Adelaide, Jan. 27 : Skipper Ricky Ponting has taken responsibility for Australia''s limp surrender to South Africa in this summer''s one day series, as also the preceding Test series between the two sides.

No touring side has won a Test and one-day series in Australia since Richie Richardson''s West Indians in 1992-93.

Adelaide, Jan. 27 : Australia's cricket selectors have recalled batsman Michael Clarke and fast bowler Nathan Bracken for the final match against South Africa to be played at the WACA in Perth.

A Fox Sports report said that Australia will go all out to salvage some of its pride from an already lost the series in Perth.

Another defeat would see the Proteas move to top spot in the rankings for the first time since February 2007 after the two sides were locked together atop the one-day tree in March and April last year.

Adelaide, Australia - Allan Davis of Australia lived up to his promise as he won Friday's stage and retained the ochre jersey for the overall leader at the Tour Down Under.

"If the chance arrives, I'll definitely have a crack, but the plan is to keep it simple," the 26-year-old had said on the starting line of the fourth stage over 143 kilometres from Burnside Village to Angaston.

And the chance did arrive: The Quick Step rider won, flashing over the line ahead of Thursday's stage winner, Rabobank's Graeme Brown.

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Adelaide, Australia  - A crash Thursday midway through the third stage of the Tour Down Under dashed the hopes of German sprinter Andre Greipel, making it two in a row in the Australian classic.

The Rostock-born Columbia Team rider withdrew from the 802-kilometre event after being taken to an Adelaide hospital and being diagnosed with a dislocated shoulder.

Adelaide, Australia  - Cycling legend Lance Armstrong looked comfortable Tuesday in his first stage race since the last of his seven Tour de France victories in 2005.

The 37-year-old Texan, out of retirement and at the head of the Astana Team, finished safely in the bunch in the first stage of Australia's Tour Down Under in the south-coast city of Adelaide,

German Andre Greipel, last year's winner of the six-day event, won a sprint finish ahead of Australians Stuart O'Grady and Baden Cooke.