Melbourne, Feb. 12: Former Test fast bowler and Pakistan cricket team coach Geoff Lawson has warned Australia that winning the final Chappell-Hadlee clash is vital to their preparations for the tour of South Africa.

With the series currently tied at two all, Fox Sports quoted Lawson as saying: "Winning this last game is very important because you have already seen that winning the last two one-day games has changed the complexion of a lot of things."

"Australia will go to South Africa with a lot more confidence if they can win the Chappell-Hadlee trophy. But if they lose in Brisbane, there will be a lot of doom and gloom again, the world could come down on their shoulders," he added.

Melbourne, Feb. 12 : Police in the Australian state of Victoria have launched a manhunt for a "serial arsonist" after clearing the two men they had arrested earlier of any wrongdoing in connection with bush fires ravaging the region.

Officers confirmed to the Daily Telegraph that a serial arsonist was being investigated in connection with the Gippsland blaze that has so far claimed 21 lives.

According to the paper, over 150 detectives are working on separate investigations related to the fires across the state. The official death toll remains at 181, but it is expected to rise.

Melbourne, Feb. 11 : Victoria police has ruled out arson as the cause of the fire in the town of Kinglake.

More than 100 people have died in the fires that burnt through Kilmore, Humevale, Taggerty and Wandong and surrounds on Saturday.

Police have also ruled out arson in three other blazes - Bendigo-Maiden Gully, Redesdale and Mudgeegonga.

The cause of the Marysville, Narbethong and Murrindindi Mill fire is still being investigated, but police say the 40, 000 hectare Churchill fire in the Gippsland, where 21 people died, is suspicious.

Melbourne, Feb. 11 : Golfing great Greg Norman has agreed to participate in a celebrity tournament next week to support Victoria''s bushfire victims.

Norman will be joined by the likes of cricketer Justin Langer and swimmer Todd Pearson, at The Vines Resort in Queensland on Tuesday to help raise money for the bushfire appeal, reports news. com. au.

Money raised on the day will be added to a contribution to be made by the Johnnie Walker Classic, which will be held at The Vines from February 19.

Melbourne, Feb. 11: Troubled Australian all-rounder Andrew Symonds failed to score a one-day hundred on Wednesday in what was pegged as his road to redemption at the MCG.

The Queenslander scored just 36 runs in a one-day match against Victoria.

The man once regarded as the most destructive limited-overs batsman in the world has never scored a one-day century for his state.

In 74 interstate one-day matches stretching back to his debut against South Australia in 1994, when current Australian coach Tim Nielsen caught him behind - he has never reached triple figures.

Melbourne, Feb 11 : Virgin Atlantic's new ad showing men lusting over glamorous red-suited airhostesses has come under fire for promoting `sexism'.

The advert has also been deemed `offensive'.

England's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has received 29 complaints over the ad campaign, which also includes press advertising, insisting that the ads are insulting to women.

The 90-second TV commercial shows female cabin crew walking through an airport for Virgin Atlantic's first flight in 1984.

Onlookers turn their heads and men ogle the sexy hostesses with dreamy looks on their faces, enthralled with the progression. One man drops his mobile phone and another squirts sauce from his hamburger down his shirt.