delhi Daredevils.

Australia held on to defend their score of 200 for seven and beat New Zealand by just three runs in a high-scoring ICC World Twenty20 warm-up game.

Brad Hodge smashed successive sixes in the final over as Australia won a hugely-reduced second Twenty20 International against South Africa in Durban.

South Africa have it all to do on the final day in Cape Town if they are to prevent Graeme Smith's international career ending with a defeat.

South Africa had a torrid time on day one of the deciding Test against Australia at Newlands in Cape Town. They lost their premier fast-bowler Dale Steyn with a hamstring strain and then watched as Australia's batsmen made hay.