31.   Australia is considering a rare attack with three specialist spinners for the second cricket test against India in Calcutta, coach Geoff Marsh said Monday.

32.   Australia will be looking to complete a series sweep of Sri Lanka when the third cricket test begins Thursday at the Adelaide Oval.

33.   Australian captain Mark Taylor won his second successive toss on Thursday and elected to bat first in the second cricket test against Pakistan at the Bellerive Oval.

34.   Australian skipper Steve Waugh wants to burn the bails of the fifth cricket test at The Oval on Thursday and take home the new millennium Ashes.

35.   Australia named an unchanged team Monday for the third cricket test against New Zealand starting at Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Thursday.

36.   Australia on Tuesday confirmed batsman Simon Katich will replace the injured Steve Waugh for the fourth Ashes cricket test against England at Headingley this week.

37.   Australia struggled to take the upper hand in the first cricket test against New Zealand on the fourth morning at the Gabba on Monday.

38.   Australia took a tactical edge in the third cricket test on Friday, winning an important toss and deciding to bat first against England at the Adelaide Oval.

39.   Australian batsman Steve Waugh on Monday ruled himself out of the second cricket test against the West Indies, which starts in Sydney on Friday.

40.   Australian opener Michael Slater vowed to win back his test place after being dumped for the fifth and final Ashes cricket test against England on Thursday.