Alex Brown

Watson closes in on Ashes call-up

Cricinfo understands Australia's bowling set-up is all but confirmed, with Doug Bollinger looming as the unlucky omission

18-May-2009•Alex Brown

McDonald keeps fingers crossed over Ashes selection

Andrew McDonald is spending nervous days ahead of the naming of the Ashes squad

17-May-2009•Alex Brown

Blame greedy boards, says WIPA chief

National cricketing bodies, not players, will be to blame if cricketers follow Chris Gayle's intended path and choose Twenty20 cricket over Tests, according to West Indies Players Association boss Dinanath Ramnarine

13-May-2009•Alex Brown

Richards and Sobers defend primacy of Test cricket

Sir Garfield Sobers and Sir Vivian Richards have defended the primacy of Test cricket in the wake of the withering critique launched by Chris Gayle

13-May-2009•Alex Brown

Lloyd criticises Windies preparations

Clive Lloyd has expressed disappointment and concern over the IPL's impact on the West Indian team, fearing another poor showing against England in Durham could erode the foundations laid by Chris Gayle's men over the past 18 months

12-May-2009•Alex Brown

Botha's doosra ruled illegal by ICC

Johan Botha, the South African vice-captain, has been given the green light to play in the World Twenty20 on the proviso he does not bowl his controversial doosra

12-May-2009•Alex Brown

IPL pull-out disappoints Australian players

Shane Watson, Nathan Bracken and James Hopes will not contest Cricket Australia's move to stand them down from the IPL, despite being left disappointed and out of pocket by the decision

08-May-2009•Alex Brown

Watson, Bracken and Hopes out of IPL

Shane Watson, Nathan Bracken and James Hopes have been stood down from competing in the closing stages of the IPL by Cricket Australia medical staff

07-May-2009•Alex Brown

Lee selection a risk - Hilditch

Andrew Symonds and Brett Lee have been included in Australia's 15-man squad for the World Twenty20 beginning on June 5 in England

05-May-2009•Alex Brown

Haddin haunted by ghosts of '05

Brad Haddin was part of the Australian squad which lost the Ashes 2-1 in 2005 but was left out of the team which wiped out England 5-0 in the following series

04-May-2009•Alex Brown

New Zealand could waive one-year 'cooling period'

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) could waive the one-year "cooling period" proposed by the Indian board for players returning from the unsanctioned ICL to international cricket

29-Apr-2009•Alex Brown

Coaching in IPL tougher than Tests and ODIs - Buchanan

John Buchanan has described the pressure and intensity of coaching in the IPL as greater than anything he experienced in a Test or one-day series

28-Apr-2009•Alex Brown

Tait targets late-season IPL return

Shaun Tait says he aims to play in the closing rounds of the IPL, despite Cricket Australia this month ruling him out of the tournament on medical grounds

28-Apr-2009•Alex Brown

Lee hints at county stint as Ashes warm-up

Brett Lee might consider a brief county stint to complement his IPL involvement in a bid to increase his bowling workload ahead of the Ashes

27-Apr-2009•Alex Brown

Saeed Ajmal reported for suspect action

Saeed Ajmal, the Pakistan offspinner, has been reported for a suspect bowling action

26-Apr-2009•Alex Brown

Allrounders 'unsustainable' in modern game

Jacob Oram is prepared to stand down from the New Zealand Test side to extend his career as an allrounder in the more lucrative limited overs formats

25-Apr-2009•Alex Brown

Australians shine but in the wrong place

Australia's embarrassing defeat to Pakistan stemmed in part from a lack of experience and coincided with the free-scoring form of Gilchrist and Hayden in the IPL

22-Apr-2009•Alex Brown

Suspect action costs Botha IPL contract

The move by umpires to report Johan Botha for a suspect action in the fourth one-day international against Australia might have cost the spinner a lucrative IPL contract.

22-Apr-2009•Alex Brown

Casson goes bush to rekindle career

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

16-Apr-2009•Alex Brown

Botha left out of South African squad

South Africa have replaced offspinner Johan Botha, who was reported for a suspect action, and fast bowler Wayne Parnell with Morne Morkel and Makhaya Ntini in their squad for the final ODI against Australia in Johannesburg

16-Apr-2009•Alex Brown

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