Cricket News

Victoria bowled like the second best team in the competition as they knocked over the third-placed Western Australia for 225

Warriors fight back from Victoria attack

Tasmania's brave push for a spot in the Pura Cup final received a huge boost when they dismissed Queensland for 176

Tigers pounce after dismissing Queensland for 176

Criticism of Damien Martyn following his dumping from the Test side was unwarranted, according to Ricky Ponting

Martyn treated badly after Ashes - Ponting

Jeff Thomson has scoffed at Shane Watson's description as an allrounder by saying his bowling "plays blokes in"

Thomson dismisses Watson's all-round ability

Jacques Kallis and Australia's Andrew Symonds have both passed fitness tests and could play in tomorrow's fourth one-dayer at Durban

South Africa hopeful of Kallis return

09-Mar-2006•Will Luke

Sanspareils Greenlands face end of the road

Sanspareils Greenlands, the authorised supplier of cricket balls for Tests and first-class cricket in India, is under serious threat from Kookaburra

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