Peter English

Shane Bond's love of hurting Australia pushed New Zealand to their third win in five years of Trans-Tasman contests and added to the visitors' severe woes

New Zealand will field their first choices during the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy

Australia's greatest danger at the World Cup is not their revived nemesis England

England sparked the shock of the season by handing Australia their first home finals defeat for 14 years in a dramatic rain-reduced game at the SCG

England recovered from two near-death experiences and Paul Collingwood produced back-to-back centuries to steal the first CB Series final at the MCG

The past week has been an important one for Brad Hodge

England's three-month tour of Australia will be extended by another seven days after Paul Collingwood's 106 set up an unpredictable triumph

In picking Tim Nielsen as John Buchanan's replacement Australia have compromised left-field vision and distinguished on-field service

A dose of painkillers will determine whether Kyle Mills heads to the World Cup or back home for surgery after he has struggled to overcome a debilitating knee problem

England's prospects of staging a surprise turnaround from CB Series passengers to finalists have improved with Michael Vaughan expected to open against New Zealand at the Gabba on Tuesday

Ricky Ponting quickly returned Australia's winning habit with a calm century and Brad Hodge sealed his short-term future with an unbeaten 99

It took ten matches, but England finally managed to beat Australia. And they did it in style by earning a bonus point with the 92-run victory

Jacob Oram gave Australia some serious jitters but they successfully defended their huge 5 for 343 that was set up by punishing Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting centuries

England suffered an awful nine-wicket defeat at Adelaide in a match that lasted only 59 overs

A superb unbeaten 46 by Michael Hussey rescued Australia as they beat England by four wickets in a low-scoring match at Brisbane

England's 17th and 18th squad members were paraded this afternoon and in the Australian sections of the room the new figures were so anonymous there were thoughts of asking the ready-to-act security guards to uncover their identity

Australia will regain two of their most knowledgeable fast men for Friday's CB Series match against England with Glenn McGrath cleared of a groin problem and Brett Lee recovering from a chest infection

Michael Bevan, who at his peak was the best one-day batsman in the world, has retired with immediate effect

Australia's perfect home summer continued with England's tour of woe as Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting set up a crushing eight-wicket victory in the opening CB Series game

The three sides contesting the month-long CB Series, which starts with Australia facing England at the MCG on Friday, still have many experiments to complete as they countdown to the Caribbean