New South Wales v Western Australia, Sheffield Shield 2017-18, 2nd day

Bancroft left-field keeping contender for Ashes

Nov 5, 2017: After an impressive performance behind the stumps and his resistance against NSW's pace attack, the 24-year-old could possibly be a contender for Australia's Ashes wicketkeeping berth

New South Wales v Western Australia, Sheffield Shield 2017-18, 1st day, Sydney

Smith hits form for NSW, Nevill leads lower-order fight

Nov 4, 2017: Captain Steven Smith slapped 14 boundaries to score 76 on day one of the Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia in Sydney

Australia news

Case for hare and tortoise as Australia's Nos. 6 and 7

Nov 4, 2017: Australia need complementary styles to occupy the two batting positions, and a few contenders, including Jake Lehmann and Travis Head, showed their own abilities to do so in the ongoing Shield matches

Australia need a keeper who catches, not one who chatters

Nov 4, 2017: Dropped catches will sag spirits more than a talkative keeper can keep them up

Australia news

Smith demands more voice from Nevill

Nov 3, 2017: The Australia captain revealed he had spoken with Peter Nevill about the need for the gloveman to use more voice in the middle, a quality that helped Matthew Wade replace him earlier

JLT One-Day Cup 2017-18

Maddinson ton, Nevill record cap NSW's victory

Oct 8, 2017: Nic Maddinson's 123 and Peter Nevill's wicketkeeping world record of eight dismissals set up second win for New South Wales

Sheffield Shield 2017-18

Nevill seeks runs at the right time

Oct 5, 2017: Captaining New South Wales, the 31-year old wicketkeeper is focused on making a strong start to the Sheffield Shield season

Big Bash League 2017-18

Nevill returns to Sixers on multi-year deal

Sep 21, 2017: The wicketkeeper-batsman had played for the Sixers in the inaugural BBL before moving to Melbourne Renegades for five seasons

WA v NSW, Sheffield Shield, Perth, 4th day

NSW fall agonisingly short of place in Shield final

Mar 19, 2017: ESPNcricinfo's wrap of the fourth day of the Sheffield Shield match between Western Australia and New South Wales in Perth

New South Wales v Queensland, Sheffield Shield 2016-17, 2nd day, Sydney

Henriques 265, Nevill 143* lead New South Wales' dominance

Feb 11, 2017: Moises Henriques and Peter Nevill shared a 291-run stand, the highest partnership for New South Wales against Queensland, to lead the hosts' dominance on day two

Victoria v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield 2016-17, Melbourne, 3rd day

NSW eye innings win after Cowan, Nevill tons

Feb 3, 2017: Ed Cowan converted his 23rd first-class century into a double ton to sustain New South Wales' domination on day three against Victoria

BBL 2016-17 news

Nevill taken to hospital with suspected broken jaw

Jan 16, 2017: Peter Nevill left the field with an injury during a BBL match for the second time in as many weeks

Australia v Pakistan, 3rd Test, Sydney, 5th day

Australia still have unanswered questions

Jan 7, 2017: In the midst of beer and smiles, bigger challenges await this Australian side, who still have some gaps to plug in their side ahead of their tour of India

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

Nevill responds to Test axing with 179*

Nov 27, 2016: Tasmania were in trouble at 5 for 107 at stumps on day two in Hobart, in reply to the New South Wales total of 5 for 495 declared

Tasmania v New South Wales, Sheffield Shield, 1st day

Nevill, Patterson and Henriques all in the runs

Nov 26, 2016: New South Wales reached 3 for 288 on the first day against Tasmania in Hobart

Australia v South Africa, 1st Test, Perth, 5th day

Rabada bowls South Africa to 1-0 series lead

Nov 7, 2016: South Africa will go to Hobart 1-0 up in the series after Kagiso Rabada bowled his team to a 177-run win over Australia on the fifth day at the WACA

South Africa in Australia 2016-17

Nevill open to batting promotion

Oct 30, 2016: Australia will look closely at the batting positions of Mitchell Marsh and Peter Nevill in a bid to plug the weakness in their lower order against South Africa's pace attack

Australia have an identity problem

Oct 6, 2016: Playing the "Australian way", verbally and tactically, has yielded mixed results. And it does not help that the snarl of the Waugh-era team does not sit naturally on Steve Smith's men

Sri Lanka v Australia, 3rd Test, SSC, 4th day

Nevill defends delayed stumping

Aug 16, 2016: Peter Nevill has defended his delayed stumping of Dimuth Karunaratne on day four of the Colombo Test match, while Sri Lanka have indicated they would have done the same

Australia news

Australia selectors build a squad from hunches

Feb 9, 2016: Rod Marsh and his panel have reasons for picking Peter Nevill, Adam Zampa, and Ashton Agar for the World T20, but they are less about performances than impressions