Beau Casson played one Test for Australia before a heart condition put paid to his cricket career. Unfortunate? Quite the contrary, he says

Beau Casson, the former Australia spin bowler, has spoken for the first time about the heart condition relapse that forced his retirement from cricket

Ryan Harris may be in for quite a shock come Saturday. Despite taking four wickets and posing all the most awkward questions on the first day of Australia's tour match, he believes he is unlikely to play in the first Test

Ryan Harris, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson and Ben Hilfenhaus all bowled with purpose as they worked their way through the WICB President's XI

Ricky Ponting's enthusiasm has been enhanced by the time away from the dressing room that had been his domain for so long

Matthew Wade has a week to contemplate his receipt of a baggy green cap after the national selectors guaranteed his place as Australia's wicketkeeper for the first Test against the West Indies in Bridgetown

Ravi Rampaul, the West Indies fast bowler, has signalled his readiness to return for the Test series against Australia following his bout of dengue fever

Shane Watson's dissatisfaction was plain at the conclusion of a thrillingly tied ODI series against a resurgent West Indies

Michael Clarke has cast further doubt over the young West Indian spinner Sunil Narine's availability to play in the forthcoming Test series against Australia due to contractual obligations to the IPL

Michael Clarke still believes he did the right thing by playing on in the home ODI tri-series in defiance of Australia physio Alex Kountouris, and also feels the time off has refreshed him for the Caribbean tour

Steve Smith, the sometime Australia allrounder, has won his second Steve Waugh Medal as the most outstanding player for New South Wales during the 2011-12 season

Plays of the Day in the 3rd ODI between West Indies and Australia in St Vincent

Darren Sammy's run-out with two balls to spare and the scores tied meant that neither West Indies or Australia could claim victory

He had reasons to take a break and expect sympathy, but Australian batsman Peter Forrest chose to make an important career move and just get on with it

Plays of the Day from the 2nd ODI between West Indies and Australia at St Vincent

Kieron Pollard blazed West Indies to a first ODI victory over Australia since 2006, his stand with Dwayne Bravo swallowing up the tourists' modest total in a rain-affected match

Luke Butterworth and James Faulkner splintered Queensland's top order before James Hopes mounted a brazen counterattack to leave the Sheffield Shield final nicely poised

Alister McDermott was the chief tormentor as Tasmania's batsmen were suffocated by Queensland on a day one of the Sheffield Shield final in Brisbane

Peter Nevill is used to having his cricket fortunes determined by the decisions of Brad Haddin

ESPNcricinfo previews the first West Indies-Australia ODI, in Kingstown