How many ways are there really of saying the one thing

New South Wales was the first to do it

The once mighty West Indians have been the feature of this summer's Australian Test menu and even before they arrived, talk of a series whitewash was gaining momentum

Twenty year old Ramnaresh Sarwan woke with a start in the middle of the night last night and couldn't go back to sleep until three thirty in the morning

You always hear about how there are many characters in cricket

In many ways, Michael Slater is the ideal modern day Test cricketer - he plays the game with breathtaking audacity and keeps you on the edge of your seat for as long as he's in the middle

Forty years ago this month, a young John Howard raced from his university law exams to the Sydney Cricket Ground to watch Sir Garfield Sobers score a stirring 168 against Australia

When Australia federated on 1 January 1901, cricket featured prominently in the week-long celebration of the new nation-continent

Considering that they have so far lost all but one of their first-class matches on tour, including four Tests, the West Indian camp must have been rapt with its strong batting performance this morning during the fifth and final Test of the summer

West Indies has claimed four Australian wickets for just twenty-nine runs late on day three to leave the Third Test hanging in the balance at the Adelaide Oval

Three late wickets have taken some of the shine off Australia's bright beginning to the run chase at stumps on day two of the Third Test against West Indies at the Adelaide Oval

With the aid of some rigid captaincy from Victoria's Paul Reiffel, Michael Di Venuto (62*) and Scott Kremerskothen (41) have rescued Tasmania from embarrassment on day two of their Pura Cup clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Victoria has squandered an excellent start to finish on 6/250 at stumps on the opening day of its Pura Cup clash against Tasmania here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

After three losses, Tasmania has finally tasted success in the Mercantile Mutual Cup competition, defeating Victoria by nine wickets with thirteen overs to spare at the Melbourne Cricket Ground today

There was music, fanfare, the opening of a new stand and an exciting match

A crowd of 11,057 people watched history in the making as Australia ripped through West Indies to take out the Second Test by an innings and twenty-seven runs here at the WACA ground in Perth

Having already lost fifteen out of their last seventeen Tests on overseas soil, West Indies' cricketers slumped to a new low today when they were forced to relinquish the world record of eleven consecutive Test victories to Australia at the end of

He has played only eleven Tests but Adam Gilchrist may be given the honour of continuing Australia's world record winning streak from the front in the Third Test against West Indies, beginning in Adelaide in twelve days' time

Having lost every first-class match on tour so far, including the First Test in Brisbane, West Indies will need something of a miracle to avoid another defeat in the Second Test against Australia here in Perth

Glenn McGrath today became only the third Australian bowler to reach the 300 wicket mark in Test cricket, joining Shane Warne and Dennis Lillee in the exclusive club