Cricket News

Darren Lehmann has been ruled out of the Test series against New Zealand after the Australian board announced that he would need to undergo a surgery on his shoulder next week

Lehmann ruled out of New Zealand series

Clive Lloyd, the match referee in the ongoing one-day series between Australia and New Zealand, has defended Brett Lee's beam-balls as `unintentional'

Lloyd defends Lee's beamer

Brad Hodge's prolific domestic form for Victoria looks likely to earn him a place in the Australian squad for the Test leg of their New Zealand tour

Hodge in line for Australian call-up

Jamie Cox, the former captain, has won a surprise recall for Tasmania's Pura Cup match against New South Wales starting at Bellerive Oval on Thursday

Tasmania pick Cox after return to form

Australia's rampant batsmen completed the most lopsided match of an already tilted series with an amazing 15.4 overs to spare at Wellington's Basin Reserve

Gilchrist blasts Australia to stunning victory

01-Mar-2005•The Bulletin by Peter English

Lee creates selection headache

Brett Lee's intimidating one-day form is leading Australia to another seriously difficult decision when the Test series against New Zealand begins next week

Accusations that Brett Lee is delivering intentional bean balls are 'rubbish', according to Ricky Ponting

Beamers are not intentional - Ponting

Queensland will take the same team that beat South Australia in three days into the grudge Pura Cup match against Victoria at the MCG starting on Thursday

Bulls stick to winning line-up for MCG

Cricket fans in Australia without satellite dishes will be able to watch the Ashes series this summer after all thanks to a last-minute A$1.2million (approx

Free-to-air deal agreed to show Ashes

The chances of the Ashes series being shown on Australian free-to-air TV are still in the balance after new information came to light about the negotiations that took place between the ECB and Australian broadcasters

New twist to Australian TV coverage of Ashes

Cricket fans in Australia without satellite dishes will be able to watch the Ashes series this summer after all thanks to a last-minute A$1.2million (approx

Free-to-air deal agreed to show Ashes

John Bracewell, the New Zealand coach, has warned that Brett Lee could face legal action if he delivered a beamer on Australian soil

Could Brett Lee be sued if beamers continue?

Victoria ran through the Tasmanian batting and triumphed by 114 runs in their Pura Cup clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Victoria triumph as Bevan stands tall

Murray Goodwin and Marcus North ensured that the small target of 108 set for them by New South Wales posed no problems at the WACA and took their team to an eight-wicket win on the final day

Goodwin and North seal WA win

The New Zealand squad has been changed for the last two one-dayers against Australia, with the injured Michael Papps and the out-of-form Daryl Tuffey replaced by Craig Cumming and Lance Hamilton, who has yet to play an international game

New Zealand ring the changes