Melbourne: Adam Gilchrist has backed comments by Damien Martyn that suggest Australian cricket bosses are applying double standards when it comes to assessing security threats on the subcontinent

Heavy security arrangements have been made in the vicinity of DY Patil Sports Stadium in Navi Mumbai where the opening ceremony of the IPL Season 3 will be hosted and first T-20 match would be played on Friday, police said.

Melbourne: Security fears fuelled by the attacks on the Indians living in Australia have prompted half a dozen academy-level players from India to pull out of a series ironically meant to promote goodwill between the two countries.

Sydney: The Australian Cricketers' Association on Tuesday briefed its Indian Premier League-bound players about the security threat to the event and demanded specific assurance on their safety from the organisers.

Jittery about the security situation in India, IPL-bound Australian players will meet their Cricketers' Association tomorrow to deliberate on whether to compete in the lucrative event next month or give it a miss this year.

Following terror threats, specialised teams of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will keep an eye on the city skies to prevent any untoward incident during the first one-day international between India and South Africa

Melbourne: Australian captain Ricky Ponting said he would have led a walk-off had any of his players been tackled by a gatecrashing fan, the way it happened with Pakistan's Khalid Latif, at Perth.

Melbourne: Worried by Shiv Sena's threat to the Australian cricketers, Ricky Ponting and his teammates might skip this year's Indian Premier League, media reports claimed here on Thursday.

New Delhi: In a startling revelation, Delhi Police said on Monday that live ammunition was recovered from Kotla, the venue for the third India-Australia one-dayer, hours before the game on Saturday

Security has been beefed up for the fourth Test at Headingley Carnegie after unruly crowd behaviour during the third Test at Edgbaston.