A lucky man

Apr 3, 2012: Beau Casson played one Test for Australia before a heart condition put paid to his cricket career. Unfortunate? Quite the contrary, he says

Australia news

Casson tells of heart trauma

Apr 3, 2012: Beau Casson, the former Australia spin bowler, has spoken for the first time about the heart condition relapse that forced his retirement from cricket

Australia domestic news

Beau Casson retires from all cricket at 28

Nov 22, 2011: Beau Casson, the Australia and New South Wales spinner, has retired from all forms of cricket at the age of 28 because of a heart condition

South Australia v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield, Adelaide

Casson contemplates future

Oct 18, 2011: Beau Casson will contemplate his future as he flies home to Sydney on Wednesday, having been ruled out of the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia

South Australia v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield, Adelaide

Casson taken to hospital

Oct 17, 2011: Beau Casson's return to cricket with New South Wales has taken a most unfortunate turn after the former Australian left-arm wrist spinner was taken to hospital

South Australia v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield, Adelaide

Redbacks sturdy despite Katich strikes

Oct 17, 2011: South Australia's batsmen made a firm start to their opening Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales, though it might have been better than a stumps score of 4 for 309

Not quite in Warne's footsteps

Dec 13, 2010: Eleven Australian spinners who struggled to stand in the shadow of the Great One

Where are Australia's spin discards?

May 21, 2010: They hoped to fill the void left by Warne and MacGill, but Casson, McGain, Cullen and Krejza are out of the picture now, though they will take heart from Hauritz's comeback

Australia news

Casson goes bush to rekindle career

Apr 16, 2009: While Australia's cricketers contest the Ashes on the lush outfields of Britain, Beau Casson will attempt to resurrect his representative career on the sun-scorched pitches of the Northern Territory

Queensland v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield, Brisbane, 3rd day

Hopes runs hot after Love double-century

Feb 28, 2009: Martin Love led with an outstanding 219 as Queensland were on the verge of regaining second spot

Victoria v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield, Melbourne, 2nd day

Near-miss for Hodge but Victoria find their mark

Feb 16, 2009: Brad Hodge missed a hundred by two runs as he was responsible for building a healthy lead for Victoria against New South Wales

New South Wales v Queensland, Sheffield Shield, Sydney, 1st day

Bulls on top after Swan attack

Nov 21, 2008: Two inexperienced Bulls, Chris Swan and Nick Kruger, gave the so-called baby Blues a stern lesson at the SCG, where Queensland finished the first day well on top

India v Australia, 3rd Test, Feroz Shah Kotla, 2nd day

What could have been ...

Oct 30, 2008: The delay by the Australian captain to introduce Shane Watson and Simon Katich into the bowling attack on the second day in Delhi is likely to go down as a tactical blunder

South Australia v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield, Adelaide, 3rd day

Struggling Redbacks face challenge to save match

Oct 26, 2008: Phillip Hughes narrowly missed out on a double-century but New South Wales remained in total control on the third day against South Australia

Sheffield Shield 2008-09

Casson gets his chance in the Sheffield Shield

Oct 7, 2008: Beau Casson will have his first chance to impress since being overlooked for the Test tour of India when he lines up in New South Wales' Sheffield Shield side on Friday. The Blues begin their title defence against Western Australia in Perth

Australia in India 2008-09

Casson confident he can fight back

Oct 6, 2008: Beau Casson has not given up hope of adding to his one Test cap despite being overlooked for Cameron White as the late spin call-up for Australia's squad in India

Australia in India 2008-09

Krejza not intimidated by India

Oct 2, 2008: Jason Krejza, the uncapped offspinner, is confident he can make a success of his likely Test call-up after Bryce McGain was ruled out of the opening match in Bangalore with a shoulder injury

Australia in India 2008-09

Dropped Casson ready to fight back

Sep 16, 2008: A disappointed Beau Casson has promised to work harder to regain a spot in Australia's Test squad

Australia in India 2008-09

McGain is our best spinner - Warne

Sep 13, 2008: Shane Warne has backed Bryce McGain as the best spinner in Australia and Stuart MacGill says McGain should also have toured the West Indies this year

Australia in India 2008-09

McGain seeks Warne's advice on India

Sep 12, 2008: Bryce McGain is likely to make his Test debut at 36 and he has turned to his former Victoria legspinning colleague Shane Warne for advice on how to tackle India's batsmen