Cricket News

It's been a long wait for one of the game's greatest ever bowlers, but Shane Warne has returned to the top of the Test bowling rankings for the first time in almost ten years

Warne reigns in rankings once again

Queensland struck three blows on a rain-affected day at Adelaide as they fought for control against South Australia

Blewett leads Redbacks' rainy chase

Victoria secured victory after following on for only the sixth time in Australian domestic history with a remarkable performance against Tasmania

Bushrangers steal remarkable follow-on victory

Shane Watson will have an operation on his dislocated left shoulder and is expected to be out of action for two months

Watson out for two months

A unbroken stand of 169 between Aaron O'Brien and Dominic Thornely but New South Wales in control against Western Australia

Blues take control against WA

South Australia's hopes of shooting Queensland out cheaply after reducing them to 4 for 88 were dashed by Andrew Symonds

Symonds century lifts Queensland

Michael Klinger came to the party and brought 107 runs with him as Victoria replied strongly in their follow-on

Klinger comes to Victoria's rescue

Brett Lee has spent the past week asking Australian Test captains for advice and he hopes the reconstructed attitude that propelled him to a career-best performance will also produce greater wicket-taking consistency

'I'm there to bowl fast' - Lee

06-Nov-2005•Peter English at the Gabba

'This was probably the worst' - Chanderpaul

Shivnarine Chanderpaul has said that this 379-run thrashing was "probably the worst"

Brett Lee and Nathan Bracken produced an exhilarating display of sheer pace and controlled swing that routed West Indies on the fourth day at the Gabba

West Indies crash to 379-run defeat

06-Nov-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

'I'm enjoying my cricket, simple as that' - Warne

Shane Warne, the Australian legspinner, has given a hint that he might be around for next year's much-awaited Ashes series against England after another sleight-of-hand performance to conjure five West Indian wickets at Brisbane on November 5

05-Nov-2005•AFP

Griffiths and Hilfenhaus destroy Victoria

Ben Hilfenhaus and Adam Griffith took four wickets apiece and scuttled Victoria for 167, giving Tasmania a 180-run first-innings lead on day two

05-Nov-2005•Cricinfo staff

Winning definitely a possibility, says Ramdin

It will take a history-thumping performance, but Dinesh Ramdin believes West Indies are capable of pulling off a chase that currently sits at a distant 508

05-Nov-2005•Cricinfo staff

Ponting and Hayden flay West Indies

Ricky Ponting declared on Australia's overnight total of 2 for 283 to give West Indies a near impossible chase of 509 for a first-Test victory at the Gabba. Heavy rain hit Brisbane overnight but play started on time with the home side in total control

05-Nov-2005•The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran

NSW maintain form after Jaques ton

Phil Jaques struck a fine century for New South Wales as they continued their winning start to the ING Cup

Mark Cosgrove made an emphatic return to the South Australian side, hammering 109 off 102 balls and completing a comprehensive six-wicket win against Queensland

Slim-line Cosgrove's century takes SA home

Glenn McGrath passed a milestone with bat and ball as he ruined the West Indies first-innings and became the first bowler to claim 100 wickets against them

'When Brian is there I always feel myself lift' - McGrath

Travis Birt and David Dawson rescued Tasmania from a disastrous start as they ended the opening day of their Pura Cup match against Victoria on a respectable 299 for 5

Dawson and Birt lead Tasmanian recovery