Cricket News

Michael Vaughan has delared that Australia will be under more pressure than England during this year's Ashes series

The pressure is on Australia - Vaughan

Tom Moody, Worcestershire's director of cricket, has indicated his interest in taking on the England coaching job, if and when Duncan Fletcher chooses to step down from the role he has held since the end of 1999

Moody in running for England job?

Hampshire have signed Simon Katich as their second overseas player, enhancing their Australian connection

Hampshire sign Katich

Ricky Ponting is certain that the upcoming Ashes series will not distract Australia during their six-week tour of New Zealand

Ashes won't distract us - Ponting

Shane Bond will miss the one-day series against Australia because the matches are 'two weeks too early' for his return from a career-threatening back injury

'Aussie one-dayers are too soon' - Bond

The experience of Jamie Cox, the former captain, has won him a surprise place in Tasmania's squad for the ING Cup final against Queensland at the Gabba on Sunday

Tasmania turn back to Cox for finals guidance

Mark Waugh will be pushed as a possible national selector as New South Wales attempt to end 12 years without representation on the panel

Mark Waugh firms as national selector candidate

Jeff Wilson's transition from Black Cap to All Black and back became another step closer today when he was named in New Zealand's squad for the first two one-day matches against Australia

Wilson rides back into Black Cap

Matthew Hayden has been declared fit to tour New Zealand for the five match one-day series

Hayden passed fit for New Zealand tour

Julia Price, the Queensland wicketkeeper, has regained her Australia spot after a two-year absence as part of the 14-player squad for the women's World Cup in South Africa next month

Price and Broadfoot win World Cup recalls

Andrew Symonds and James Hopes passed fitness tests for the one-day tour of New Zealand today while Matthew Hayden will have his future sealed tomorrow

Symonds cleared as Hayden waits

Darren Lehmann, recently dropped from the Australian team, has lamented the loss of enjoyment and fun in modern international cricket

Lehmann laments loss of fun in international cricket

The ABC's opening bid for secondary rights to broadcast the Ashes has been rejected by the ECB, a Senate committee in Canberra heard today

ECB rejects ABC's Ashes bid

Glenn McGrath has jumped in five months early to set his always-eager sights on a target for the Ashes and is torn between Michael Vaughan and Andrew Strauss

McGrath eyes Strauss and Vaughan

Victoria staged a dramatic come-from-behind series victory to seal the Women's National Cricket League trophy against New South Wales at Bankstown Oval

Victoria show winning spirit to claim series