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Cricinfo Australia named country's best sports website

Australia have admitted they are concerned by the workload of Brett Lee, their fast bowler, following his poor form in the recent one-day series

Australia concerned at Lee's workload

South Africa v Australia 1st Test match home

South Africa v Australia, 1st Test, Cape Town

16-Mar-2006

South Africa on the ropes after Clark five-for

Australia entered the first Test with concerns over their fast bowlers, but South Africa's batsmen were the ones with problems on the opening day

16-Mar-2006•The Bulletin by Peter English

South Africans unhappy with Newlands pitch

South Africa's players are understood to be upset about the allegedly spin-friendly track at Newlands, the venue of the first Test against Australia starting today

A preview to the first Test between South Africa and Australia, which starts at Cape Town on Thursday

Warne looms large for confident South Africa

15-Mar-2006•Edward Craig at Cape Town

Harvey returns to Gloucestershire

Ian Harvey, the former Australia allrounder, will return to Gloucestershire on a short-term contract for the 2006 season

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

Subiaco Oval will not host Perth Ashes Test

South Africa's euphoria after their victory in what has been hailed as the greatest one-day game of all time was officially declared over by the coach Mickey Arthur

South Africa lose fear of failure

15-Mar-2006•AFP

National selectors decide on first-class Academy squad

Australia's push for suitable national-team back-up has forced Trevor Hohns's selection panel to choose this year's Academy squad

Kepler Wessels says Australia's bowling attack is one-dimensional and they must entice Shane Warne out of one-day retirement&

Wessels targets Australia's attack

Ricky Ponting is unsure who will get the nod as Brett Lee's new-ball partner in the first Test against South Africa starting on Thursday

Nets could decide Lee's partner

Adam Gilchrist is confident Australia will not suffer from their extraordinary one-day defeat when they square up against South Africa in the first Test

Gilchrist backs Australia to pass test

Jason Gillespie will represent Yorkshire in the northern summer as the county's second Australian overseas professional

Gillespie joins Lehmann at Yorkshire

Australia's annual tri-series could be in line for a change of format after it lost its naming-rights sponsor

VB Series loses naming sponsor

Stuart MacGill hopes to make up for missed opportunities as he eyes a spot in Australia's first-Test team

MacGill primed for first Test