Cricket News

Derbyshire have signed the Tasmania batsman Travis Birt as a replacement for Jacques Rudolph for the coming season

Derbyshire replace Rudolph with Birt

The Ashes urn will land in Australia next summer for only the second time

Australia earn second visit of Ashes urn

Nathan Hauritz, the former Test offspinner, will play his first Pura Cup match of the season against Tasmania

Hauritz given chance after Doran injury

Paul Marsh is worried a Twenty20 world championship would reduce the value of the game's broadcasting rights and push players towards burn-out

Players' association boss warns of burnout

Shane Warne has lost 4kg in three weeks to make sure he is ready for the back-to-back South Africa and Bangladesh Test tours

Warne loses weight to tackle Proteas

Mark Boucher has refused to apologise for saying he lost respect for some Australian players during the Down Under Test series

Boucher won't say sorry

Australia should field their preferred line-up for the first time on the tour in the fourth ODI on Friday after Andrew Symonds completed a training session at Durban

Symonds targets Durban return

Nicky Boje is on the verge of being recalled to the South African squad for the first Test against Australia

Boje on verge of recall

Darren Lehmann has been reprimanded for comments he made following the ING Cup final on February 26

Lehmann warned over ING Cup comments

Brad Hodge has delivered a simple message to the Australian selectors who dumped him for Damien Martyn - "Don't worry, I'll be back"

'I'll be back' - Hodge

Jamie Cox, the Tasmania and Somerset opening batsman, has retired after 264 first-class matches in a 19-year career

Cox calls it quits after 19 years

Damien Martyn was shocked by his Test recall for the series in South Africa

Martyn surprised at Test recall

Essex have signed the Australian fast bowlers Andrew Bichel and Mitchell Johnson ahead of the new season

Bichel and Johnson join Essex

Justin Langer will head to South Africa on Friday for the three-Test series confident he is in his best form since the Ashes tour in 2005

Langer in best form since the Ashes

Glenn McGrath's absence has forced Australia's selectors into a major reworking of the bowling attack for the three Tests against South Africa

Hohns rings changes to cover McGrath

07-Mar-2006•Peter English

Martyn and Kasprowicz revive Test careers

Australia's selectors turned the clock back to the Ashes by recalling Damien Martyn, Michael Kasprowicz and Shaun Tait for the three-Test tour of South Africa