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Going by the number of spinners in a recent U-11 trial in Brisbane, it looks like Australia's attack might come to be dominated by slow bowlers in the future

Perth is the major casualty of Australia's truncated 2014-15 Test summer, stripped of its annual match for the first time since 1976-77

Perth has seen a bat standing unaided in a crack on the pitch, aluminium bats, fans booing Ian Healy and has retained its idiosyncrasies over the years, making it the most talked-about Australian ground

The WACA curator feels the pitch is getting back to its fast and bouncy ways and expects this track to behave similarly to the one in the Ashes last season

England's win-loss ratio in Perth is the worse among all grounds, but they have an opportunity to make amends this time

Few venues in world cricket are as evocative as the WACA. From the days of Dennis Lillee thudding the ball into Rod Marsh's upturned gloves, to the sight of Curtly Ambrose claiming seven wickets for one run in a legendary spell in 1992-93, it is a ground

At the WACA, they say, batsmen can leave alone balls pitched at a good length. Some tellable pitchside tales from Wild West Perth

So quick are the prospects in Perth that Australia are likely to go in without a specialist spinner for the first time in 16 years

Perth's WACA Ground is set to increase its capacity to 30,000 in a major development project that should be completed within four years

Cricinfo lists some of the significant stats from Perth

Perth's WACA ground established its reputation as a fast bowler's delight but in recent seasons spinners have been having more success. Here, Cricinfo looks at the venue for the third Test

Tony Dodemaide, the WACA chief executive, has rejected claims the Perth Ashes Test could be staged at Subiaco Oval instead of the state's traditional home

The Western Australia Cricket Association has banned membership applications from England fans wanting to join before the Ashes series

Queensland Cricket has quickly objected to using drop-in pitches at the Gabba

There was a sellout crowd of 20,000 at the WACA for the first domestic Twenty20 game in Australia as Western Australia beat Victoria by eight wickets

The struggling Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) today received a $5 million conditional state government grant to help it wipe out crippling debt repayments

The Western Australia Cricket Association are lobbying Cricket Australia to establish a more regular date for the Perth Test to assist with marketing strategies after the ground has been plunged into debt through redevelopment

The Western Australian Cricket Association is delighted to announce that a new WACA Ground domestic-limited overs crowd was set during WA's ING Cup win over NSW last night.

THE Western Australian Cricket Association advises that the first day's play of the Third Orange Test between Australia and England is officially a sell out.

SYDNEY - Australia may have strolled through the first two Tests of theAshes series, but demand for tickets remains higher than ever with theWACA Ground set to break attendance records during the third Test.