Melbourne, Jan 3: South African skipper Graeme Smith has said that Australian selectors are in chaos and confused and the squad picked for the Sydney Test confirms it.

After Ben Hilfenhaus was chosen to carry the drinks for today's SCG Test, Smith said the Aussie selection panel again had got it wrong by naming left-arm quick Doug Bollinger for his debut.

London, Jan 3: Former Sussex captain and friend of English coach Peter Moores, Chris Adams, has said that solidarity is needed after the apparent rift between captain Kevin Pietersen and the coach, urging them to work together.

Now is not the time to make "catastrophic" changes to the England set-up by sacking the captain or coach with the Ashes only seven months away, The Telegraph quoted Adams, as saying.

Melbourne, Jan 3: Shane Warne has fuelled rumours that he's back with his ex-wife after reports emerged that the cricketer celebrated the New Year with Simone Callahan and three children at a holiday house.

The Courier Mail has learnt that Warne was spotted outside his former partner''s holiday hideaway south of Melbourne only hours before his departure to fulfill commitments at the third cricket Test in Sydney.

The star bowler''s late-model black Mercedes was parked in the driveway of the property for the entire New Year holiday.

Dubai, Jan 2 : ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat today announced the formation of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, in association with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA), as part of the ICC's centenary year celebrations.

Speaking in Sydney on Friday at the launch of those celebrations, Lorgat said the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame would provide the chance for the game to recognise its greatest achievers.

Sydney, Jan. 2 : South African cricket captain Graeme Smith has taken painkillers in an attempt to make the team for the third and final Test against Australia, which is being played at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).

According to team coach Mickey Arthur, Smith is keen to ensure a clean sweep of the series.

Arthur said that he will be risking Smith, who requires revolutionary blood injections to treat a painful elbow injury, in a ruthless bid to record a clean sweep on Australian soil.

Sydney, Jan. 2: Former fast bowler Glenn McGrath has urged Australia to turn hostile.

McGrath insisted that new fast-bowling spearhead Mitchell Johnson must lead from the front with fire and brimstone.

"To be a fast bowler you have to have that aggression. It''s a naturally aggressive part of the game and if you are running in and bowling and smiling at batsmen when they hit you for fours, you''re not going to stay there for long. I was a shy country kid who showed a little bit of aggression now and then," news. com. au quoted McGrath, as saying.