Australia's Test wicketkeeper Brad Haddin is returning home from the Caribbean for personal reasons

Shane Watson will happily return to Australia's Test team as a No. 3 batsman, having reasoned that he is no longer in a position to demand the opening spot he vacated due to injury in 2011

Brad Haddin has the endorsement of the national selectors to keep wicket for Australia in the first Test against the West Indies in Barbados - but will have to perform immediately

Peter Forrest's rise as an Australian batsman of the future has been maintained and Michael Beer's sturdy domestic summer rewarded with their selection for the West Indies Tests

Brett Lee has taken aim at the use of dual new balls in ODIs, claiming the change has stripped fast bowlers of reverse swing in the late overs of an innings

Ryan Harris has admitted he was so consumed by keeping his place in the national ODI team that it resulted in his worst bowling in recent memory

Tasmania's Sheffield Shield title defence against Queensland at the Gabba will now be shown on television after the pay television provider agreed to provide full coverage

Australia's coach Mickey Arthur has warned the tourists that a West Indies trip at the conclusion of a demanding and successful summer should not be regarded as an end-of-season holiday

Australian domestic cricket's honorary "Test match", the Sheffield Shield final, will not be broadcast on television for the first time since 2007

The tri-series showed that the format can work, that Virat Kohli is India's future, and that Mahela Jayawardene is one of the game's best captains

Australia's cricketers departed for the West Indies with two abiding sensations: weariness and optimism

Australia's stand-in captain Shane Watson will be in danger of a suspension during the ODI series in the West Indies after he and his team were fined for a slow over-rate in their triangular series final victory at Adelaide Oval

Unwavering spells from Clint McKay and the stand-in captain Shane Watson delivered the triangular series trophy to Australia in a fittingly tense third final

Australia's inconsistency in the CB series and their listlessness in the second final cannot be put down solely to Ponting's absence. But, as Mickey Arthur, says it is difficult to replicate Ponting's intensity

Michael Clarke's left hamstring injury is believed to be serious enough to rule him out of the entire limited overs portion of Australia's looming West Indies tour

Michael Clarke has admitted that in rushing back to play after suffering an injury to his right hamstring, he opened himself up to the strained left hamstring that puts him in doubt for the third final

Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan took full toll of a wayward Australia as Sri Lanka forced a third triangular series final in Adelaide

David Hussey is enjoying his best summer for Australia, not only as an inventive batsman but also as a back-up spinner

Pre-match training drills will determine whether or not David Warner has recovered enough from his groin strain

Australia are a match away from sealing a dramatic and entertaining triangular series, but it is all too apparent that Michael Clarke's team is staggering towards the finish line