Adelaide, Jan. 26: Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has said that he will seek an explanation from all-rounder Andrew Symonds on why he labelled New Zealand wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum a "lump of shit" in a radio interview late last week.

London, Jan 25, : England Cricket Players have refuse

Melbourne, Jan. 25 : Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke is set to land a massive 1.7 million dollar deal by making himself available for the Indian Premier League.

According to the Sunday Telegraph, Australian players have become the primary recruitment target for the IPL''s eight franchises, which will fork out more than 11 million dollars collectively for 32 local products ahead of the second season starting on April 10.

Adelaide, Jan. 25 : Pace bowler Ben Hilfenhaus and leg-spinning all-rounder Cameron White will play for Australia in the fourth one-day match against South Africa at the Adelaide Oval on Monday.

According to Fox Sports, they will replace Nathan Bracken and Nathan Hauritz.

Bracken withdrew from the squad with a calf problem, while Hauritz was excluded after being subjected to some heavy punishment during the match at the SCG on Friday night.

Dubai, Jan. 25 : Pakistan has slipped one place in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table following its 2-1 series defeat at home to Sri Lanka.

Although Shoaib Malik's team won the first ODI of the series in Karachi thanks to a brilliant unbeaten century by Salman Butt, it then proceeded to lose the second and third matches after impressive displays by the visitors.

That means Pakistan loses three ratings points and drops below New Zealand into fifth place on the table, an ICC press release said.

Sydney, Jan. 25 : Australian fast bowler Stuart Clark believes that he still has about three to four years of cricket left in him, and has dismissed claims thathe is a spent force at the international level.

Outlining his plans to play Test cricket until 2013, Clark, who has recovered from elbow surgery, took the most significant step in his bid to tour South Africa when he turned out for grade side Sydney University against Sutherland on Saturday.

Clark''s comeback coincided with that of Andrew Symonds, who appeared for Gold Coast Dolphins after undergoing knee surgery following the Boxing Day Test.