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Michael Clarke feels No. 4 is his best position and he is not planning any major restructuring to counter criticism his technique is too loose

Clarke determined to nail No. 4

Jason Gillespie's fightback into Australian contention suffered another setback when he was ruled out of the Pura Cup with a bruised lung

Bruised lung floors Gillespie

Brett Dorey, the Western Australia fast bowler, is expected to be fit for the ING Cup game against Victoria despite suffering a leg injury yesterday

Warriors unchanged as Dorey recovers

West Indies will receive a thorough workout for the first Test when they face a Queensland side containing eight internationals

West Indies face full-strength Queensland

Steve Waugh felt betrayed by a drinking culture and let down by his brother Mark and Ian Healy on his first tour as captain

'Drinking culture' upset Waugh's captaincy debut

24-Oct-2005•AFP

MacGill a must for Gabba - Waugh

Steve Waugh believes Stuart MacGill has a brilliant case for selection in the first Test against West Indies even though the venue is the Gabba

Damien Martyn stroked a wonderful 110 to take Western Australia to a five-wicket victory after some early hiccups against Victoria in their ING Cup match at Perth

Martyn attacks press after match-winning century

23-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

New South Wales clinch a thriller

New South Wales' top order all chipped in with useful contributions, helping them pip South Australia by three wickets with just one ball to

23-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

Lara voted the most dangerous batsman

Brian Lara has been voted the most dangerous opposing batsman, ahead of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, by Australian cricketers

23-Oct-2005•Cricinfo staff

Ponting fury at Symonds's drinking

In the latest of a spate of books published in the wake of the Ashes, Ricky Ponting has written of his fury at Andrew Symonds' behaviour during the tour of England

Ahead of his side's first practice match, Ramnaresh Sarwan has spoken of his excitement at facing Australia in the forthcoming Test series

Consistency the key for West Indies - Sarwan

Jimmy Maher, the Queensland captain, carried on his good form against Tasmania by hitting a defiant 99 to help his team chase down 212 against Tasmania at Brisbane

Maher's 99 sees Queensland home

Damien Fleming has thrown his name in the hat of potential candidates for Australia's bowling coach

Fleming offers his services as bowling coach

Jason Gillespie is confident it is only a matter of time before he returns to the national team

Gillespie confident of comeback

Victoria recovered from the danger of losing two early wickets and narrowly missed a thunderstorm to secure victory over Western Australia

Victoria thunder to victory before storm

Creagh O'Connor has been elected as the Cricket Australia chairman and will replace Bob Merriman

O'Connor named Cricket Australia chairman

Matthew Hayden has supported Ricky Ponting from the fierce Ashes criticism of the England coach Duncan Fletcher

Ponting hits back at Fletcher criticism

Australia's post-Ashes support-staff reshuffle has begun with the appointment of a performance analyst and the departure of the conditioning coach

Australia start coaching revamp