Ricky Ponting the second

One Ricky Ponting might just have retired, but another is only beginning his Australian journey. Last year, a couple named Udaya and Radha fled Sri Lanka on a boat bound for Indonesia and in October they arrived on Christmas Island with 186 more asylum seekers.

Radha was heavily pregnant at the time and gave birth to a baby boy once the couple was in South Australia, waiting on their asylum claim. As cricket fans, the given names they chose for their Australian-born boy were "Ricky Ponting".

"We would love to work here and bring up Ricky," Udaya said. "I love cricket in Sri Lanka and I watch it here."

Young Ricky is now six months old and is living in the Adelaide suburb of Glenalta while the family awaits their refugee status being approved by the government.

Kings XI or Queens XI?

Hot gossip in Bollywood is that of Preity Zinta being on the verge of breaking up with long time partner Ness Wadia.
The cause for this is supposedly Preity's new found popularity amongst the cricketing fraternity. Preity was co-owner of the Kings XI Punjab team along with Ness Wadia and a few others. Also, her closer than comfort relationship with Kings XI skipper too has raised a few eyebrows. The fact that the team couldn't win the inaugural IPL has not gone down well with the businessman in Ness Wadia who feels his investment has taken a beating.
While they are known to have occasional little spats between their two contrasting personalities, the question is whether the fight has gone a step forward now.
Priety on her part is busy with her future projects which include a Jahnu Barua film and a world tour with the Bachchans. She said, "What rumours are you talking about? Which couple doesn't have its ups and downs? Ness and I are no exception. You don't go ahead and break-up just because you fight."
So then is the relationship going forward? She denied it saying she has no immediate plans for marriage "even my family is not concerned about my marriage. It's not happening in the near future."
Where does this leave Yuvraj? Rumour is that a teasing relation between team owner and team skipper was seen in flashes but that it was much to read into. Now its up to these two to talk about it and clear the air.