ICC announce Super Series](BBC SPORT | Cricket | ICC announces Super Series)
The ICC has announced that it will resurrect the Super Series competition after an absence of more than 30 years.
The series, to start in 2005, will see the top team in the world play a Rest of the World XI in a one-off six-day Test and a three-game one-day series.
Melbourne and Sydney will host with prize money expected to total £928,000.
“The creation of the ICC Super Series will ensure these matches become a major event on the international calendar,” said ICC boss Malcolm Speed.
He added: "Cricket enjoys a tradition of national teams playing Rest of the World sides and these matches have provided terrific cricket.
"Unfortunately, in recent years, the way the calendar has worked it has made it very difficult to play these types of games and they have drifted off the schedule.
“Cricket is one of few sports that can sustain this format of the game and the prospect of seeing the world’s top team taking on the world’s best players is a thrilling one.”
The last time such a competition visited Australia was in 1971-72 when Garfield Sobers led a side including Bishan Bedi, Zaheer Abbas, Intakhab Alam, Tony Greig, Rohan Kanhai and Clive Lloyd.
The Rest of the World team will be chosen by a special selection panel.
