Cricket News

Kade Harvey, Darren Wates and Steve Magoffin picked up three wickets apiece as Western Australia ended their ING Cup campaign with a convincing 57-run victory over Queensland, the runaway table-toppers who had already sealed home advantage for the

Western Australia sign off with upset win

Matthew Hayden sent a scary warning to New Zealand bowlers anticipating his international comeback by saying he's the 'hungriest' he's ever been

Hayden's hunger returns

11-Feb-2005•Peter English

Lee calls for end to rotation

Brett Lee has joined the queue calling for the controversial one-day rotation policy to be dumped despite it launching him back into international colours

New South Wales Breakers can wrap-up their eighth Women's National Cricket League trophy in nine seasons tomorrow after beating Victoria Spirit by 21 runs in the opening match at Bankstown Oval

Breakers lead women's finals series 1-0

Pakistan's coach Bob Woolmer has been reported under the ICC Code of Conduct for comments made about the umpiring during Pakistan's recent tour of Australia

Bob Woolmer facing ICC disciplinary hearing

11-Feb-2005•Steven Lynch

Australia pin Hopes on new allrounder

James Hopes, the surprise new Australia allrounder, was worried about keeping his Queensland place at the beginning of the season when Shane Watson returned from Tasmania

Brett Lee has objected to claims made by Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, that the Australian team intimidated the umpires during the recent Pakistan series

We don't intimidate umpires, claims Lee

John Howard, the prime minister, will consider ways to screen the Ashes Tour on free-to-air television after the country's biggest broadcasters did not bid for series coverage

Prime Minister wants the Ashes on free-to-air television

Shane Warne has pledged US$1million to help rebuild Galle Stadium, according to the curator of the ground

Warne pledges a million for Galle Stadium

Andrew Flintoff is determined to be fit and firing for the Ashes after having an operation to remove a bone spur in his left ankle

'I'll be fit for the Ashes' - Flintoff

Darren Lehmann's international career is almost certainly over after he was dropped for the five-match one-day series against New Zealand

Selectors dump Lehmann

10-Feb-2005•Peter English

New South Wales push to break Victoria's spirit

Victoria and New South Wales begin the best-of-three Women's National Cricket League finals at Bankstown Oval tomorrow with more than a domestic trophy at stake

Australia's controversial and disrupting one-day rotational policy is 'dead and buried', according to the selector Allan Border

One-day rotation 'dead and buried'

Courtney Walsh has backed Glenn McGrath to make it for the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean

Walsh supports McGrath's aim for the World Cup

Billy Bowden has dismissed Bob Woolmer's suggestions that umpires were 'subconsciously' pressured by Australia's appealing and crowds while John Buchanan believes the comments are offensive

Bowden turns down Woolmer umpiring appeal

Trevor Hohns has denied that Australia's much-maligned rotation policy had been scrapped

Hohns says 'resting' policy will continue

Queensland have enviously replaced the injured Martin Love and Shane Jurgensen with Matthew Hayden and Michael Kasprowicz as the side polishes its ING Cup final preparations against Western Australia at the Gabba on Friday

Bulls welcome back Kasprowicz and Hayden