Cricket News

John Howard, Australia's Prime Minister, says that authorities are investigating claims that terrorists planned to attack the Australian and England teams during last year's Ashes

Australia PM calls for vigilance at all times

Michael Kasprowicz faces an uncertain entry into the Australian season as a lingering back injury threatens to derail his hopes of an international recall

Back injury floors Kasprowicz

09-Oct-2006•Peter English

Buchanan thrills father with Bulls selection

John Buchanan's son Michael is on the verge of a Queensland one-day debut after being named in the Ford Ranger Cup squad for the season-starting game against Tasmania

Graham Manou has been ruled out of South Australia's Pura Cup season opener against New South Wales as he attempts to make a full recovery from a stress fracture in his right foot

Cautious Manou sits out Pura Cup opener

Australia's cricket team is "totally confident" in security measures taken in response to reports of a terror threat against the squad during last year's Ashes series, according to the captain Ricky Ponting

Ponting happy with team security arrangements

Glenn McGrath is talking a positive game ahead of the Champions Trophy, saying he has never felt so good

McGrath ready to give 100 percent

08-Oct-2006•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in New Delhi

Ponting determined to break Champions Trophy jinx

Ricky Ponting can't zero in on why Australia has failed to capture the mini World Cup, but he insists his side is suitably prepared to tackle this one

08-Oct-2006•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in New Delhi

London bombers targeted Ashes teams

A leading British newspaper has claimed the London bombers were initially ordered by Al-Qaeda to target the England and Australian teams during the 2005 Ashes series

Glenn McGrath is at it again, proclaiming Australia will win the forthcoming Ashes series 5-0 despite being left red-faced after the same prediction 18 months ago in England

McGrath predicts another whitewash

Shane Warne made a strong return in his first match of the season in Australia and then announced he was ready to turn it on again during the Ashes

Warne ready for another Ashes campaign

Stuart Clark, the Australian fast bowler, has been named the ambassador for Australia's Special Olympics cricket team

Clark named ambassador for Special Olympics team

Darren Lehmann, the South Australia captain, has pushed for Greg Chappell to take over from John Buchanan as coach of Australia

Lehmann backs Chappell to coach Australia

07-Oct-2006•Cricinfo staff

Lillee tips Johnson for Ashes

Dennis Lillee says Mitchell Johnson, the Queensland fast bowler, could be in the running for an Ashes berth if he performs strongly in the early part of the Australian domestic season

07-Oct-2006•Cricinfo staff

Rotating strike key to Katich's sheet-anchor role - Marsh

Geoff Marsh has said that for Simon Katich to remain in the one-day team and play the sheet-anchor role, he must rotate the strike and build partnerships

Michael Vaughan's "small window of opportunity" for the Ashes has been rubbished by John Buchanan as a "smokescreen" after he consulted with Jason Gillespie, who recently returned from a stint with Yorkshire, on Vaughan's condition

Buchanan dismisses Vaughan gossip

Graham Yallop has said that having only one Victorian player (Shane Warne)in the Test team will hurt the state's future cricket

Yallop laments Victorian absence in Test side

Shane Warne has decided not to play in any of Victoria's one-day games for the season mainly because of the Ashes schedule

Warne to skip Victoria's one-day games