'No matter how talented they are, players need to be given security'

May 17, 2017: VVS Laxman talks about his role as part of the management team for Sunrisers Hyderabad

'I stopped caring about results and really enjoyed the game'

Apr 15, 2017: Fast bowler Ben Laughlin on all the T20 teams he has played for, dismissing AB, and a future career as a celebrity carpenter

Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers, Big Bash League 2016-17, Adelaide

Abbott five-for in vain as Strikers win big

Dec 31, 2016: Sydney Sixers saw all their wickets fall in a 70-run period, as they were all out for 104, chasing 153

Super Smash 2016-17

Laughlin, Mitchell pin Wellington; Chapman blitzes Otago

Dec 4, 2016: A round-up of the first round matches of New Zealand's domestic T20 tournament

New Zealand domestic news

Laughlin back with Northern Knights

Oct 28, 2014: Australia fast bowler Ben Laughlin has rejoined Northern Knights for the upcoming Georgie Pie Super Smash, New Zealand's domestic Twenty20 competition

Hurricanes v Thunder, BBL 2013-14, Hobart

Thunder get a dunking as losing run hits 19

Jan 11, 2014: Hobart Hurricanes moved to fourth place by thumping Sydney Thunder by 73 runs, handing them their 19th consecutive loss, as the competition for the top four places got stiffer

Wellington v Northern Districts, HRV Cup, Wellington

Laughlin's six give Northern easy win

Nov 19, 2013: Ben Laughlin, the Australia fast bowler, took six wickets to set up a comfortable win for Northern Districts over Wellington at Basin Reserve

Sri Lanka in Australia, 2012-13

Bailey eager to find a death bowler

Jan 29, 2013: George Bailey believes finding bowlers who can restrict runs at the death will be one of the keys for Australia as they prepare for the 2014 World Twenty20

Sri Lanka in Australia 2012-13

Recalled Marsh emerges from 'dark space'

Jan 21, 2013: Shaun Marsh has emerged from the "dark space" he inhabited during a nightmarish 2012 to be recalled to the Australian Twenty20 team

Hurricanes v Scorchers, BBL, Hobart

Paine guides Hurricanes to easy win

Jan 1, 2013: Hobart Hurricanes announced themselves as a force to be reckoned with after a dominant victory over Perth Scorchers in freezing conditions in Hobart

Sixers v Hurricanes, BBL 2012-13, Sydney

Ponting leads Hurricanes to win

Dec 26, 2012:

ICC World Twenty20 2012

Lyon and Pattinson overlooked for World T20

Jul 18, 2012: Nathan Lyon and James Pattinson will not be part of Australia's squad for the ICC World Twenty20 after surprisingly being left out of the 30-man preliminary group

Australia news

Drew, Kruger among eight axed by Tasmania

Apr 2, 2012: The fast bowler Brendan Drew and the batsman Nick Kruger are among eight players who will be axed from Tasmania's contract list for next summer

NSW v Tasmania, Ryobi Cup, Canberra

Laughlin bowls Tasmania to victory

Dec 4, 2011: In his second game for his new state Tasmania, Ben Laughlin bowled his side to victory and the top of the Ryobi Cup table with a six-wicket haul against New South Wales at Canberra's Manuka Oval

Australian news

Carseldine, Simpson cut by Queensland

Jun 27, 2011: The former Queensland captain Chris Simpson and the seamer Ben Laughlin, who has played for Australia, are among six players cut by the Bulls for the 2011-12 season

New South Wales v Queensland, Twenty20 Big Bash, Sydney

Hopes carries Queensland to easy win

Jan 29, 2011: New South Wales Blues crumbled to an eight-wicket loss to Queensland Bulls in Sydney, failing in their bid to host the Big Bash preliminary final

FR Cup 2009-10

Bulls rely on Hopes and Laughlin

Nov 30, 2009: Queensland have received a boost with the internationals James Hopes and Ben Laughlin fit to return in Wednesday's FR Cup encounter

South Africa v Australia, 5th ODI, Johannesburg

Long, tough summer draws to a close

Apr 17, 2009: Cricinfo's preview for the fifth one-day international between South Africa and Australia in Johannesburg

Australia in South Africa 2008-09

New cap Laughlin enjoys rapid rise

Apr 1, 2009: Ben Laughlin is still struggling to work out how he has ended up in the Australia team in South Africa after spending nine years working as a carpenter

Australia in South Africa 2008-09

Australia give Siddle and Hilfenhaus a break

Mar 12, 2009: Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus will be rested for Australia's limited-overs contests against South Africa