Australia have lost three of their past five Test series. Amid all the backslapping, it is a point worth pondering. Ricky Ponting's side has slipped to fourth place in the rankings. Along the way, captain and selectors have blundered, with the wrong teams chosen, pitches misread and puzzling tactics pursued..read more

AUSTRALIA has lost three of its past five Test series. Amid all the backslapping it is a point worth pondering. Ricky Ponting's side has slipped to fourth in the rankings. Along the way captain and selectors have blundered, with the wrong teams chosen, pitches misread and puzzling tactics pursued at..read more

1. Which cricketer has played a Test match alongside all 14 of his country's wicketkeepers?2. Before today's Test match, who was the last player from NSW to make his Test debut at the SCG?3. Who is the only man to captain two Test teams at the SCG?4. Who are the..read more

Today, women are opting for some "cosmetic enhancement" at a younger age, reports LISA WACHSMUTH. And the economic downturn hasn't stopped them either. It used to be you'd wait till your fifties or older to have "work" done; now women in their twenties are having a spot of cosmetic enhancement.

MELBOURNE has always been a town in love with retro. In bars it has been about channelling the fairly recent past. Fifties lampshades, '60s curves, '70s furniture, '80s tunes and '90s excess are all familiar motifs. For barflies it seems that the past is another country, one in which occasionally..read more