Tasmania v South Australia, Sheffield Shield 2017-18, Hobart, 4th day

Tasmania survive Travis Head ton to sneak thrilling win

Mar 8, 2018: The South Australia captain scored 145 off 167 to move his team within sight of a famous win, but they eventually fell 17 runs short of chasing down 331

Australia in South Africa 2017-18

Sayers to face up to role model Philander

Feb 13, 2018: The fast bowler has found a place in Australia's Test squad for the South Africa tour after a hamstring injury ruled out Jackson Bird

Queensland v Tasmania, Sheffield Shield 2017-18, Brisbane

Bird injured as Queensland close in on top position

Feb 10, 2018: A hamstring strain has given Jackson Bird an injury scare ahead of the South Africa tour, even as Queensland took strong steps towards beating Tasmania

Tasmania v NSW, Sheffield Shield 2017-18, Hobart, 3rd day

Tasmania eye victory after making NSW follow-on

Dec 5, 2017: Tasmania were in a strong position to push for victory at stumps on day three of their Sheffield Shield match with New South Wales in Hobart, despite losing the entire first day to rain

Tasmania v South Australia, Sheffield Shield 2017-18, Adelaide, 2nd day

Bird's all-round show bolsters Tasmania

Nov 24, 2017: Jackson Bird returned to Tasmania's XI for the Shield match and had an impact with a five-for and a crucial 26 that boosted the side's first-innings total

The Ashes 2017-18

Australia's Ashes pace attack revealed

Nov 9, 2017: Josh Hazlewood and Jackson Bird have been withdrawn from the third round of the Sheffield Shield, and will instead train alongside Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins in the lead-up to the first Test in Brisbane

Australia in Bangladesh 2017

Bird replaces Pattinson on Bangladesh tour

Aug 5, 2017: A back inflammation has ruled James Pattinson out of the Test series

Australia v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Melbourne, 1st day

Bird holds his own amid uncertainty

Dec 26, 2016: Earlier in the year Jackson Bird, pace bowler, was dropped for his batting. He faces competition from faster, younger men. But, unsurprisingly, he still got the job done on Boxing Day

South Africa in Australia 2016-17

Renshaw, Maddinson, Handscomb to make Test debuts

Nov 20, 2016: Australia's selectors have made a host of changes for the Adelaide Test, with five men dropped after the loss to South Africa in Hobart

South Australia v Tasmania, Sheffield Shield 2016-17, Adelaide, 3rd day

Sayers takes 11 in big South Australia win

Nov 6, 2016: Chadd Sayers finished with a career-best match tally of 11 for 76 as he bowled South Australia to victory by an innings and 94 runs over Tasmania at Adelaide Oval

Australia A v India A, 2nd unofficial Test, Brisbane, 1st day

Australia A seamers dismantle India A on curtailed day

Sep 15, 2016: Australia A's seamers dismantled India A's top order before Hardik Pandya led the visitors' comeback with 79 to help them to 9 for 169 at stumps on the first day in Brisbane

Nottinghamshire v Durham, Specsavers Championship Div 1, Trent Bridge, 2nd day

Wessels and Bird cement Nottinghamshire dominance

May 29, 2016: Riki Wessels made an unbeaten 159, his highest score for Nottinghamshire since he fell one short of a double hundred against Sussex at Hove in May 2012

South Australia v Tasmania, Sheffield Shield 2015-16, Adelaide, 2nd day

Head, Sayers star in big South Australia win

Mar 16, 2016: A career-best 192 from captain Travis Head and a 10-wicket match from Chadd Sayers set up a massive win for South Australia over Tasmania inside two days at Gliderol Stadium in Glenelg

Tasmania v NSW, Sheffield Shield 2015-16, Hobart, 2nd day

NSW seamers strike after Kurtis Patterson 100

Mar 6, 2016: A sturdy hundred by Kurtis Patterson helped New South Wales secure a first-innings lead over Tasmania before Trent Copeland and Doug Bollinger put the hosts under pressure in Hobart

Tasmania v NSW, Sheffield Shield 2015-16, Hobart

Bird trips up NSW after Tasmania's collapse

Mar 5, 2016: Tasmania maintained their late season surge by reducing New South Wales to 4 for 26 in reply to 242 after day one of the Sheffield Shield match at Bellerive Oval

County news

Bird joins Nottinghamshire as Siddle replacement

Feb 29, 2016: Nottinghamshire have signed Jackson Bird, the Australia fast bowler, as a replacement for Peter Siddle who faces an extended period on the sidelines after being diagnosed with a stress fracture of the back

New Zealand v Australia, 2nd Test, Christchurch, 4th day

Bird pleased to make impression after nervous return

Feb 23, 2016: Jackson Bird completed the first five-wicket haul of his Test career on the fourth day at Hagley Oval; he thought the opportunity might never come

New Zealand v Australia, 1st Test, Wellington

Bird to play ahead of Pattinson

Feb 11, 2016: Jackson Bird will play his first Test since the 2013 Ashes tour after he was given the nod ahead of James Pattinson for the first Test against New Zealand

Australia in New Zealand 2015-16

Bird, Sayers in Test squad for NZ tour

Jan 19, 2016: Jackson Bird and Chadd Sayers have been included as specialist seam bowling role players in Australia's Test squad for the tour of New Zealand next month

West Indies in Australia 2015-16

How deep are Australia's pace reserves?

Dec 1, 2015: With Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson retired and Mitchell Starc out injured, Australia's fast-bowling depth is set to be seriously tested over the next few months