Cricket News

Victoria re-proved their credentials as the best Twenty20 team in the country with their fourth Big Bash trophy in five years by crushing South Australia

Hosting the Big Bash final is a major achievement for South Australia, who have not made a domestic decider since losing the 2005-06 one-day tournament

Sussex will retain the services of Dwayne Smith, the West Indies allrounder, for this year's domestic Twenty20 competition. His signing is subject to his being granted a work permit, however, as Smith's Kolpak status expired in October last year and so he

Victoria's experienced core handed another lesson to Queensland's emerging players to secure a place in the rich Champions League Twenty20

For the second year in a row Queensland will host Victoria in the most valuable match of the domestic season

South Australia were completely dismantled by last year's champions New South Wales at Stadium Australia in the final qualifying match of the tournament

An unorthodox but brutal 76 off 38 balls from Queensland captain Chris Simpson propelled his side into the Big Bash preliminary final

A Brad Hodge-inspired Victoria have booked a place in the Big Bash preliminary final with a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over Tasmania

New South Wales' title defences of both the Big Bash and the Champions League are over

South Australia secured a dramatic win against Tasmania, their fourth in as many games, to book a spot in the final of the Big Bash as well as the Twenty20 Champions League

Nathan Bracken's hopes of returning to Australia's one-day team this summer have been given a boost after he was named in the New South Wales Twenty20 squad

Aaron Bird, the New South Wales fast bowler, has once again been reported for a dubious bowling action less than a year after being suspended for throwing

The New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori will make his Australian domestic debut on Wednesday when he lines up for Queensland in their Twenty20 game against New South Wales at Stadium Australia in Sydney

Western Australia has kept their dreams of a Champions League Twenty20 berth alive with a comfortable 24-run win over Victoria at the WACA

Queensland survived a hat-trick from Brett Geeves to open their account in the KFC Big Bash with a 9-run win over Tasmania in Brisbane

A devastating spell from Shaun Tait helped South Australia completely dismantle Victoria at the Adelaide Oval and put them on the verge of a Twenty20 Big Bash finals berth

Tim Paine will lead Tasmania for the first time after the captain George Bailey was ruled out of Friday's Twenty20 game against Queensland with an elbow problem

A scintillating 53-ball century from big-hitting Shaun Marsh led Western Australia to a convincing win over New South Wales at the WACA

Cameron White has been cleared of serious damage to his jaw and will lead Victoria in their Twenty20 Big Bash matches against South Australia and Western Australia in the coming week

In front of a capacity 17,500, the Redbacks controlled their chase well, courtesy of a composed unbeaten 43 from Mark Cosgrove, along with valuable contributions from Daniel Harris and Shahid Afridi, to chase down the Bulls' total of 156