Cricket News

Simon Katich will be replaced by Shane Watson at the top of the order as Australia squeeze the allrounder into the side to face West Indies

Watson claims opening berth

Five Australians will make their debut against New Zealand on Wednesday in the first women's Twenty20 international to be played in Australia

Australia name new faces for Twenty20

New South Wales will play a minimum of two domestic limited-overs games at Sydney's Telstra Stadium over the next four years

Cricket NSW moves two games west

The Ashes urn arrived in Australia for only the second time in 123 years this morning under tight security ahead of the summer's battle for its ownership

Ashes urn lands in Australia for second time

17-Oct-2006•AFP

Batsmen race to keep late-over pace

Adam Gilchrist says Australia's batsmen have targeted lifting their run-rate over the final overs following a surge in one-day scoring

Steve Waugh wants Simon Katich to get one more chance to secure his international future as an opening batsman

Katich deserves another go - Waugh

Chris Rogers and Marcus North posted double-centuries in a remarkable partnership that slipped five short of the Waugh brothers' all-time domestic record of 464

Record-breaking Rogers and North share 459-run stand

Matthew Hayden has been ruled out of Queensland's next two games after suffering a broken finger while fielding against Tasmania

$Hayden out for two matches with fractured finger$

Hayden out for two matches with fractured finger

A soil shortage at the SCG threatened to end the pitch's reputation as a spinner's paradise, but the discovery of a new source of dirt will preserve the surface's distinct characteristics

SCG keeps its spin as soil crisis solved

Australia's bowlers will practise with wet white balls in the nets as they prepare to deal with the heavy dew expected throughout the Champions Trophy

Bowlers use damp balls to counter dew

Inspired by Nilesh Kulkarni's five-wicket haul, Mumbai gained a surprise seven-run win against the Australians in the final warm-up game at the MIG Ground

Mumbai get the points in contrived finish

15-Oct-2006•The Bulletin by Kanishkaa Balachandran in Mumbai

Hayden undergoes scan on little finger

Matthew Hayden, the Australian Test opener, will undergo a scan for a possible crack to the little finger on his right hand sustained during Queensland's defeat against Tasmania in the Pura Cup

Chris Rogers was 16 runs short of a double-hundred as Western Australia made a fine start to their Pura Cup match against Victoria, ending the day at 359 for the loss of two wickets

Rogers and North pile on runs for Western Australia

South Australia managed to chase down the revised target of 267 from 43 overs and beat New South Wales by five wickets in their rain-interrupted Ford Ranger Cup match at the Sydney Oval

Elliott and Borgas save South Australia

Tasmania gained six points after beating Queensland by seven wickets inside of three days in their Pura Cup match at Brisbane

Tasmania thrash the Bulls with a day to spare

Shane Watson is tipped to replace Simon Katich for Australia's first Champions Trophy match against West Indies on Wednesday

Watson wants to open in ODIs