Perth, Jan. 28 : The South African cricket team management has decided to rest key pacers Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini in Friday''s fifth and final one-day international to be played against Australia at the WACA Ground.

According to The Australian, all-rounder Wayne Parnell, 19, and left-arm fast bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe, 24, will make their one-day international debuts for the Proteas.

Perth, Jan. 20 : Former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist has urged New South Wales batsman David Warner to learn to relax first, and said that once he does that, the runs will flow again.

Gilchrist, who played 287 one-day internationals during his nearly decade-long career, was quoted by Fox Sports as saying: "Don''t put too much pressure on yourself, I always felt that pressure came from within, it is not a matter of the headlines or the air time that you received."

Perth, Australia  - Dominik Hrbaty and Dominika Cibulkova led the Slovak Republic to a third Hopman Cup title on Friday with a storming 2-0 victory over Russia.

It marked the second honour at the team competition for veteran Hrbaty, who outlasted longtime friend and rival Marat Safin 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-3).

Teenaged Cibulkova began the win with an opening defeat of world number three Dinara Safina 6-7 (3-7), 6-1, 6-4, her third victory of the week.

Perth, Australia  - Dominik Hrbaty and Dominika Cibulkova clinched a third Hopman Cup title for the Slovak Republic as they swept Russia 2-0 in the Friday final.

Hrbaty finished off a six-hour tie as Marat Safin sent a return out, with the 31-year-old Slovak earning a 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) victory.

That scoreline, added to Cibulkova's opening defeat of world number three Dinara Safina 6-7 (3-7), 6-1, 6-4 assured Hrbaty of his second trophy at the eight-nation teams competition.

Perth, Australia - Hospital scans have revealed that German Nicolas Kiefer suffered ligament damage during a match injury on Thursday at the Hopman Cup but could still pull up fit for the Australian Open beginning January 19.

Doctors who treated the 31-year-old expressed cautious optimism that the former number four might just be able to make it to the first Grand Slam date of the 2009 season from January 19.

Perth, Australia  - Surprise Slovakia stayed on course for a possible third Hopman Cup title, working nearly eight hours into early Wednesday to defeat Australia 2-1 in the latest finish in the event's history.

Lleyton Hewitt almost re-lived the heroics which took him to number one nearly a decade ago, winning his second singles in 24 hours.

But he and Casey Dellacqua failed to fire in the closing stages of the deciding mixed doubles against Dominik Hrbaty and Dominika Cibulkova, the Slovaks winning 6-7
(4-7), 6-3, 10-4 (match tiebreak).