Australia and India were culpable in collusion "contrary to the spirit of cricket" in the 2008 Sydney Test "racism" incident, according to ICC appeals commissioner John Hansen, who heard the case in January 2008

Former ICC chief Malcolm Speed says the Associate nations' lock-out for the 2015 World Cup is "insular and backward-looking"

Australia's new captain Michael Clarke seemed unreasonably happy to be flying to Bangladesh only a week after returning home

Michael Clarke's first tour as captain of the Australian team will be the last of the Ricky Ponting era

By turning to other sports for inspiration and ideas, the board may be diluting cricket rather than enriching it. Why not get help from other cricketing nations?

South Africa's 2011 World Cup campaign was fundamentally flawed by a suspect middle order, former coach Mickey Arthur has said

If Mickey Arthur were coach of Australia he would keep Ricky Ponting at No. 3 in the Test match batting order

Shane Watson still considers it a miracle that his body no longer falls apart at the merest hint of stress

Circumstances dictated that Michael Clarke began his public duties as Australian captain in the basement of the Bradman Stand at the SCG

Michael Clarke will lead his predecessor Ricky Ponting and a little-changed touring party to Bangladesh for three limited overs matches

Few captains have enjoyed an apprenticeship as lengthy as Michael Clarke's, and the coming months will reveal whether the apprenticeship has been as thorough as it has been longwinded

Ricky Ponting has given up the Australian captaincy and offered the warmest endorsement for Michael Clarke

Ricky Ponting is aware he will forever be known to many as the Australian captain who lost three Ashes series. And he is happy enough to live with that

Ricky Ponting has stepped down as Australia's captain following their quarter-final exit from the World Cup, setting the stage for Michael Clarke to take over the leadership of the team

Ricky Ponting says India will be hard to beat for the World Cup, while defending elements of his team's poor tournament

New South Wales intend to keep Sheffield Shield a priority by appointing a full-time coach, unlike other states

Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland worried by prevalence of "result pitches" in Sheffield Shield