Melbourne, Feb. 6 : Australia on Friday lost its second placed ranking among one-day international teams to India after being defeated by New Zealand in their second one-day international on the trot at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

Melbourne, Feb. 6 : Cricket Australia officals have said that all rounder Andrew Symonds knows what he has to do to regain his spot in the Australian cricket team, and added that they will offer him all the support he needs to get back.

This message was conveyed to Symonds at a meeting at Cricket Australia's Jolimont headquarters.

Melbourne, Feb 06: An Australian winery has unveiled a new range of wines with labels featuring terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden.

Another label reproduces an image that surfaced from the torture scandal at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, of a hooded prisoner with electric wires attached to his hands.

Tasmania''s Moorilla winery, owned by millionaire gambler David Walsh, at Berriedale in Hobart''s northern suburbs, is the producer of the wines.

The images are taken from political graffiti from the streets of Hobart and Melbourne.

Melbourne, Feb. 6 : Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke says he and his young team will relish the challenge of fighting their way out of the mire that they are in now.

After the controversial decision to rest regular skipper Ricky Ponting, Clarke''s two-game stint in charge against New Zealand has started today at the MCG.

Clarke needs to quickly restore confidence to a side on its longest losing streak in more than a decade. Sunday''s loss to the Kiwis in Perth was Australia''s fourth in succession.

Melbourne, Feb. 6: Former Australian cricket captain Bill Lawry is of the view that leg -spinner Bryce McGain will prove to be a handful for the South African batsmen.

"He''s not a guy [who''s] been playing first-class cricket for 20 years, so he''s going to be fresh, he''s going to be enthusiastic and the South Africans, in particular, don''t play leg-spin all that well, so I think it''s a great opportunity for him," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Lawry, as saying.

Melbourne, Feb. 6 : Cricket Australia has dismissed concerns that Michael Clarke''s physical altercation with Test team mate Simon Katich will affect his long-term captaincy ambitions.

Katich grabbed vice-captain Clarke by the throat in a heated row following the team''s victory in the Sydney Test against South Africa last month.

The altercation was sparked over the singing of the team song, Beneath The Southern Cross, following the win. It was reported that Clarke wanted the song finished early so he could leave to be with fiancée Lara Bingle.