Melbourne, Mar. 3 : Cricket Australia (CA) has expressed shock over the Lahore terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket players in which six Lankan players were wounded.

Condemning the ghastly act, Cricket Australia CEO, James Sutherland said that CA was shocked to hear the news of the attack, and strongly condemns the incident.

"Australian cricket has many friends in Sri Lanka and in Pakistan and we sincerely hope they are all safe after this awful incident,'''' The Courier Mail quoted Sutherland, as saying.

Melbourne, Mar 3 : Southwest Airlines has come under fire over the steamy picture of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover model Bar Rafaeli splashed on the side of one of its commercial 737s.

The picture features Israeli supermodel Refaeli, currently dating actor Leonardo DiCaprio, lying seductively in a revealing white bikini.

Passengers said that the picture that is ‘soft porn’ and is offensive to families.

The latest addition to the US-based airline was unveiled this month and is deployed like other aircraft in the fleet, servicing all its routes.

Melbourne, Mar 3: Men are more likely to get distracted by the in-car GPS navigation devices than women, according to a new study.

In the survey involving 2500 Australian drivers, 17 per cent of male admitted to losing focus while using their GPS units in the car.

While just 12 percent women said they were distracted by the gadgets.

Melbourne, Mar 3 : Australian leg spinner Bryce McGain is in line to replace his teammate Andrew McDonald for the second Test against South Africa, despite captain Ricky Ponting saying that it will be difficult to change a winning team.

McDonald's medium-pace bowling is tight and effective and took two wickets in the first Test in Johannesburg, and his 67 overs in Test cricket have been bowled at only
1.88 runs per over. But his highest score in three Test innings is 15.

Melbourne, Mar 3: Former Australian Test captain Ian Chappell has praised fast bowler Mitchell Johnson for his man-of-the-match performance in Australia’s 162-run win over South Africa in Johannesburg.

The Herald Sun quoted Chappell as saying that Johnson is a rare jewel in Australian cricket.

Johnson took eight wickets for the match and made 96 not out in Australia’s first innings at the Wanderers.

Melbourne, Mar 3: Six Australians out of the total 34,684 applications from all over the world have made it to the list of top 50 successful candidates for Great Barrier Reef’s caretaker’s job.

The six Australians selected are Chris Bray from Sydney, New South Wales, James Hill from Shute Harbour, Queensland, Sheree Marris Elwood from Victoria, Hailey Turner from Brisbane and David Whitehill from the Gold Coast.

In the quest to land the dream job, one of the applicants David Whitehall even pulled down his pants to reveal g-string bathers and the words “Aussie bum” emblazoned on his bottom while walking to the water saying “You’d be out of your mind not to give this job to an Aussie bum”.