New South Wales will look to the West Indies and New Zealand for an overseas player after Sri Lanka blocked Tillakaratne Dilshan from playing in the Big Bash

Steve O'Keefe, a New South Wales slow-bowling allrounder, had a match-winning impact for an Australian side over the past week

A day after being named in Australia's Test squad to face Pakistan, Brad Haddin has been ruled out and replaced by Tim Paine

Pakistan's players may wonder about the one that got away when they peer into the Australian dressing room during the series in England next month

In his first game for six months, Ben Hilfenhaus did enough to convince Australia's selectors he deserved a spot in the Test squad

Brad Haddin has until the end of next week to prove his fitness for the two Tests against Pakistan after being named in the 14-man squad

Australia almost became the joke of the day in Dublin before James Hopes' five wickets ensured a seriously rusty performance ended in a 39-run success over Ireland

They hoped to fill the void left by Warne and MacGill, but Casson, McGain, Cullen and Krejza are out of the picture now, though they will take heart from Hauritz's comeback

Michael Clarke deserves a chance to change and there is no rush for an overhaul of the Australian side

Australia's women staged a dramatic comeback to go one better than the men after holding their nerve in a low-scoring final

Twenty20 began as a giggle for Australia, who treated it as a third-rate concept and preferred to save their focus for Tests and ODIs

New Zealand will resume their long-term rivalry with Australia in Sunday's Women's World Twenty20 final

The captain Alex Blackwell posted a career-best 61 as she pushed Australia into the final of the Women's World Twenty20

Instead of the batsmen determining the result it has been the fast bowlers, the men usually required merely to get the ball into play, who have been doing the dominating

West Indies saved their worst for last as they were knocked out of their home tournament with a crushing six-wicket defeat by Australia

Australia and Sri Lanka enter their second Super Eight encounter with bright hopes after they were successful in the opening fixtures

Both New Zealand and Pakistan were out-played in their opening Super Eight games and the loser of this match will almost certainly be heading for the exit

Australia have almost ensured there will be no repeat of their first-round exit in this event last year

The defending champions Pakistan play Australia in a match that will be crucial to the group

Since their first-round exit in last year's World Twenty20, Australia have undergone a significant rebuild