Cricket News

England are likely to face a demanding schedule when they tour Australia to defend the Ashes in 12 months time

Shane Warne on Friday urged selectors to bring in fellow leg-spinner Stuart MacGill to bamboozle the West Indies in next week's second Test at Hobart

Ricky Ponting believes the pitch for the second Test at Hobart, starting next Thursday, will favour spin

Brad Hodge all but assured himself of a long-awaited Test debut with a commanding hundred in spearheading a run-feast by Victoria

Andrew Symonds hopes to repay the faith in those who supported him after he was suspended for arriving drunk to play Bangladesh

Matthew Elliott has been ruled out of South Australia's ING and Pura Cup matches against Western Australia, while Ryan Harris will miss the ING game

Simon Katich, who was dropped from the Australia squad for the second Test against West Indies, will lead the top-of-the-table New South Wales in their crucial ING Cup match against Queensland

Andrew Symonds, the Queensland allrounder, has been included in the Australian squad for the second Test against West Indies

The tailenders Jason Gillespie and Paul Rofe survived 38 deliveries to achieve a nail-biting draw against Queensland at Adelaide Oval

New South Wales continued their impressive Pura Cup defence with a comfortable eight-wicket victory over Western Australia at the WACA

The shock of losing the Ashes to England may have been good for Australian cricket, according to Ricky Ponting

Michael Kasprowicz will return to Glamorgan next winter for his fourth season with the county

Allan Border, the former selector, wants to know if Australia can cope with playing only five batsmen

An unbeaten 155 from the opener Chris Rogers was the highlight during a day of marked improvement by Western Australia

Justin Langer, the Australian opener, has been ruled out of the second Test against West Indies beginning in Hobart on November 17

Courtney Walsh pledged to help West Indies wherever possible during the two weeks he has left in Australia

Victoria have made one change to the side that snatched a dramatic follow-on victory against Tasmania on Monday

Heavy overnight rain and morning showers ruined the third day of the Pura Cup match between Queensland and South Australia

Australia's selectors must decide whether to backflip to a traditional line-up or plough ahead in search of another allrounder

Without their Test stars, New South Wales' unsung heroes continued to control the match against Western Australia at Perth. They finished the second day 360 runs ahead and have only five more WA first-innings wickets to take