Gambhir to miss third Test New Delhi: India will be without the services of Gautam Gambhir for the third Test against Sri Lanka in Mumbai as the left-hander will be attending his sisters wedding on December 3. Gautam Gambhir will not be available on account of his sisters wedding on December 3. The strength of the squad for the Mumbai Test will thus be fourteen, BCCI secretary N Srinivasan said in a statement. De Villiers,Smith put SA in command Cape Town: South Africa scored 354 for six in the third one-dayer against England with a consistent performance from the top order. Coming in at first-down,AB de Villers smashed an 85-ball 114 with 14 fours after a 107-run opening stand between Hashim Amla (86) and Graeme Smith (54). Stuart Broad was the highest wicket-taker for the visitors,returning figures of 4 England had put on 83 runs in reply at the end of 16 overs,for the loss of three wickets. Brief scores: South Africa 354 for 6 in 50 overs (G Smith 54,Hashim Amla 86,AB de Villiers 121,Alviro Petersen 51 not out; S Broad 4/71); England 83/3 in 16 overs Australian honour for Brian Lara Canberra: Former West Indies batsman Brian Lara has been appointed an honourary member of the Order of Australia,a government acknowledgement of his record-breaking career. The Australian government issued a statement Friday praising Laras service to Australia-Caribbean relations by promoting goodwill,friendship and sportsmanship through the sport of cricket, the statement said. Injured Taylor misses second day Brisbane: West Indies pace spearhead Jerome Taylor was out of action the entire Friday after a hip injury had limited his spell on Thursday to just nine overs. He had some tests done with the physio, wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin was quoted as saying by Cricinfo. We will have to see how it goes. Hes one of our best bowlers at this point in time. It will be hard for us if we need to rest him.
