Players / Tasmania / James Faulkner

Tasmania v WA, Sheffield Shield, Hobart, 3rd day

Tasmania win through to Shield final

Mar 10, 2012: Jackson Bird capped off his remarkable debut Sheffield Shield season with a hat-trick that helped Tasmania secure a place in the final against Queensland

South Australia v Tasmania, Sheffield Shield, Adelaide, 2nd day

Tigers make up for lost day

Mar 1, 2012: Ricky Ponting was at the forefront as Tasmania made up for a washed out day one by clambering all over South Australia in the Sheffield Shield match at Adelaide Oval

South Australia v Tasmania, Ryobi Cup final, Adelaide

South Australia take title in thrilling tie

Feb 25, 2012: South Australia's 25-year drought without a one-day title ended with a thrilling tie that delivered them the Ryobi Cup in the final in Adelaide

Tasmania v NSW, Sheffield Shield, Hobart, 4th day

Tigers win maintains Shield final hopes

Feb 9, 2012: Tasmania kept in touch with the Sheffield Shield pace-setters Queensland and Western Australia with a six-wicket defeat of New South Wales

Tasmania v NSW, Sheffield Shield, Hobart, 3rd day

Bailey ton gives Tasmania lead

Feb 8, 2012: George Bailey's third century of the Sheffield Shield season delivered first-innings points to Tasmania on the third day against New South Wales in Hobart

Big Bash League news

Warne suffers minor burns in cooking mishap on BBL eve

Dec 12, 2011: Shane Warne has suffered serious burns to his bowling hand a mere five days from the Melbourne Stars' first match in the Twenty20 Big Bash League

Victoria v Tasmania, Sheffield Shield, MCG, 2nd day

Tasmania on top after 15 wickets fall

Nov 23, 2011: Fifteen wickets tumbled on the second day at the MCG, to better the 13 on the first, and at the end of it all Tasmania were in a commanding position against Victoria

Tasmania v South Australia, Sheffield Shield, Hobart

Tigers clinch first outright

Nov 18, 2011: A brief rain delay was the major obstacle for Tasmania as the hosts completed a first outright victory of the season by 182 runs over South Australia

Tasmania v South Australia, Sheffield Shield, Hobart

Butterworth has SA six down

Nov 15, 2011: Luke Butterworth's three top order wickets put Tasmania in control of South Australia's batting after James Faulkner had helped lift the Tigers' first innings to 361

Tasmania v South Australia, Sheffield Shield, Hobart

Rain interrupts Tigers recovery

Nov 15, 2011: Tasmania had regathered some of the ground lost to the South Australia seamer Peter George when rain forced an early close to day one of the Sheffield Shield match in Hobart

Western Australia v Tasmania, Ryobi Cup, Perth

Gulbis bowls Tasmania to victory

Oct 16, 2011: Evan Gulbis bowled Tasmania to victory in his first match for the state as the Tigers crushed Western Australia by 67 runs at the WACA

Australia news

Players to watch this season

Oct 7, 2011: The 2011-12 Australian summer begins on Sunday with a one-day match between Queensland and Victoria, before the opening Sheffield Shield round starts on Tuesday. ESPNcricinfo looks at some of the young men to keep an eye on this season

Australia A in Zimbabwe 2011

Siddle, Hastings join Australia A

Jun 23, 2011: Peter Siddle will be given a chance to warm up ahead of Australia's Test tour of Sri Lanka after being called in to the Australia A squad that will fly to Zimbabwe on Saturday

Indian Premier League 2011

Faulkner replaces Mathews in Pune squad

Apr 17, 2011: Tasmania allrounder James Faulkner has replaced Angelo Mathews in the Pune Warriors squad in the IPL

Tasmania v NSW, Sheffield Shield final, Hobart, 3rd day

Tasmania in sight of first-innings lead

Mar 18, 2011: Tasmania's middle order scrapped and fought through an absorbing third day of the Sheffield Shield final between Tasmania and New South Wales in Hobart

Tasmania v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield, Hobart, 3rd day

Tasmania roll over New South Wales

Mar 5, 2011: Tasmania got through the defenses of the New South Wales tail to complete a crushing innings victory over the visitors within three days in Hobart

Tasmania v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield, Hobart, 2nd day

New South Wales staring down the barrel

Mar 4, 2011: Tasmania are four wickets away from registering an innings victory against New South Wales at the Bellerive Oval

Tasmania v Victoria, Sheffield Shield, Hobart, 4th day

Bailey century sets up impressive win

Feb 14, 2011: George Bailey played the quintessential captain's innings, scoring an impressive, unbeaten 160, to guide Tasmania to their improbable fourth-innings target of 315 against Victoria at the Bellerive Oval

Tasmania v WA, Sheffield Shield, Hobart

Hogan and Robinson give Western Australia hope

Dec 18, 2010: Michael Hogan's six-wicket haul dragged Western Australia back into the contest before Wes Robinson helped them establish a small lead over Tasmania

Tasmania v WA, Sheffield Shield, Hobart

North fails as Tasmania take control

Dec 17, 2010: Tasmania comprehensively dominated the first day against Western Australia, where Mark Cosgrove almost made as many as the entire Warriors side