Cricket News

Australia have confirmed that Ricky Ponting and Andrew Symonds will miss the second one-day international against South Africa

Ponting and Symonds miss second ODI

Shane Warne's five wickets sparked a Victorian recovery as he and Matthew Hayden completed ideal warm-ups for the South Africa Test series

Warne spurs Victoria after Hayden finds form

Tasmania were made to fight as they closed in on first-innings points after hurting New South Wales' hopes of defending their Pura Cup

The Blues return fire after falling for 141

John Buchanan says Damien Martyn has the ability to handle the No. 3 spot if he replaces the injured Ricky Ponting for the next two matches against South Africa

Martyn tipped as short-term No. 3

Andrew Hilditch, the Australian selector, will have the final say on whether Phil Jaques plays in Friday's second one-day match

Hilditch to decide on Jaques

The ICC has revealed that it had received submissions from 15 member boards for its package of events from 2007 to 2015

ICC receives bids for future tournaments

Errol Alcott is worried Ricky Ponting will almost certainly miss the second and third matches against South Africa and there are fears he will not take any part in the one-day campaign

Physio says Ponting is 'struggling'

Phil Jaques, the New South Wales batsman, embarked on a mystery tour of South Africa today after answering an injury SOS from the national team

Jaques prepares for the unknown

Stuart Clark is ready to provide Australia's stuttering bowling line-up with another option as he sets his sights on returning from a bruised rib

Clark confident for Cape Town

Kookaburra is considering taking legal action against the MCC after it ruled that the company's use of graphite stickers on the back of certain bats it manufactures rendered them illegal.

Kookaburra takes legal advice against MCC ruling

Karen Rolton and Shelley Nitschke have won the Commonwealth Bank player awards for their feats for Australia this year

Rolton and Nitschke win Commonwealth Bank awards

Shaun Pollock has been given the all-clear by doctors to continue playing in the ODI series against Australia

Pollock fit to continue in ODI series

Half-centuries from Alex Blackwell and Karen Rolton steered Australia to a sweat-free victory in the third and final women's ODI against India

Blackwell and Rolton seal series cleansweep

Australia may be hit by injuries and down 1-0 in the five-match one-day series, but Michael Clarke does not think there is much to worry about

Clarke hopes Ponting will be fit for Cape Town

New South Wales have overlooked Graham Thorpe, the former England batsman, as they push for a Pura Cup final berth against Tasmania

No room for Thorpe in NSW squad

Darren Lehmann's frustration at losing the ING Cup final by a wicket has been added to with him being charged by Cricket Australia for his post-match comments

Lehmann charged for ING Cup final outburst

Australia and New Zealand will jointly bid to host the World Cup in 2011 with a plan to hold an equal number of matches in both countries

Australia and New Zealand push for 2011 World Cup

28-Feb-2006•AFP

McGrath misses South Africa Tests

Glenn McGrath has confirmed Australia's greatest fear with his decision not to tour South Africa for the three-Test series