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Aiden Blizzard marked his Twenty20 debut with a ferocious 38-ball 89 as Victoria began their campaign with a comprehensive 34-run win against South Australia

Blizzard avalanche buries Redbacks

Ricky Ponting has praised the work of the coach John Buchanan for much of Australia's recent success

Buchanan deserves praise for outstanding record

01-Jan-2007•AFP

Bulls ride to victory after Perren blitz

Clinton Perren smashed 82 from 37 deliveries to set up a Queensland victory in the first Twenty20 match of the season

The Zimbabwe cricket board has backed Sharad Pawar's nomination for the post of ICC president

Zimbabwe board backs Pawar's nomination

Glenn McGrath missed Steve Waugh's Sydney century, but he didn't miss Michael Vaughan in the 2002-03 Ashes

'I won the overall battle with Vaughan'

01-Jan-2007

'I got 92 and Lawry declared on me'

Rod Marsh tells Peter English how he started in 1970-71 with some dropped catches, played the first one-day international and ended the series still chasing a maiden century

01-Jan-2007

Langer joins SCG retirement list

Justin Langer will retire after the Sydney Test to become the fourth senior Australian player to quit in less than a month

Justin Langer will announce today whether he is to join Shane Warne, Damien Martyn and Glenn McGrath in retiring from Test cricket

Langer to announce his decision today

The South African sporting public is as fickle and unforgiving as any and defeat to India in Cape Town in the new year would be unthinkable for them and their ensuing outrage would surely force the national selectors to make some fresh call-ups for the se

South Africa have to continue their winning ways

31-Dec-2006•Ken Borland

Rising from the dead and Pathan problems

A round-up of fifth round of the Ranji Trophy matches

Stuart Clark has urged his retiring mentor Glenn McGrath to help Australia with his vast playing experience after he quits

McGrath has plenty still to offer - Clark

31-Dec-2006•AFP

Bond included for third one-dayer

Shane Bond, the fast bowler, has been added to New Zealand's squad for the third one-dayer against Sri Lanka at Christchurch on January 2

Disappointed with the collapse of the Indian top order on the fifth day of the Durban Test, Dilip Vengsarkar, the chairman of selectors, has expressed concern over the form of India's openers - Virender Sehwag and Wasim Jaffer

Vengsarkar worried about openers' form

Speculation is mounting that Justin Langer will join Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath in making the final Ashes Test at Sydney his last for Australia

Speculation grows over Langer future

Dennis Amiss, chairman of the ECB's international management committee, has said that Duncan Fletcher's position as a tour selector could be reviewed in the near future

ECB to review Fletcher role

Jamie Dalrymple, the England offspinning allrounder, is eager to help the team avoid an Ashes whitewash in Sydney

Dalrymple eager for Ashes chance

Mandy Mitchell-Innes, England's oldest surviving Test cricketer, died on December 28 aged 92. He was the last England cricketer who played a Test before the Second World War

England's oldest surviving Test cricketer dies

Despite being overlooked for the Australian squad for the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney, Andrew Hilditch, Australia's chief selector, has insisted that Stuart MacGill remains in the thinking of the selection panel.

MacGill still in selectors' plans

Having been spanked to most parts of McLean Park in Napier during the first ODI against Sri Lanka, New Zealand's bowling attack are looking to improve on a bowling performance that saw them give up a hefty target 285 with ten overs to spare.

'Bowling must improve' - Vettori