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Cosgrove returns to South Australia

Apr 9, 2014: Batsman Mark Cosgrove will return to play for South Australia next summer, four years after he was axed by the state and subsequently moved to Tasmania

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North retires from Australian cricket

Apr 3, 2014: Former Test batsman Marcus North has sprung a surprise by announcing his retirement from Australian domestic cricket at the age of 34 and after a season in which he was named Sheffield Shield Player of the Year

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Marsh, Hughes contracted, Doolan left out

Mar 31, 2014: Alex Doolan has missed out on a Cricket Australia contract for 2014-15 despite being the incumbent No.3 in the Test team, while Shaun Marsh and Phillip Hughes have both been given deals

Australia v West Indies, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur

Sammy pulls off West Indies' best chase

Mar 28, 2014: West Indian batting power ejected Australia from the previous World T20 in Sri Lanka and has all but done so again after Darren Sammy pulled off a remarkable heist in Mirpur

Australia v WI, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur

Slow starters fight to stay afloat

Mar 27, 2014: ESPNcricinfo previews the match between Australia and West Indies in Mirpur

Australia v Pakistan, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur

Pakistan hold on in high-voltage game

Mar 23, 2014: If ever proof was needed that Pakistan are world cricket's most mercurial side, take this match as exhibit A. Bilawal Bhatti's first over cost 30 runs, Pakistan dropped two catches in three balls, they conceded an 18-ball half-century to Glenn Maxwell and

NSW v WA, Sheffield Shield final, Canberra, 3rd day

Hazlewood's six puts NSW on path toward title

Mar 23, 2014: Josh Hazlewood's six-wicket haul kept New South Wales firmly in control of the Sheffield Shield final, despite Mitchell Marsh's efforts to drag Western Australia back into the contest with an unbeaten 92

Australia v Pakistan, World T20, Group 2, Mirpur

Spin test for Australia's batsmen

Mar 22, 2014: Most of Australia's biggest hitters are happier when the ball comes on at pace than when dealing with tweakers with tough variations

World T20 2014

Favourites Australia eye elusive crown

Mar 22, 2014: Australia enter the World T20 as favourites due to a balanced squad characterized by a strong depth in batting

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North named Sheffield Shield player of the year

Mar 19, 2014: Marcus North has completed a remarkable turnaround after being dropped by Western Australia last summer, having been named the Sheffield Shield Player of the Year at a ceremony in Canberra

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Pakistan Tests 'a realistic goal' - Harris

Mar 12, 2014: Reports of the death knell sounding on Ryan Harris' career have been greatly exaggerated. So says Harris, anyway

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Day-night Test still on the cards - CA

Mar 10, 2014: Cricket Australia remains confident that a day-night Test against New Zealand in November 2015 will be feasible despite mixed reviews from players and coaches after a trial in last week's Sheffield Shield matches

South Africa v Australia, 1st T20, Port Elizabeth

First Twenty20 abandoned due to rain

Mar 9, 2014: South Africa and Australia will have to settle for a two-match Twenty20 series after the first game in Port Elizabeth was abandoned without a ball being bowled

South Africa v Australia, 1st T20, Port Elizabeth

Rejigged sides gear up for World T20

Mar 8, 2014: The dust has hardly settled on the gripping finish to the Test series, but already both South Africa and Australia have switched to Twenty20 mode

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 5th day

Harris bowls Australia to last-gasp win

Mar 5, 2014: Ryan Harris goes under the knife for knee surgery after this series - he does not know what the future holds. He may play Test cricket again, but at 34 there are no guarantees. Whatever happens, he has delivered one of the great triumphs in Australia's re

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 4th day

South Africa stonewall but Australia eye victory

Mar 4, 2014: South Africa had lost four wickets by stumps on day four but they held out hope of preventing an Australian victory

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 3rd day

Harris, Johnson tighten Australia's grip

Mar 3, 2014: This series was billed as the showdown of the two best pace attacks in the world and on day three in Cape Town, Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson bowled Australia into a position from which they could hope to claim the match and the series

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 2nd day

Rain intervenes after Clarke passes 150

Mar 2, 2014: On day one it was a test of the body, on day two of the mind. Michael Clarke brought up a hard-fought century after spending 24 balls stuck on 99, but rain halved the second day's play in Cape Town

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Pink-ball experiment hits Sheffield Shield

Mar 2, 2014: Australian cricket is ready for its own twilight saga. This week's round of Sheffield Shield matches will be played with pink balls under floodlights and Cricket Australia hopes it will be the first step towards hosting a day-night Test in less than two y

South Africa v Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 1st day

Warner and Clarke put Australia on top

Mar 1, 2014: Ordinarily, a near run-a-ball 135 from David Warner, or the sidelining of Dale Steyn with a rare injury would be the defining moment of a day's play