Nothing less than Australian cricket's integrity is at stake over the question of whether or not young spin bowlers should be taught to deliver the doosra, the national selector John Inverarity believes

Andrew McDonald has returned to the forefront of the national selector John Inverarity's mind for the same reason Ed Cowan is still there - they are part of winning teams

The average free-to-air television audience figures for last summer's T20Is against India were so strong as to almost double those for Tests and ODIs

Jacqueline Hey, Cricket Australia's first-ever female board director, has pledged to do a "damn good job" running the game

Australian cricket's new-found dedication to performance has uncovered another area to seek a competitive edge, with England's Dukes ball to be used down under to better prepare players for next year's Ashes tour

To hear Mitchell Starc described as "robust" by Australia's pace bowling coach Ali de Winter may be a far more significant moment for the young left-armer's future than any of the 14 wickets he's plucked at the CLT20

Michael Hussey, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Ricky Ponting and Ben Hilfenhaus will be among the beneficiaries in Australia's Test team after the decision to move two Sheffield Shield fixtures forward by a day

Ricky Ponting offers a generous assessment of Michael Clarke as captain, and looks at the future for Australian cricket

Shane Bond replaces Damien Wright as New Zealand's bowling coach

Entering a second summer as Australia's No. 1 spinner, Nathan Lyon has revealed his struggles to deal with the avalanche of bowling advice fired his way across the first 12 months of his time in the Test team

Australia selector John Inverarity opened the possibility of Shane Watson following Jacques Kallis by moving further down the order to No. 4 in future

As Australia prepare for South Africa's tour, the state boards have accommodated the bigger picture outlined by Cricket Australia

Phillip Hughes and Usman Khawaja must seek to emulate Ricky Ponting's energy in the field and his running between the wickets in order to improve, says Australia's chief selector

Australia's captain and selector Michael Clarke has flatly denied reports that Brad Haddin's Test career has been terminated, opening the way for his younger rival Matthew Wade to take the gloves for the first Test of the summer

Shane Watson's special case status has been underlined by Cricket Australia's decision to unilaterally withdraw him from the latter stages of the CLT20

Over the past year, Peter has emerged as a leader of Australia's Test bowling attack. This transformation is all the more remarkable for its modest beginnings in Sri Lanka, when he was dropped from the team

South Africa's Test touring party to Australia contained few surprises, but it also outlined the clear contrast in how the two teams will handle their fast bowlers

Peter Siddle has embraced his classification as a Test match specialist

Well prepared though they were, Australia's quest reflected the thinness in their batting and spin bowling - limitations that will need to be rectified

So lopsided was West Indies' obliteration of Australia in the second semi-final of the World Twenty20, the victors had near enough to 13 overs to bask in their looming progress to the final against Sri Lanka