Cricket News

For 15 minutes, a quartet of the game's most treasured commodities paraded their off-field repertoires in a discussion devoted to spin

Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden have slammed the World XI's attitude ahead of the Super Test

Simon Taufel was tonight named as Umpire of the Year for the second successive year

Andrew Flintoff and Jacques Kallis were named joint Players of the Year at the ICC Awards in Sydney after a dramatic tie

Steve Harmison is ready, once again, to take on the Australians, this time in the six-day Super Test due to begin in Sydney from Friday

The Australian cricket board is mounting a determined fight to prevent the 2011 World Cup heading to Asia

Ashes foes Andrew Flintoff and Adam Gilchrist agreed on Monday that the tarnished World XI's quality will come through in Friday's Super Test cricket match against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground

Chris Simpson has been rewarded for his off-season performances with places in the opening Queensland ING and Pura Cup teams

Australia's desperation to win the series has been evident throughout the week

Smith admitted that he had not realised there were was so much money at stake in the Super Series

John Wright, the World XI coach, said the Super Series offered a unique contest for international cricketers

The performances of some of the leading World batsmen has been the most disappointing factor in this one-sided series so far

Shaun Pollock believes the Super Series has been a success and should be staged every three years

Shaun Pollock says Kevin Pietersen might need a scan on his injured leg, and is a doubt for the third match on Sunday

The ten-year reunion of Muttiah Muralitharan and Darrell Hair in Melbourne was a quiet and friendly affair

Shaun Tait is expected to recover ahead of schedule from a right shoulder injury after successful surgery in Adelaide

Adam Gilchrist rocked the Telstra Dome with an innings of scintillating brilliance as Australia gained an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match one-day series

Nathan Bracken, the Australian left-arm swing bowler, has agreed to play for Worcestershire in 2006

Glenn McGrath, the Australian fast bowler, has been rested for the second match of the ICC Super Series

Australia's Ashes wounds are still deep but after the initial Super Series outing ended in a runaway success the team message was "we're back"