Hobart (Tasmania, Australia), Jan 19 : Cricket captains of Australia and South Africa -- Ricky Ponting and Johan Botha -- are reportedly still uncertain about how best to apply the new powerplay rule when batting in one-day matches.

According to a report in The Age, while both admit to being confused about the rule, they know that whoever acquires a better understanding and application of it, could win the five-match series.

Hobart, Jan. 19 : Young Australian opener Shaun Marsh has said that while he is satisfied with the fact that he has scored five half-centuries in ten one-day internationals, he is unhappy about not batting through an innings like his dad Geoff did for the country in the 1980s and 1990s.

Marsh, who scored a 103-ball 78 to earn the man of the match award in Australia''s five-run victory over South Africa in Hobart on Sunday, left the ground disappointed.

His father, Geoff, was one of the rocks around which Australian cricket rebuilt itself, especially in the one-day arena - in which he made nine centuries opening the batting.

Hobart, Jan. 12 : Australian fast bowler Doug Bollinger hopes he won''t be snubbed for Australia''s tour of South Africa next month, despite a number of his rival quicks getting the chance to shine in front of selectors in the limited-overs format.

According to the Daily Telegraph, Bollinger is relying on his one and only Test appearance in Sydney to assure him a plane ticket to South Africa.

Bollinger took 2-131 on debut against the Proteas and was unlucky not to have taken more wickets.

The 27-year-old has tonight''s Twenty20 clash against Tasmania at ANZ Stadium, another Twenty20 clash against Victoria on Saturday and a Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania at the end of the month to enhance his Test prospects.

Hobart (Tasmania), Dec. 5 : Young New South Wales opener Phillip Hughes has passed two of Donald Bradman’s records despite his side''s Sheffield Shield loss to Tasmania at Bellerive Oval this week.

Twenty-year-old Hughes set the Shield record for the greatest two-innings contribution to a team''s game total, edging past Bradman. In doing that, he also scored his first
1,000 domestic first-class runs at a younger age than The Don.

The pint-sized left-hander, aged 20 years and four days, has now scored 1,200 runs at an average of 52.17 since his November 2007 debut for the Blues.

Hobart (Tasmania), Nov. 13 : The Tasmanian Parliament is debating Ricky Ponting''s captaincy of the Australian cricket team.

Sports Minister Michelle O''Byrne has put a notice of motion to the house regarding the leadership qualities of the Apple Isle''s favourite son, who is under fire for his handling of the losing Test series in India.