Karachi, Dec 3 : Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt will leave for Colombo tomorrow to attend a meeting of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

Butt, a former Pakistan Test opener, will take over as the ACC chief in place of former PCB chairman Nasim Ashraf during the meeting.

During his visit, Butt will meet Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar to discuss the fate of the forthcoming home series against India scheduled for January-February next year.

The series is in serious doubt following last week''s killings in Mumbai and India''s decision to raise the finger of suspicion at Pakistan.

Johannesburg, Dec. 3 : South African tearaway Dale Steyn appears intent on exacting revenge upon the Australian side that punished him during his Proteas limited-overs debut three years ago.

Steyn is still haunted by his first match in South African colours, during which Phil Jaques thrashed him to all corners of Melbourne''s Telstra Dome.

Clearly rattled by the Jaques onslaught, the then 22-year-old was removed from the attack after just five overs, but not before he had conceded 58 runs, including seven no-balls.

"I look back on that game as probably the most important of my career," Steyn told the Herald.

Melbourne, Dec. 3 : Australian cricket team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris has dismissed speculation that captain Ricky Ponting''s career could be cut short by a wrist injury.

Ponting was visiting his surgeon Greg Hoy in Melbourne on Thursday for assessment of his right wrist, after he had a screw inserted in July to repair tissue and tendon damage.

The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Kountouris as saying that the appointment had been planned six weeks ago. He said the pain Ponting was experiencing was standard after any type of surgery and was not severe enough to have caused him to miss a training session let alone consider being rested from any matches.

Sydney, Dec. 3 : The Times, one of Britain''s most respected newspapers, has extraordinarily referred to the Australian cricket team as "the weasels of international sport".

In article for the paper, Simon Barnes attacked the Aussies during an impassioned plea to the England players not to duck out of their resumed tour of India in the wake of the Mumbai terror attack.

Sydney  - World number one Jelena Jankovic was Wednesday re-thinking her January schedule and might not be able to headline at the Medibank International.

The week before, the Serb is due to star at a special event in Hong Kong along with Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams, where her appearance is assured.

Jankovic's life changed as she ended the 2008 season on the top ranking spot and demands on her time are obviously growing. Sydney officials are still keen to have her and would happily offer a late entry to the tournament starting January 11.

London  - Pete Sampras is prepared to bow to the all-but-inevitable fact that his all-time record of 14 Grand Slam singles titles will soon be eclipsed by Roger Federer.