The Investec Ashes 2013

Clarke's Ashes squad fragmented

Jun 18, 2013: A strong show of unity is needed after the problems that have dogged the start of their tour

The Investec Ashes 2013

Hughes seeks to repair confidence

Jun 18, 2013: Phillip Hughes is adamant he can repair his shaken confidence in three warm-up matches ahead of the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge

Australia v Sri Lanka, Champions Trophy, Group A, Cardiff

Sri Lanka hold their nerve to reach semi-final

Jun 17, 2013: A victorious Sri Lanka will play in Cardiff on Thursday. A humbled Australia will start pondering the Ashes, and the state of disrepair their cricket has fallen into

Champions Trophy 2013

Clarke concedes captaincy damage

Jun 15, 2013: Australia's captain Michael Clarke has conceded the actions of David Warner and other team-mates in Birmingham have constituted a serious blow to his leadership

USA news

ICC apologises for US funding foul-up

Jun 14, 2013: The ICC has apologised to the United States Youth Cricket Association (USYCA) after withdrawing a payment of more than $8000 accidentally made to the volunteer body.

Champions Trophy 2013

Australia must face up to their fears

Jun 11, 2013: Australia need to combat their fear, so evident against England at Edgbaston, if this summer is to be the sort of contest that the Ashes deserves

Australia news

Cricket Australia considers AFL tribunal model

May 23, 2013: David Warner's privately convened code of conduct hearing for his recent Twitter indiscretions may be the last of its kind, as Cricket Australia consider adopting a system whereby disciplinary charges against players would be heard in forums open to publi

The Ashes 2013

Clarke's Ashes warning for batsmen

May 15, 2013: As he delivered a series of reassurances that a degenerative back condition would not hobble his forthcoming Ashes campaign, Australia's captain Michael Clarke issued a stern reminder that the tourists' promising pace battery would be rendered useless wit

Australia news

Sutherland breaks silence on homework fiasco

May 15, 2013: James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia chief executive, has spoken for the first time about the "homework" fiasco that enveloped the national team on a horrid tour of India, stating his displeasure at how the squad's discipline broke down to the point th

Australia news

Keith Bradshaw faces another cancer fight

May 8, 2013: Keith Bradshaw, the South Australian Cricket Association chief executive, has suffered a recurrence of the cancer he battled during his former role as CEO of the MCC in London

Australia news

Channel Ten makes bold play for TV rights

May 8, 2013: Channel Nine may be closer to losing the television rights to international cricket in Australia than at any time in the past 33 years, after their rival Ten made a bold combined bid for both international and BBL matches

ICC news

FICA call for ethics enquiry into May's ICC exit

May 7, 2013: Tim May's removal from the ICC's cricket committee following allegations of pressure by the BCCI should be the subject of an ethics committee enquiry, according to FICA

Silencing the voices of truth

May 7, 2013: Tim May's removal from the ICC cricket committee maintains the eclipse of the outspoken at the governance table

Australia news

BBL tightened for next summer

May 3, 2013: Australia's domestic Twenty20 Big Bash League will become a "tighter" competition for the next five years, starting later in December and concluding earlier in the new year

Australia news

Marsh declares Test match ambition

May 3, 2013: Mitchell Marsh, the Australia allrounder, is adamant he has learned from his disciplinary troubles at the Centre of Excellence and the Champions League in South Africa last year

Australia's quest for a leader

May 1, 2013: The most significant leadership appointment of their winter tours to England may not have been for the Ashes

Champions Trophy 2013

Mitchell Marsh recalled for Champions Trophy

May 1, 2013: Mitchell Marsh will return to Australian duty for the first time in more than a year after being named in the squad for the Champions Trophy ODI tournament that precedes the Ashes in England

Australia news

Inverarity wrestles with Australia's batting woes

Apr 30, 2013: Australia's national selector John Inverarity has spoken frankly of his panel's struggles to find batsmen capable of thriving in a Test match following the retirements of Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey

'Players can become jaded playing all forms of the game'

Apr 30, 2013: John Inverarity talks about the challenges of selection, the future of Australian cricket, and the forthcoming tour to England

The Ashes 2013

Harris confident of fitness ahead of Ashes

Apr 26, 2013: Ryan Harris is confident he will be fit ahead of the Ashes after receiving encouraging results from scans on his injured Achilles tendon

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