Cricket News

A stand at the Junction Oval in Melbourne, home of Cricket Victoria and St Kilda Cricket Club, has been renamed in Shane Warne's honour

Plans have been unveiled for the redeveloped Junction Oval in Melbourne, which is set to become the new site of Victorian cricket's administration and training facilities, and could even host boutique international matches

Shane Warne has delivered an impassioned plea to the Victorian state government to step in and save his old club cricket ground, the dilapidated Junction Oval, which may otherwise be in its final year as a cricket venue

Shane Warne's local club has proposed renaming its ground in honour of his achievements in the game. The board of St Kilda want to rename the Junction Oval - the ground where Warne made his first-class debut in 1991 - to the Shane Warne Ground

A fine century from Michael Klinger could not prevent Victoria from slipping to an eight-wicket loss to South Australia at the Junction Oval in Melbourne, as Greg Blewett and Mark Cosgrove added 143 to see their side home

Jason Gillespie rocked Victoria with stunning figures of 7 for 35 as they were dismissed for only 149 on the first day of the Pura Cup match in Melbourne

The disillusionment has been typified over the past week by the meek surrender in the first Test and, even more starkly, by the abject performance against Victoria.

Murray Goodwin scripted a rescue act as Western Australia reached 277 in their first innings against Victoria

Western Australia reached 6 for 132 against Victoria at stumps on the first day

Shane Warne's 12-month ban ends at midnight tonight and as he returns to the game the world's media will be attendance

Cricket Victoria selectors have today announced the Bushrangers squad to play the `re-scheduled' match against the West End Redbacks starting at the MCG on Sunday, 8 February.

World Cup spinner Nathan Hauritz will be a sidelight to the Shane Warne show next week when the Queensland Academy of Sport travel to Junction Oval to play the Victorian 2nd XI.

Victoria and Western Australia were left cursing the rain after their Pura Cup cricket match ended in a draw at the Junction Oval

Martin Love became the first player to score a triple century for Queensland, smashing an unbeaten 300 as the match against Victoria at Melbourne ended in a tame draw

Given the state of top-level fast bowling in Australian cricket, the last news Trevor Hohns needed today was Ashley Noffke had suffered another back injury

Few Australian first-class matches would test players' commitment to the new Spirit of Cricket code more than Victoria v Queensland.

The Australian Southern Stars completed a flawless twelve days of cricket, winning all seven of their one-day internationals