Australia was impressive in every department to power to a 93-run win over South Africa in the rain-affected first one-day international at SuperSport Park on Wednesday.
A swashbuckling eighth-wicket partnership of 64 from 30 balls between Wayne Parnell and Juan Theron propelled South Africa to an unlikely three-wicket victory over Australia in the second Twenty 20 international on Sunday.
Michael Clarke hit his 15th test century to lead Australia to a draw in the third and final test against Sri Lanka on Tuesday and a 1-0 win in his first series as captain.
Australia opener Phil Hughes scored his first test hundred in two and a-half years on Monday as Sri Lanka pressed for a series-levelling victory in the third and final test.
Angelo Mathews moved to within 15 runs of a maiden test century as Sri Lanka steadily extended their first innings lead against Australia in the third and final test on Sunday.
Sri Lanka came up with a vastly improved performance in their second innings on Sunday, leaving the onus of saving the second test against Australia on two of their most experienced batsmen, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.
Australia's pace bowlers took eight quick wickets to skittle out Sri Lanka for 174 runs on day one of the second test in Kandy, as the home team struggled against fast bowling from the start of the innings.
Off spinner Nathan Lyon dazzled on his international debut by capturing five wickets as Australia bowled out Sri Lanka for a paltry 105 runs in their first innings of the opening test.
Michael Hussey's defiant 95 provided the only real resistance as Australia were bowled out for 273 by Sri Lanka on the opening day of the first test in Galle.
A devastating burst of pace bowling by Lasith Malinga set the platform for Sri Lanka's four-wicket win in the fifth one-day international in Colombo.
Upul Tharanga hit a century and Lasith Malinga took five wickets to propel Sri Lanka to a crushing 78-run win against Australia in third one-day international.
Former captain Ricky Ponting hit an unbeaten 90 and shared unbroken 107-run stand with captain Michael Clarke as Australia thrashed Sri Lanka by eight wickets in their second one-day international.
Mitchell Johnson's career-best six wickets and Shane Watson's aggressive innings of 69 runs led Australia to a seven-wicket victory in the opening one-day international against Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
Spinner Ajantha Mendis became the first bowler to take six wickets in a Twenty20 international to lead Sri Lanka to a sensational win against Australia in the second match and win the two-match series 2-0.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard's support amongst Australians as she battles carbon tax and asylum seeker issues continues to dwindle with opposition leader Tony Abbott in the box seat.
The rejuvenated Australian mining sector is being hit hard by the strength of the Aussie dollar against the US, with some ASX100 resource stocks downgraded by up to 10%.
Australia has beaten Bangladesh by 66 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to complete a 3-0 sweep of their one-day international series.
In New Zealand, it seems the only real criminals we get to see on television are the CCTV footage on Police Ten 7.
It may not be something to be proud of, but when it comes to crime, Australia does it that much better than New Zealand.
Michael Clarke has been named Australia's 43rd test cricket captain, replacing Ricky Ponting who stepped down on Tuesday after a nine-year reign.