Cricket News

After being cleared of a stress fracture, Jacob Oram, the New Zealand allrounder, is hopeful of being fit for the three Test series against Australia which begins in March

Oram optimistic of playing Australia Tests

A hip injury has forced Dominic Thornely, the New South Wales allrounder, out of the ING Cup match against Tasmania at Hobart on Saturday

Blues without injured Thornely

Inzamam-ul-Haq has said that Pakistan will concentrate on preserving wickets early in the innings as they bid to upset Australia in the first match of the VB Series finals at Melbourne on Friday

Hard work and consolidation the key, says Inzamam

Justin Langer's back trouble is threatening to become a serious concern for state and country after he was ruled out of Western Australia's ING Cup match against South Australia

Langer injury a 'high risk'

A star-studded selection panel chaired by Sunil Gavaskar will choose the ICC World XIs for the six-day Super Test against Australia and three one-day matches in October

Gavaskar leads World XI selectors

Bruce Elliott, the biomechanics expert from the University of Western Australia, is of the opinion that "it is difficult to bowl the doosra without the extending the arm by more than five degrees"

'Fifteen-degree rule should solve throwing problem'

02-Feb-2005•Nagraj Gollapudi

'Pakistan can win the finals' - Lara

After West Indies failed to qualify in the VB series finals, Brian Lara, their captain, felt that Pakistan have the killer instinct to beat Australia in the best-of-three finals beginning on Friday at Melbourne

The Super Series is still eight months away, but Glenn McGrath has already started with his verbal volleys by saying Australia are favourites for the one Test and three one-dayers against the ICC World XI

'Australia are Super Series favourites' - McGrath

The chances of this year's Ashes series in England being seen live on Australian terrestrial television have receded with the news that the ABC is not considering a bid for the rights

Ashes unlikely to be broadcast on free-to-air TV

Pakistan sealed a hard-earned place in the VB Series finals by dismissing the brave challenge of West Indies in a high-energy match at the WACA

Youhana steers Pakistan to final

01-Feb-2005•The Bulletin by Peter English

Bichel hopes domestic wickets lift him to the Ashes

Andy Bichel, who won the State Player of the Year award at last night's Allan Border Medal, has not given up hope of an Ashes place and hopes a strong end to the domestic season will strengthen his claims

Australia's one-dayer against New Zealand, which was to be held at Westpac Park in Hamilton, has been shifted to the Basin Reserve after complaints with the pitch

NZC shifts one-dayer to Basin Reserve

Kerry Packer, the man who started World Series Cricket, has launched an investigation into Twenty20, cricket's newest contender for a revolution, the Courier-Mail reported

Packer investigates Twenty20

After a poor run of form that has coincided with the remarkable rise of Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden is facing the axe from Australia's one-day side

Hayden faces one-day axe