Cricket News

Martin Love's counterattacking hundred helped Queensland escape with a draw against the touring West Indians at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane, despite Marlon Samuels's five-wicket haul

Marlon Samuels pounded the Queensland attack as he amassed a colossal 257 runs giving the West Indians a gigantic 289-run lead

Bennett King, the West Indies coach, has put more faith in his unproven bowling attack than in the team's batting

Justin Langer will undergo a fitness test before the first match of the three-Test series against West Indies

Devon Smith ensured West Indies would have a capable replacement for Wavell Hinds in the first Test with a century against Queensland

Nathan Bracken marked his Test recall with five wickets as he finished off a disappointing South Australia

Nathan Bracken has "chased" the bowling coach Bruce Reid around the world in the past couple of years

Stuart MacGill will be used in partnership with Shane Warne this summer, but he is unlikely to be tried at the Gabba next week

Darren Lehmann moved to equal fifth on Australia's list of first-class century-makers but South Australia were in desperate trouble

Daren Powell opened West Indies' tour of Australia by knocking back four of the Queensland top five before hobbling off with hip soreness

West Indies have suffered a blow ahead of next week's first Test against Australia with the injury-enforced withdrawal of the batsman Wavell Hinds

Shane Warne will be part of a series of high-profile match-ups in Victoria's ING Cup match against Western Australia at the Junction Oval

Nathan Bracken's swing bowling has earned him a recall after he replaced Brad Hodge in the 12-man squad for the first Test against West Indies at Brisbane

Tom Tikolo, the chief executive of the Kenya Cricket Association, has said they would welcome the support of former Australian captain Steve Waugh in opening an academy for underprivileged children

Australia's former wicketkeeper Rod Marsh says the national team should be better prepared to deal with life after Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath

New South Wales chief executive David Gilbert says Graham Thorpe will have a big role to play on and off the field for the state when he arrives at the state in the new year

Darren Lehmann held back New South Wales with an unbeaten half-century but the home side gained further control on the second day

Michael Kasprowicz believes West Indies' unknown fast-bowling contingent might spring a surprise this month

Luke Ronchi has replaced Brett Dorey in the Western Australian squad for their ING Cup match against Victoria in Melbourne on Saturday

Simon Katich and Michael Clarke warmed-up in style for the first Test against West Indies next week with centuries