Brisbane, Mar. 8 : Retired Australian Test opener Matthew Hayden has hailed his replacement, Phillip Hughes.

Australian cricket was celebrating Hughes''s maiden ton (115) on the opening day of the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead.

At 20 and 97 days, Hughes is the youngest Australian to hit a Test century since Doug Walters cracked 155 on debut against England in 1965 when he was 19.

Hayden dubbed Hughes (170cm) the new (equally diminutive) Justin Langer, detecting eerily similar hallmarks.

Melbourne, Mar 8 : Australian all rounder Andrew Symonds has told how reconciling with girlfriend Katie Johnson has helped him battle depression and given him a new lease on life.

The troubled star of Australian cricket star has also revealed his battle with the bottle, and how he considered quitting cricket besides the deep bouts of depression that left him reeling.

Symonds will get a new look for his new life this month, allowing his signature dreadlocks to be cut for leukaemia charity World's Greatest Shave, The Herald Sun reports.

Brisbane (Australia), Mar. 8 : Out of favour Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds has experienced days when he just did not want to get out of bed.

Struggling to come to terms with life as one of Australia''s most recognized sportsmen, Symonds is undergoing counseling for alcohol abuse, and says hat he is making some sort of a recovery.

Sydney, Mar 8 : The International Cricket Council has said it can't guarantee the safety and security of international cricketers in any part of the world following the Lahore terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team.

ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said on Sunday that the well-orchestrated attacks on the Sri Lanka team's convoy in Pakistan on last Tuesday had forever changed the sporting world's landscape.

Sydney, Mar 8 : Reflecting on her life in the public spotlight, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said it was "love, forgiveness, friendship and family" that enabled her to get past her husband''s adultery.

During an interview on a popular women''s program on the Turkish channel, NTV, the former First Lady divulged when she fell in love and shared how she dealt with personal struggles.

Sydney  - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is expected to visit Australia this week, officials in Canberra said Sunday.

Al-Maliki is due on Wednesday and expected to leave on Sunday.

"The success of Iraq's recent provincial elections in January 2009 is evidence of growing security and stability in the country," Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said in a statement. "Australia is strongly supportive of measures Iraq is taking to strengthen democracy and welcomes the recent free and fair elections, giving Iraqi citizens a voice in the future of their country."