The Commonwealth Bank Tri-series involving hosts Australia, The World Cup Champions, India and the World Cup runners-up, Sri Lankan begins on Sunday with the first ODI between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. After a 4-0 mauling in the Test series and the embarrassing surrender in the opening T20, Team India finally found that elusive spark of inspiration in the second T20 game to signal an end to their 16 match win-less streak on foreign soil. MS Dhoni and his merry men will be bubbling with confidence to carry forward the slight momentum into the Triangular series. The Awesome Aussies, who have won 18 of the 29 home triangular tournaments, will remain ruthless in their quest to knock over the Asian stars and regain their supremacy in ODI cricket.

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Australia have the arsenal to overpower any opposition on the planet. Their batsmen are in prime form, their bowlers have tied down the famed Indian batting unit and they pride themselves on their fielding.

The Cricket Australia National Selection Panel (NSP) has today announced a 14-man squad for the first three games of the Commonwealth Bank Series. The Commonwealth Bank Series is the tri-nations ODI tournament which will be contested by Australia, India and Sri Lanka. Commenting on the squad, National Selector John Inverarity said the National Selection Panel (NSP) thought it provided a talented mix of experienced and proven performers with young players not yet experienced at international level.

"We want a flying start to the Commonwealth Bank Series against India and Sri Lanka and as always, have selected a group we are confident can win while also keeping an eye on development for the future," he said. "Peter Forrest, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Wade, Dan Christian and Clint McKay are in form and will have a chance to either prove or further prove themselves on the international stage.

Justin Ontong outstanding form for the Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras in both the SuperSport Series and the domestic 1-Day Cup has earned him a recall to the Proteas' Castle Lager squad for both the ODI and T20 series against New Zealand. Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Wednesday named the squads for all three formats for next month's tour of New Zealand that consists of three Test matches, three ODIs and three T20 International matches.

Significant features include the selection of Ontong for both limited overs formats, the pairing of another Cobras' player, Richard Levi, as Hashim Amla's opening partner in the T20 squad, and the selection of yet another Cobra, JP Duminy, as the extra batsman for the Test side ahead of Ashwell Prince. Levi was chosen for the T20 squad against Australia but did not get any game time.

South Africa's Lonwabo Tsotsobe has become his country's highest-ranked bowler in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers after finishing as the joint-leading wicket-taker along with Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga in the five-match ODI series which finished in Johannesburg on Sunday.

The 27-year-old from Port Elizabeth claimed 11 wickets at just under 19 runs per wicket and played a key role in his side's 3-2 series win over the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 finalist. For this achievement, the left-arm fast bowler has been rewarded with a jump of 10 places and puts him in third spot behind Pakistan's spin pair of Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Hafeez.