Ricky Ponting

'Thinking about the team probably dragged my batting down a bit'

Aug 25, 2011: Ricky Ponting talks about life after the Australia captaincy, and looks ahead to the Tests in Sri Lanka, and at India's slide

SL Board XI v Australians, Colombo

Watson concerns put toilers in pace frame

Aug 24, 2011: Australian concerns about the workload of Shane Watson may yet allow Peter Siddle and Trent Copeland to jump the queue for selection

SL Board XI v Australians, Colombo

Tour match headaches for tourists

Aug 24, 2011: Australia have more players in need of match practice than they can fit into the team for the tour match against a Sri Lankan Board XI, and the only certainty is that Phil Hughes will open

SL Board XI v Australians, Colombo

This time, Hughes will do it his way

Aug 24, 2011: Phillip Hughes is determined to play his own way against Sri Lanka, having learnt that even the best-intentioned coaching advice can lead to muddled thoughts and meagre scores

Argus review recommendations

Nielsen's stocks rise despite review

Aug 24, 2011: Tim Nielsen's measured response to the release of the Argus review has served to enhance his standing as the Australian team coach, moving Cricket Australia's chief executive James Sutherland to urge his re-application for the job

Australia in Sri Lanka 2011

Ryan Harris back in the game

Aug 23, 2011: Eight months after wondering whether or not his career might be over, Ryan Harris is ready to press his Test claims for Australia

Argus review recommendations

Ponting rejects 'lazy' tag

Aug 22, 2011: Ricky Ponting has strongly rejected perceptions of the Australian team as overpaid and lazy, and wants to see more of the detail of the Argus review

Australia in Sri Lanka 2011

Chappell to remain selector on duty

Aug 22, 2011: Michael Clarke, the Australian captain, admits he does not know whether Greg Chappell will remain on tour as the selector on duty ahead of the three Tests against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka v Australia, 5th ODI, Colombo

Ten trends for the Tests

Aug 22, 2011: The limited-overs leg has reinforced the state of flux both teams find themselves in, and the Test series could be won by the side that handles the uncertainty better

Argus review recommendations

Loan system among Argus proposals

Aug 21, 2011: Australian cricketers would be loaned between states in an effort to ensure the nation's best 66 players are consistently appearing in the Sheffield Shield

Australia in Sri Lanka 2011

Marsh learning to read Mendis from the hand

Aug 21, 2011: Shaun Marsh's innings of 70 in the fourth ODI, during which he saw off Ajantha Mendis, could have earned him a spot in the Test side

Argus review recommendations

Can't bat, can't bowl, can't field

Aug 19, 2011: The Don Argus report into Australian cricket documents in detail the areas of improvement for the national team - and a lot of them concern the basics of the game

Australia news

Taboo broken as Australian coach empowered

Aug 19, 2011: Australian cricket has confronted one of its great taboos by handing selection duties to the national coach

Australia news

Ashes autopsy report close at hand

Aug 17, 2011: Australian cricket's reckoning for a disastrous Ashes series, and the decline from greatness to mediocrity that preceded it, is belatedly at hand

Australia news

Twilight Sheffield Shield matches in front-ended schedule

Aug 17, 2011: Twilight Sheffield Shield matches will be tried again as part of the push towards night Test cricket in an Australian domestic schedule heavily influenced by the expansion of Twenty20

Australia in Sri Lanka 2011

Nervous Copeland enters the unknown

Aug 16, 2011: Trent Copeland is sustained by the strong belief that his methodical bowling can extract wickets on all surfaces

Australian news

Noffke, Love, Seccombe round out Bulls support staff

Aug 15, 2011: Queensland have signed a trio of former stalwarts in Ashley Noffke, Martin Love and Wade Seccombe to round out the coaching and support staff for the Bulls and the Brisbane Heat

Australia news

Hohns queries size of contract list

Aug 12, 2011: Trevor Hohns has revealed that he raised concerns about the dimensions of the Cricket Australia contracts system when chairman of the national selection panel, a post he exited in 2006

Trevor Hohns

'We've got to stop using the rebuilding as an excuse'

Aug 12, 2011: Former selector Trevor Hohns is back in the frame. He talks about the challenge of bringing Australia's once-formidable depth back up to speed

Australia in Sri Lanka 2011

Hawk-Eye in, Hot Spot out for Sri Lanka series

Aug 10, 2011: Sri Lanka's limited-overs and Test series against Australia will employ a version of the DRS that employs Hawk-eye technology but not Hot Spot

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